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Brazilian Bar Concludes Foreign Law Firm Alliances Break Rules
The legal market in Brazil has been particularly active in recent months, with firms like Milbank and Gibson Dunn announcing they were opening Brazilian offices. But a recent ethical and disciplinary panel opinion of the Sao Paulo Bar illustrates the mounting tension over the influx of foreign firms into one of the world's fastest-growing economies. Although only advisory, the opinion indicates where a more formal ruling might fall if a case were brought against major U.S. firms operating in Brazil in alliance with local firms.
The Supreme Court Cert Pool: Sotomayor Joins It, Lawyers Attack It
As expected, new Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has joined the Court's so-called cert pool, at least for now. The controversial pooling arrangement, whereby the thousands of incoming certiorari petitions are divvied up among the clerks of the justices who participate, came under considerable criticism at a conference Friday on the Court's case selection process. One prominent theory about why the Court's docket has shrunk has to do with the cert pool, and it might be labeled the "timid law clerk" syndrome.
Supreme Court Rejects Early Appeals of Attorney-Client Privilege Determinations
Federal court orders requiring litigants to disclose information that they believe is protected by the attorney-client privilege do not qualify for immediate appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. In her first opinion since joining the Court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that permitting successive, piecemeal appeals of all adverse attorney-client privilege rulings "would unduly delay the resolution of district court litigation and needlessly burden the Courts of Appeals."Large Firm Layoffs Lead to Small Firm Startups
Omair Farooqui had always wanted to hang up his own shingle, but he had a good job as a mid-level intellectual property associate at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. With a regular paycheck, why rush to rock the boat?
Supreme Court Rejects Certified Question From 5th Circuit in Kidnap Case
Under federal law dating back to 1802, one way for a case to wind up before the Supreme Court is for a federal appeals court to certify a question to the justices. It has never been a frequently traveled path to the high court, but it has been allowed from time to time -- though not since 1981. On Monday the justices rejected such a request by the 5th Circuit to resolve a statute-of-limitations issue that could affect prosecution of long-ago civil rights cases in the South.
Waiting Continues for Big Decisions at the Supreme Court
Publication Date: 2013-06-10 Practice Area: Industry: Court: Judge: Attorneys: For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number:
No word yet on affirmative action, voting rights, or same-sex marriage, but the justices did resolve three of the outstanding 26 cases to be decided, ruling on issues as diverse as arbitration, sentencing, and even raisins.
Justices to Take Up Lawyer Ethics, Errors
How lawyers do their jobs -- from the type of advice they give clients to the calculation of fees -- moves to the fore in the new U.S. Supreme Court term in six cases that could dramatically alter the day-to-day practice of law. The justices in recent terms typically have taken two or three cases, or even none, involving lawyering. The upswing may reflect a larger movement toward greater scrutiny of the legal profession, particularly in the wake of corporate and government scandals involving lawyers.
Greenberg Traurig Completes Leadership Transition
The leadership succession plan announced by Greenberg Traurig a year ago is now complete. CEO Cesar Alvarez, who joined the Miami-based firm as its 13th lawyer in 1973, stepped aside last week to let the firm's president, Richard Rosenbaum, assume the role of chief executive. In an interview with The Miami Herald, Alvarez said that as executive chairman he'll continue to oversee moves to new offices and look at ways to streamline certain practice groups, but that any final say will now be with Rosenbaum.TRENDING STORIES
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