Special Section: 2024 Latin America
In The Daily Business Review's Latin America Special Section, read how Latin America's wealth is generating work for Miami lawyers, how Brazil is becoming a vital LatAm market for U.S. law firms, and also, read about Mexico's new controversial judicial reform and how it will affect investments and arbitration.
November 12, 2024 at 09:00 AM
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International - Latin America
In The Daily Business Review's Latin America Special Section, read how Latin America's wealth is generating work for Miami lawyers, how Brazil is becoming a vital LatAm market for U.S. law firms, and also, read about Mexico's new controversial judicial reform and how it will affect investments and arbitration.
Latin American Wealth Spurs Boom for Miami Lawyers
"A lot of the clients are saying, 'Do me a favor and meet me in Miami,'" said Michael Silva, head of the Miami Tax practice and co-head of the Latin America practice at McDermott Will & Emery.
Brazil Is Quickly Becoming a Vital LatAm Market for Greenberg Traurig, Other US Law Firms
A physical presence in the region's largest economy offers greater comfort to certain clients as well as tax benefits. But other firms are content in serving the country remotely.
Judiciary Under Fire: Understanding Mexico’s Controversial Judicial Reform
In one of his final acts as president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador promulgated a contentious judicial reform. López Obrador, whose six-year term ended on Sept. 30, celebrated the overhaul of the judiciary as a necessity and an important legacy of his government.
International Investment and Dispute Resolution in the Wake of Mexico’s Dramatic Judicial Reform
While the dust settles, companies or individuals doing business in and out of Mexico are paying attention and will seek ways to structure their investments and adjudicate the disputes emanating from them favoring alternative mechanisms such as arbitration.
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Who Got The Work
Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.
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Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.
Who Got The Work
Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.
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David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.
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