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July 27, 2011 | Daily Report Online

N.Y. AG defends ban on non-lawyer interest

In a spirited defense of a court rule barring non-lawyers from holding an ownership interest in a law firm, the New York attorney general is asking a federal court to dismiss a Jacoby Meyers lawsuit the state deems meritless on the law and dangerous to the legal profession and its clients.Jacoby Meyers is attempting to overturn New York Court Rule 5.
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March 09, 2012 | Law.com

Judge Rebuffs Challenge to Ban on Non-Lawyer Firm Ownership

Southern District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said Jacoby & Meyers' suit over Rule 5.4 of the state's Rules of Professional Conduct must fail because the rule is not the only one in New York that "forecloses plaintiffs from receiving non-lawyer equity investment," but it was the only one challenged by the firm.
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July 16, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Jacoby & Meyers Merges With Bankruptcy Firm

The personal-injury firm has merged with Chicago-based Macey Bankruptcy Law to create a 300-attorney firm with about 135 offices across the country.
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February 08, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Challenge to State Ban on Equity Investors Faces Uphill Battle

Southern District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said the challenge by Jacoby & Meyers had failed to meet one of the requirements for standing because it had yet to show it had a redressable injury, but that was "only the beginning" of the firm's problems.
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July 26, 2011 | Law.com

A.G. Defends Rule Prohibiting Non-Lawyer Interest

In a spirited defense of a court rule barring non-lawyers from holding an ownership interest in a law firm, the New York attorney general is asking a federal court to dismiss a Jacoby & Meyers lawsuit the state deems meritless on the law and dangerous to the legal profession and its clients. The firm contends the rule infringes on its constitutional rights.
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September 07, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Obituary: Gail J. Koff

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March 23, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Non-Lawyer Investment in Law Firms: Evolution or Revolution?

In his Law Firm Partnership Law column, Arthur J. Ciampi, the managing member of Ciampi, LLC, writes that if recent history, such as the myriad of examples from the near death experience of the world's economy at the hand of the "credit crisis," is any indicator, permitting non-lawyer equity investment in law firms is truly a "deal with the devil" which should be given extraordinary wide berth.
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October 15, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

Both Sides Take Heat in Jacoby & Meyers' Suit Over Ban on Law Firm Investors

Attorney James Denlea, after getting hammered by the panel for insisting he had standing to challenge Rule 5.4 of New York's Rules of Professional Conduct, sat back and watched with pleasure as Judge John Walker asked Assistant Solicitor General Won Shin why the case shouldn't just be remanded with instructions to amend the complaint and solve the standing problem.
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May 23, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Suit attacks bans on nonlawyer firm investors

Jacoby & Meyers is suing in three states to reverse bans on nonlawyer investors in law firms.
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July 26, 2011 | New York Law Journal

NY AG Defends Rule Banning Non-Attorneys From Owning Interest in Law Firm

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