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Tips on Legal Writing From Elmore Leonard
Legal writing is seldom lean or neat and often does not cut to the chase. For lawyers, there is much to learn from Elmore Leonard, and his 10 rules for good writing apply equally to us, if we listen. But if, as he wrote, "the sound of your voice pleases you … you can skip the rules."Milan lost an estimated $100 million in a complex interest rate swap deal that it made with four banks in the run-up to the financial crisis. But the city fought back, becoming among the first municipalities to file criminal fraud charges against the banks under an Italian law that lets prosecutors file quasi-criminal charges against companies and their managers.
CPLR �7502(c): Changes to Aid Arbitration Remedies
Cliff Thau, a partner at Vinson & Elkins, and Ari M. Berman, an associate at the firm, write that in the wake of its enactment, commentators paid significant attention to the fact that the amendment to CPLR �7502(c) enables New York courts to issue preliminary injunctions and attachments in aid of all arbitrations, both domestic and foreign. Practitioners should take note of three additional issues relating to the amendment.When other firms and conventional strategies come up short, clients in deep trouble turn to Gibson, Dunn for fresh, aggressive thinking and innovative rescues.
DLA Piper Gets Green Light for Office in Beijing
Expanding its global presence in one of the fastest-growing markets in the world, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary received approval by the Ministry of Justice to open up another office in China, this time in Beijing. The Beijing office will be the home base for 42 attorneys DLA Piper recently acquired in that city from the disbanded Coudert Brothers.A Global Lawyer in an Italian Suit
Telecom Italia's GC has one of Europe's most eventful in-house roles.Media law exports come in two main packages—a free press, and freedom of information—and both are usually marked "Return to Sender." A new book, Exporting the Matrix: The Campaign to Reform Media Laws Abroad, describes some recent small victories achieved in pro bono projects around the world.
A new report on law firm social responsibility moves way beyond pro bono and asks firms to hew to international human rights principles--even if it means dropping clients.
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