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DLA Piper to Acquire Bulk of Coudert's Brussels Office
Continuing the trend of law firms browsing the disbanding Coudert Brothers, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary plans to acquire most of Coudert's Brussels office. DLA Piper says the approximately three dozen attorneys, eight of whom will join as partners, bring about $12.5 million in business. DLA Piper also announced recently that it was opening a Frankfurt office with five former Coudert partners and that it is in discussions with partners from Coudert's Antwerp and Asian offices.Supreme Court Shields Info in Opinion Letters
California's high court says the factual information in lawyers' opinion letters is as sacred as the legal advice. Also, in a wrongful discharge case against McKesson that included complaints of harassment over body odor, the high court voted 5-2 to lower punitives to the same amount as compensatories, $1.9 million.Texas Partner Fires Back in Brobeck Fight
Squabbling among former Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison partners has intensified, as five from San Diego are demanding that their one-time col-leagues fork over $14.5 million to cover "injury and damages" they incurred following Brobeck's collapse. Steven Zager, one-time managing partner of Brobeck's Austin office and head of the firm's litigation group, is seeking a court declaration that he has no liability to his former partners.Bankruptcy Judge Kills Nvidia Gag Order
Facing heat from the press, federal bankruptcy judge Roger Efremsky changed course Thursday on how confidential documents would be handled during a contentious trial involving graphics chip maker Nvidia and former rival 3dfx's creditors. Effremsky axed his previous demand for non-disclosure agreements from reporters covering the trial over whether Nvidia paid too little for 3dfx's assets not long before 3dfx went bankrupt. The NDAs were in response to Nvidia's fears that trade secrets would be released.San Diego City Attorney has Heads Spinning at City Hall
Here's the joke going around San Diego's City Hall these days: "Hi. I'm Mike Aguirre. As city attorney I represent you, and I just wanted to let you know: You have the right to remain silent." But the joke doesn't seem funny to many city officials, already under investigation by the SEC and U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of California over allegations of fraud involving a $1.4 billion deficit in the San Diego City Employees Retirement Fund.Trending Stories
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