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September 29, 2010 | Law.com

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.
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December 20, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Big Term Seen for Class Actions at U.S. Supreme Court

In the 2005 Class Action Fairness Act, Congress, heeding the pleas of the business lobby, altered the class action landscape by shifting much of that litigation from state courts to federal courts. Now, business hopes the Supreme Court will take the next step.
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October 06, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Legal Marketing

Joy Newton Martini, U.S. Chief Marketing Officer of Lovells, writes that with lateral movement, firm mergers and dissolutions continuing at a dizzying pace, clients are finding it more and more difficult to articulate differences between firms. Identifying that "certain something" that sets a firm apart is absolutely critical to long term success.
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Proskauer Steps Up for MLB in Latest A-Rod Legal Drama
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Proskauer Rose has been retained by Major League Baseball to fight the scandal-soaked suit filed Friday by embattled New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez and his lawyers from Reed Smith, Gordon & Rees, and New York's Tacopina Seigel & Turano.

December 20, 2004 | National Law Journal

It Was Their Year

The players who will chalk up 2004 as one of the best years ever.
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June 22, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Sun Microsystems Shines On Select Law Firms

Five years ago, Sun Microsystems Inc. worked with about 400 different outside law firms. Now the company's general counsel is trying to bring some sanity to the inside-outside bond.
4 minute read
December 14, 2009 | National Law Journal

INADMISSIBLE

An honor for a late Chief Justice; the view of honest services looks different from the assistant AG side; patent moves from Pillsbury to Womble; Jones Day takes up residence in the Supreme Court; SEC loses two lawyers; all-access to White House visitor logs; and both Huntsworth and Dutko benefit in this week's column.
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October 06, 2009 | Law.com

Lawyer Says Lawyer Defamed Him in Press Release About Defamation Suit

Robert Clifford, a well-known personal injury lawyer in Chicago, warns that Illinois lawyers won't be able to speak to the press about their own cases if an appellate decision against him is allowed to stand. Clifford is being sued for defamation over a press release his firm issued in another case. In a petition to the Illinois Supreme Court, he asks the court to overturn the August appellate ruling based on his fair report privilege to discuss a public court filing without being liable for defamation.
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January 04, 2010 | National Law Journal

Movers

George Jordan III of Fulbright & Jaworski has been elected to the board of directors of the American Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
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March 14, 2005 | Law.com

Irate Federal Judge Imposes Lifetime Ban on Defense Lawyer

A New York federal judge has banned from his courtroom for life a defense lawyer who claimed the judge improperly communicated with a co-defendant's lawyer. Judge Leonard D. Wexler said the "lies" contained in an affidavit submitted by attorney Joseph J. Fleischman made him so furious that he could not proceed with an ongoing trial in which Fleischman represented the main defendant. "You got what you wanted," Wexler said. "But let the record indicate you are barred for life. And so is your firm."
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