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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.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.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.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.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.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.Suit attacks bans on nonlawyer firm investors
Jacoby & Meyers is suing in three states to reverse bans on nonlawyer investors in law firms.NY AG Defends Rule Banning Non-Attorneys From Owning Interest in Law Firm
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.Trending Stories
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