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November 03, 2024 | The American Lawyer

All Eyes on America

On November 6, whether it's Harris' or Trump's America that the world wakes up to, little will change the fact that Big Law is retreating westward, writes The Global Lawyer.
4 minute read
November 03, 2024 | Law.com

Exclusive: Mayer Brown Shutters Mexico City Office, Lawyers Scatter 

The office launched in 2015 with ambitions of tapping into the opening of Mexico's oil and gas sector to private investment; those plans fizzled when energy nationalist Andrés Manuel López Obrador became president of Mexico three years later.
4 minute read
November 03, 2024 | New York Law Journal

The Least Restrictive Way to Limit Letters of Administration

"In New York, although a practitioner might expect the Surrogate's Courts to act uniformly as part of the New York State Unified Court System, Surrogate's Courts in various counties may operate differently when assessing petitions. One example is with respect to restrictions placed on letters of administration. While under-restricting letters of administration may result in inadequate safeguards on the interests of non-consenting distributees, over-restricting letters could result in (i) a hindrance of a fiduciary's powers statutorily granted under EPTL §11–1.1, (ii) an unnecessary burden on the court's limited resources caused by additional applications to remove the restrictions, (iii) delayed administration of estates, and (iv) conflicts with the legislative intent as expressed in the Bennett commission."
10 minute read
November 03, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Appealability of Prejudgment Orders: CPLR 5512, Court of Appeals, Legislative Intent

This article discusses the appealability of prejudgment orders.
10 minute read
November 02, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Dropping a Client Like a 'Hot Potato'

Professor Bennett Gershman and Joel Cohen, a senior counsel at Petrillo Klein & Boxer, engage in a back and forth over a perplexing ethical and practical issue that has recently arisen and may continue to bedevil law firms in an increasingly polarized society.
8 minute read
November 02, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Cobb County Says Over 3K Absentee Ballots Mailed Late, Just Days Before Election

To deliver the ballots on time, election officials were using U.S. Postal Service express mail and UPS overnight delivery and sending the ballots with prepaid express return envelopes.
2 minute read
November 02, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Rapper Young Thug Is a Free Man. Here Are Things to Know About His Plea.

Prosecutors had been negotiating with the artist's lawyers to try to reach a deal that would end his participation in the long-running trial. But those efforts stalled when the two sides disagreed on conditions.
8 minute read
November 01, 2024 | National Law Journal

Supreme Court Rebuffs GOP Request to Reject 'Thousands' of Pennsylvania Provisional Ballots

The justices on Friday denied an emergency appeal by the Republican National Committee seeking to bar Pennsylvania voters from filing provisional ballots after submitting mail-in ballots that failed to include dates, signatures or secrecy envelopes.
4 minute read
November 01, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Eric Adams Trial Set for April as Defense Urges Dismissal of Bribery Count

The defense sought an earlier trial date in February or March, alleging the case would infringe on their client's right to participate in his reelection.
4 minute read
November 01, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Florida Judge Threatened With Assault, Kidnapping and Death

Prosecutors did not disclose the judge's identity, other than stating the jurist presides in St. Lucie County.
2 minute read

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