By Randy Evans and Shari Klevens | September 7, 2017
In the modern practice of law, arguably nothing is more important to an attorney than her laptop. With the rise of electronic document management systems, the laptop can act as the equivalent of an entire office building of documents and allow the attorney to work from virtually anywhere.
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By Hartley M.K. West, Steven G. Kobre and Michael F. Peng | September 7, 2017
The future of cross-border government enforcement investigations has been shaken by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit's recent decision in United States v. Allen, 864 F.3d 63 (2d Cir. 2017), which held that the Fifth Amendment's prohibition on the use of compelled testimony in criminal proceedings applies even when that testimony was compelled by a foreign official in a foreign investigation. Allen's ramifications are far-reaching and may put pressure on other circuits, including the Ninth, to embrace the holding or disavow it.
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By KAREN SLOAN | September 7, 2017
If there's one person who controls the fate of law graduates across the nation, it's Judith Gundersen.Gundersen stepped in as the president of the National Conference of Bar Examiners on Aug. 21 following the retirement of longtime president Erica Moeser. Gundersen is no stranger to the Madison, Wisconsin-based conference, which develops the national portions of the all-important attorney licensing exam. She has worked there for 17 years, most recently as the director of test operations where she oversaw the development and production of the bar exam.
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By Chris Johnson | September 6, 2017
Former Federal Trade Commission chair Edith Ramirez has joined Hogan Lovells as co-head of the firm's antitrust, competition and economic regulation practice.
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By Scott Flaherty | September 6, 2017
The former director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, Michael Leiter, has joined Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom's Washington office as a partner in the firm's national security practice.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Barry M. Klayman and Mark E. Felger | September 6, 2017
In a case characterized as a "matter of great local interest," Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross determined a question of much wider interest to practitioners: whether a contract was void ab initio because the Delaware limited liability company that executed it had not yet been formed.
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By Brian Baxter and Rebecca Cohen | September 6, 2017
The first week of September saw Latham & Watkins pick up Wilson Sonsini's privacy and data protection co-chair Michael Rubin, while three other Wilson Sonsini partners are poised to join Cooley. Matthew Sonsini, the son of Wilson Sonsini's septuagenarian chairman Larry Sonsini, has also left the firm for another family business.
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By Jenna Greene | September 6, 2017
By the time he was 8 years old, Joshua Briones was rising before dawn to pick strawberries and cherry tomatoes, moving from town to town in California with his immigrant farm worker parents. Today, Briones, 44, is the managing partner of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo's Los Angeles office and a lauded litigator. This is the story of his remarkable journey,
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By Roy Strom | September 6, 2017
The Milwaukee-based Am Law 200 firm has taken on six lawyers in Salt Lake City from Kruse Landa Maycock & Ricks, including three of the local firm's name partners. The move is the latest expansion bid by Michael Best, the former home of Reince Priebus, as it seeks to outgrow its peers in a tepid market for demand.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | September 6, 2017
Timoney Knox is co-sponsoring "Coffee With a Cop" for Upper Dublin police officers scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sept. 23 at the Acme supermarket on 1825 S. Limekin Park in Dresher.
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