By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 21, 2017
Plaintiff's allegations were sufficient to establish that the defendant attorney's publications accusing him of criminal conduct constituted per se defamation, but he was not absolved of his burden of proving damages. The trial court recommended affirmance of its decision granting defendant summary judgment.
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By John Council | July 21, 2017
The American Association of Law Schools is moving a 2018 conference from Austin to Chicago and will no longer host events in Texas, its president told state lawmakers.
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By Rebecca Cohen | July 21, 2017
Foley & Lardner has hired intellectual property litigators Duane Mathiowetz and Rick Chang as partners in the firm's San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices.
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By Monika Gonzalez Mesa | July 21, 2017
GrayRobinson's South Florida offices hired another three laterals with a mix of backgrounds as shareholders in the last month, moving forward on its stated plan to grow in lawyer head count in 2017.
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By Commentary by Elizabeth Sandza | July 21, 2017
Under the new Trump administration regulations announced June 16, the types of U.S. businesses that will be able to operate in and with Cuba will likely be more limited than they are now thanks to the announced U.S. prohibition on doing business with the Cuban military, the purported overseer of much of Cuba's civilian businesses, writes Elizabeth Sandza.
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By Celia Ampel | July 21, 2017
Strafer contracted a mystery infection on a European cruise and told colleagues about his illness before going into a coma.
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By Rose Walker | July 21, 2017
The deal continues Dentons' international expansion of late and gives Maclay a long-awaited merger partner.
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By Commentary by Hugo V. Alvarez | July 21, 2017
Cuban-American policy is shaped almost exclusively here in South Florida. Cuban-Americans vote in large numbers and contribute considerable sums of money to political candidates. Many Cuban-Americans also still harbor strong disdain toward that brutal communist dictator and his violent regime. The combination of generational hatred toward the Castro regime, a strong voting bloc and significant wealth all help maintain the United States' trade embargo against Cuba, writes Hugo V. Alvarez.
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By Commentary by Maria Acevedo-Belt and Anaili M. Cure | July 21, 2017
Since 1962 when President John F. Kennedy proclaimed an embargo on trade between the United States and Cuba, restrictions against U.S. persons, as defined by 31 C.F.R. Section 515.329, have been in effect, with the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, through the Cuban Assets Control Regulations 31 C.F.R. Section 515.101 et seq., and the Bureau of Industry and Security, through the Export Administration Regulations 15 C.F.R. Section 730.1 et seq., primarily implementing such prohibitions, write Maria Acevedo-Belt and Anaili M. Cure.
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By Commentary by Jorge Espinosa | July 21, 2017
Most of the policy openings introduced by President Barack Obama remain in place. We still have an embassy in Havana, commercial flights and cruises to the island continue and certain American industries continue shipping products to the island country. So what changed? Basically, there were two major changes to the existing policy, writes Jorge Espinosa.
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