 | Chambers USA ranks 124 Mayer Brown lawyers; practices ranked in 55 national and state categories
Mayer Brown LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that 124 of its attorneys are ranked in the 2009 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, including 32 who achieved top-band ranking or higher in 26 national and/or state categories. Read >>
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| New York’s Highest Court Limits the Type of Relationship that Can Give Rise to Claims of Breach of Fiduciary Duty, and Clarifies the Pleading Standard Applicable to Fraud and Aiding and Abetting Claims
The financial services industry is constantly debating the roles and responsibilities of fiduciaries and how they contrast with those of service providers who are sometimes erroneously construed as fiduciaries. In Eurycleia Partners, LP et al. v. Seward & Kissel, LLP, No.88, 2009 WL 1543689, 2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 04299 (June 4, 2009), New York’s highest court shed light on the type of relationship that can give rise to breach of fiduciary duty claims and clarified the pleading standard applicable to fraud and aiding and abetting claims. Read >>
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| Legal 500 US ranks Mayer Brown practices in 24 categories, lists 5 practices in top tier and cites 16 "Leading Lawyers"
Mayer Brown LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the 2009 edition of Legal 500 United States ranks the firm’s practices in 24 categories, including top-tier rankings in five categories. Read >>
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 | Debate on whether female judges decide differently arises anew
Miriam Nemetz quoted on the idea that female judges may inherently view the law differently on occasion than male judges. Read >>
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| US Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Bilski
Under Section 101 of the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. $101, an ''idea'' is not patentable, but a ''process'' may be. On June 1, 2009, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Bilski v. Doll, No. 08-964, to decide when a ''process'' is patent-eligible. Read >>
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| Mayer Brown attorneys quoted regarding Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor
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| A look at how business will fare in the justice sweepstakes
Evan Tager quoted on President Obama picking the replacement for Supreme Court Justice Souter. ''We hope that he picks someone in the Souter mould. In business cases, Souter doesn't always vote with business, but he listens and you feel that you get a fair shake,'' he said. Read >>
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| What will Souter's retirement mean for business?
Evan Tager quoted on the effect Supreme Court Justice David Souter's retirement will have on the business community. "Better the devil we know than the devil we don't know. I prefer the status quo to having to worry about whether the next justice will be more consistently anti-business," he said. Read >>
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| Antitrust's Big Break
Andy Pincus quoted on antitrust policy in the Obama administration, saying that sooner rather than later, administration officials should give companies "some understanding to what the rules of the road are." The alternative, he said, is that they'll spend large sums of money on legal advice that doesn't help much. Read >>
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| How Will Justice Souter's Departure Affect Big Business?
Evan Tager interviewed in blog posting on how Supreme Court Justice Souter's replacement might affect the big business court. Read >>
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| What Souter's Exit Means For Business
Evan Tager quoted on how Justice Souter's retirement will affect the big business court. "If it's a dormant commerce clause case and you're a business, you've already lost Thomas' vote and likely won't get Scalia's either," he said. Read >>
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| High court will jump back into presecutorial immunity, speedy trial issues
Jeff Sarles quoted on the US Supreme Court granting cert in a case dealing with prosecutorial immunity. Read >>
Reprinted with permission from the April 21, 2009 edition of National Law Journal ¸ 2009 Incisive Media Properties, Inc. All rights reserved. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. |
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| Supreme Court & Appellate Practice Named to the National Law Journal's "Appellate Hot List"
6 April 2009 - Mayer Brown LLP, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that its Supreme Court & Appellate practice was named as one of the best in the country by a leading legal publication. Read >>
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| Appellate Hot List
Mayer Brown among firms listed to this year's Appellate "Hot List." Read >>
Reprinted with permission from the April 6, 2009 edition of National Law Journal ¸ 2009 Incisive Media Properties, Inc. All rights reserved. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. |
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| Insight into court's thinking paid off
Article quoting Charles Rothfeld on Mayer Brown's representation of the Philippine National Bank and the Philippine government in a dispute for control of millions of dollars stolen by former Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos. Read >>
Reprinted with permission from the April 6, 2009 edition of National Law Journal ¸ 2009 Incisive Media Properties, Inc. All rights reserved. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. |
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| Supremes: Environmental rules should weigh costs, benefits
Tim Bishop quoted on the Supreme Court ruling in Energy v. EPA, saying the ruling is "likely to be highly influential in granting EPA discretion to use cost-benefit analysis more generally." Read >>
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| Mayer Brown Captures Victory at the Supreme Court in Immigration Law Case
The Supreme Court issued its ruling today in Negusie v. Holder (No. 07-499), which presents the question whether an alien compelled by threats of death and serious injury to act as a military guard in a prison where people were being persecuted on the basis of a protected ground is barred from seeking asylum. Together with the Yale Law School Supreme Court Clinic, Mayer Brown provided pro bono representation to the petitioner, Daniel Girmai Negusie, who has applied for asylum. Read >>
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| Andy Frey argues Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co. before the Supreme Court
Andy Frey's argument in Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co., a case questioning the impact large campaign donations should have on judicial recusals, was highlighted in several media articles. For links to the full text articles, please click here. Read >>
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| Pregaming the Massey Coal Arguments: A Spotlight on the Lawyers
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog highlighted the Legal Times' profile of Andy Frey and his upcoming argument in Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co. Read >>
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| Supreme Court Cheat Sheet
Dan Himmelfarb quoted on several Supreme Court cases awaiting decision. Read >>
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