The lawyer for the students who won a lawsuit challenging the protection of jobs on Tuesday on the basis of unconstitutional issues, is a believer in winning and a lover of the Walter Matthau movie “The Fortune Cookie” about a crooked, ambulance-chasing lawyer. As co-chair of Gibson Dunn’s appellate and constitutional chair groups, Theodore Boutrous […]
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Loeb & Loeb – In discussing the debate surrounding Ortiz’s selfie with the President—whether it was a spontaneous snapshot or a paid marketing stunt on behalf of Samsung—this article looks at the legal issues surrounding brands’ use of celebrities and famous people such as President Obama, and the questions raised about whether such acts are
He’s the target of US extradition and the subject of lawsuits from movie producers and recording companies, now Kiwi-based Kim Dotcom has offered a $5 million bounty for anyone who can establish corruption by the US or New Zealand governments as he faces his extradition trial. Dotcom has made as big a name for himself
Three men have been arrested in Los Angeles in respect of a $22 million movie scam involving a company called Gigapix and the “Oz3D” movie. The release from the LA US Attorney’s office reported: LOS ANGELES – Three men were arrested today for their roles in a scheme involving a company called Gigapix that allegedly
The Tiananmen Square confrontation in 1989 lead to one lawyer embarking upon a career as one of China’s most prominent human rights lawyers. Mo Shaoping, 56, has gone on to represent political activists, journalists and dissidents for nearly two decades in China, prompted by the events that occurred all those years ago in Tiananmen Square. If
How does a law firm gain business online? People are increasingly using social media, not law directories, business cards and law firm web pages to find them. They come from Twitter and Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. What’s a poor law firm to do to attract online attention? LexBlog publisher Kevin O’Keefe works with lawyers to
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Courtroom outbursts go with the territory in terms of testy exchanges between attorney and Judge, but when Las Vegas lawyer Jacob Hafter was denied a motion to alter a trial date due to a conflicting Jewish holiday, he took to Facebook to call the Judge both a “racist” and an anti-Semite it didn’t go down
President Obama broke the law with his deal over Bowe Bergdahl’s release. That’s the clear sentiment – confidently expressed in multiple corners of the media over the Obama administration’s failure to notify Congress of the release of five Guantanamo Bay detainees when making their deal for the exchange of American soldier Bowe Bergdahl. One such
The issue of fees and who is entitled to them is central to just about any law firm’s identity and life. But in the case of some of the largest-ever law firm failures – Coudert Brothers, Thelen LLP and Dewey & LeBoeuf, the issue has reached the highest court in New York. So who deserves
Steve Ballmer’s purchase of the LA Clippers for $2 billion is the biggest NBA deal ever and a big deal for the former Microsoft Chief Executive who is used to big deals. The Clippers sale was negotiated by Shelly Sterling who co-owns the team with her husband Donald, who in now embroiled in litigation with
