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Weil joins a growing line of top U.S. law firms that have closed offices in mainland China as the fractious geopolitical relationship between the U.S. and China and the prolonged market downturn force the world's top-performing law firms to reconsider their investments in China.
In the first in a series of Q&As with partners about how they cope with life in law, Taylor Wessing corporate head Emma Danks and Fieldfisher commercial partner Sam Jardine talk about their own experiences.
"The sooner you bring a piece of litigation, the sooner you find out what the facts are," attorney Richard Silver said about the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
Lamb McErlane partner Joseph Podraza Jr., representing Kline & Specter, called Bosworth's motion "a transparent attempt to pre-empt our soon-to-be filed motion against him."
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Plaintiff Fortress Credit Corp. is asking a judge to find real estate developer Charles S. Cohen liable for almost $190 million in outstanding funds, per a motion for summary judgment in lieu of complaint filed Monday.
Ohio had two definition of "motor vehicle," one that applies to traffic laws, and one that applies more broadly to various chapters of state law and criminal laws, the opinion said.
"[Q]uite frankly, bluntly, some municipalities would prefer to not spend the money, and then have some jury or judge order them to pay the money," plaintiff lawyer Robert Sokolove said.
Asked why Ken Paxton was paying restitution to victims if he was innocent, defense attorney Dan Cogdell said, "It's cheaper than what he would've had to pay me if we went to trial."
Tracking television legal ads that solicit plaintiffs for mass torts can give general counsel early warning of new trends and gauge the plaintiffs' bar's appetite in product litigation categories.
"It's a signal to judges, and it's a signal therefore to litigants as well, that you might as well just start bringing these cases," Alan Rozenshtein, an associate law professor at the University of Minnesota. "You might win."
