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Bankruptcy looms as mayor threatens legal actionThe Brown Daily HeraldTaveras has threatened legal action if an agreement with nonprofits cannot be reached cooperatively. Taveras also demanded sacrifices from retirees at the morning press conference, calling for the suspension of cost-of-living increases in retiree …and more » View full post on legal – Google News

After seeing revenue drop two years in a row, Mayer Brown returned to top-line growth in 2011, according to The American Lawyer’s reporting. Gross revenue climbed 2.4 percent, to $1.13 billion, while revenue per lawyer and profits per partner rose 10 percent, to $745,000 and $1.18 million, respectively. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

ACLU seeks legal compensation in prayer banner caseThe Brown Daily HeraldAfter a judge ruled last week in favor of a Cranston High School West student who requested the removal of a prayer banner hanging in her school, her attorneys have asked the city to compensate her legal fees, a sum of $173000.and more » View full [...]

A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit brought by a former Mayer Brown associate, in which she claims the firm fired her because she is black, can proceed. At the same time, the judge cleared the way for counterclaims that accuse the associate of improperly taking confidential documents prior to her departure from the [...]

Kansas City Star Federal judge Wesley Brown dies at age 104 in WichitaKansas City Star“There comes a time, and he was just ready,” said Belot, who served as a law clerk early in his career before joining Brown on the federal bench in Wichita. Brown had been appointed by President John F. Kennedy in 1962 [...]

A split 9th Circuit panel has decertified a nationwide false advertising class action against Honda’s U.S. subsidiary, ruling that California’s consumer protection law is too different from those in other states to permit class litigation. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

Buffalo News Brown files papers, accusing developer of using legal action to 'extort a …Buffalo NewsBy Phil Fairbanks After months of quietly denying the allegations against him, Mayor Byron W. Brown is taking the offensive in his legal battle with a national housing developer. Brown filed court papers late Friday questioning NRP Corp. …and more » [...]

Buffalo News Brown countersues, accusing developer of using legal action to 'extort a …Buffalo NewsBy Phil Fairbanks After months of quietly denying the allegations against him, Mayor Byron W. Brown is taking the offensive in his legal battle with a national housing developer. Brown filed court papers late Friday questioning NRP Corp. …and more » View [...]

GoLocalProv INVESTIGATION: Legal Loophole Saves Brown Millions in TaxesGoLocalProvThat charter indeed can override the limitations imposed by the state law, according to legal experts interviewed by GoLocalProv. However, that exemption is not unlimited, according to Bob Craven, a former state assistant attorney general. …and more » View full post on legal – Google News

The conviction of former Mayer Brown partner Joseph P. Collins for helping Refco executives defraud investors of more than $2 billion was overturned today by the 2nd Circuit, which cited the trial judge’s handling of a jury note indicating that a juror was attempting to barter his vote. View full post on Law.com – Newswire