Law Advice » Brown http://www.lawadvice.ws Lawful Advice for Legal Situations and Litigious Problems Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:03:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Bankruptcy looms as mayor threatens legal action – The Brown Daily Herald http://www.lawadvice.ws/bankruptcy-looms-as-mayor-threatens-legal-action-the-brown-daily-herald/ http://www.lawadvice.ws/bankruptcy-looms-as-mayor-threatens-legal-action-the-brown-daily-herald/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:55:03 +0000 admin http://www.lawadvice.ws/bankruptcy-looms-as-mayor-threatens-legal-action-the-brown-daily-herald/
Bankruptcy looms as mayor threatens legal action
The Brown Daily Herald
Taveras 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 …

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]]> http://www.lawadvice.ws/bankruptcy-looms-as-mayor-threatens-legal-action-the-brown-daily-herald/feed/ 0 The Am Law 100, the Early Numbers: Mayer Brown Bounces Back with Gains in Revenue, Profits http://www.lawadvice.ws/the-am-law-100-the-early-numbers-mayer-brown-bounces-back-with-gains-in-revenue-profits/ http://www.lawadvice.ws/the-am-law-100-the-early-numbers-mayer-brown-bounces-back-with-gains-in-revenue-profits/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:25:59 +0000 admin http://www.lawadvice.ws/the-am-law-100-the-early-numbers-mayer-brown-bounces-back-with-gains-in-revenue-profits/ 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.

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]]> http://www.lawadvice.ws/the-am-law-100-the-early-numbers-mayer-brown-bounces-back-with-gains-in-revenue-profits/feed/ 0 ACLU seeks legal compensation in prayer banner case – The Brown Daily Herald http://www.lawadvice.ws/aclu-seeks-legal-compensation-in-prayer-banner-case-the-brown-daily-herald/ http://www.lawadvice.ws/aclu-seeks-legal-compensation-in-prayer-banner-case-the-brown-daily-herald/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:53:36 +0000 admin http://www.lawadvice.ws/aclu-seeks-legal-compensation-in-prayer-banner-case-the-brown-daily-herald/
ACLU seeks legal compensation in prayer banner case
The Brown Daily Herald
After 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.

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]]> http://www.lawadvice.ws/aclu-seeks-legal-compensation-in-prayer-banner-case-the-brown-daily-herald/feed/ 0 Discrimination Suit Against Mayer Brown Can Proceed, Judge Rules http://www.lawadvice.ws/discrimination-suit-against-mayer-brown-can-proceed-judge-rules/ http://www.lawadvice.ws/discrimination-suit-against-mayer-brown-can-proceed-judge-rules/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:49:16 +0000 admin http://www.lawadvice.ws/discrimination-suit-against-mayer-brown-can-proceed-judge-rules/ 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 firm.

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Federal judge Wesley Brown dies at age 104 in Wichita
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“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 and was one of two federal judges …
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]]> http://www.lawadvice.ws/federal-judge-wesley-brown-dies-at-age-104-in-wichita-kansas-city-star/feed/ 0 Mayer Brown Convinces Ninth Circuit to Decertify Class in False Advertising Suit Against Honda http://www.lawadvice.ws/mayer-brown-convinces-ninth-circuit-to-decertify-class-in-false-advertising-suit-against-honda/ http://www.lawadvice.ws/mayer-brown-convinces-ninth-circuit-to-decertify-class-in-false-advertising-suit-against-honda/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:01:02 +0000 admin http://www.lawadvice.ws/mayer-brown-convinces-ninth-circuit-to-decertify-class-in-false-advertising-suit-against-honda/ 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.

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]]> http://www.lawadvice.ws/mayer-brown-convinces-ninth-circuit-to-decertify-class-in-false-advertising-suit-against-honda/feed/ 0 Brown files papers, accusing developer of using legal action to ‘extort a … – Buffalo News http://www.lawadvice.ws/brown-files-papers-accusing-developer-of-using-legal-action-to-extort-a-buffalo-news/ http://www.lawadvice.ws/brown-files-papers-accusing-developer-of-using-legal-action-to-extort-a-buffalo-news/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:53:31 +0000 admin http://www.lawadvice.ws/brown-files-papers-accusing-developer-of-using-legal-action-to-extort-a-buffalo-news/
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Brown files papers, accusing developer of using legal action to 'extort a …
Buffalo News
By 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. …

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Brown countersues, accusing developer of using legal action to 'extort a …
Buffalo News
By 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. …

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]]> http://www.lawadvice.ws/brown-countersues-accusing-developer-of-using-legal-action-to-extort-a-buffalo-news/feed/ 0 INVESTIGATION: Legal Loophole Saves Brown Millions in Taxes – GoLocalProv http://www.lawadvice.ws/investigation-legal-loophole-saves-brown-millions-in-taxes-golocalprov/ http://www.lawadvice.ws/investigation-legal-loophole-saves-brown-millions-in-taxes-golocalprov/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:56:14 +0000 admin http://www.lawadvice.ws/investigation-legal-loophole-saves-brown-millions-in-taxes-golocalprov/
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INVESTIGATION: Legal Loophole Saves Brown Millions in Taxes
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That 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. …

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]]> http://www.lawadvice.ws/investigation-legal-loophole-saves-brown-millions-in-taxes-golocalprov/feed/ 0 Circuit Upsets Fraud Conviction of Ex-Mayer Brown Partner http://www.lawadvice.ws/circuit-upsets-fraud-conviction-of-ex-mayer-brown-partner/ http://www.lawadvice.ws/circuit-upsets-fraud-conviction-of-ex-mayer-brown-partner/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:37:52 +0000 admin http://www.lawadvice.ws/circuit-upsets-fraud-conviction-of-ex-mayer-brown-partner/ 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.

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