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Two Bell Nunnally Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2012 – 24-7PressRelease.com

Coleman and Danica L. Mathes, both Of Counsel, were selected in the areas of Corporate Law and Entertainment Law (Motion Pictures, Television and Music), respectively. Coleman structures and negotiates complex business transactions and partnership and LLC …

Baker & Daniels completes merger with Minneapolis law firm – Ibj.com

Baker & Daniels LLP, one of the city’s largest and oldest law firms, said Wednesday that it has completed its merger with Minneapolis-based Faegre & Benson LLP. IBJ reported in August that the two firms were in merger discussions with … Continue reading

Mexico’s New Class Action Law Opens a Litigation Frontier – Law.com

At a recent conference in Mexico’s capital city, attorney Diego Gandolfo fielded questions during a presentation before hundreds of judges who will be charged with presiding over one of the latest legal developments in the country: Mexico’s …

Australia passes controversial carbon tax law which threatens to bring down the government – Daily Mail

Australia’s controversial plan for a carbon tax has been passed by the country’s parliament. In a major victory for Welsh-born Prime Minister Julia Gillard, the lower house backed the law which will see the country’s 500 biggest polluters to pay … Continue reading

Nagy: Enforce Laws to Fight Lawmaker Insider Trading – Roll Call Online

… nonpublic information obtained through Congressional service is already doing so in violation of existing federal securities law. Congress has never actually enacted a federal securities law that explicitly defines or prohibits anyone from insider trading.

Senior center holds seminars on elder law – So Md News.com

An abundance of comprehensive information was relayed to attendees last Thursday at the first of four seminars in the Elder Law and Finance Series at the Calvert Pines Senior Center in Prince Frederick. Literature about retirement, insurance and …

Does Law Provide a Right to Sue over a $257 Credit Card Fee? Justices Mull the Issues – ABA Journal

… firmly on the side of consumers when the U.S. Supreme Court considered Tuesday whether a federal law gives consumers the right to sue credit repair companies despite signing contracts requiring arbitration. Ginsburg “chimed in early and …

Patent satellite offices sought by politicians – Politico.com

President Barack Obama’s signing of a new patent reform law last month has ignited the sort of battle that isn’t supposed to happen anymore in Washington: a good old fight for pork. Lawmakers from Silicon Valley, Colorado and Texas are … Continue reading

Tips to Protect Your Nest Egg: Securities Attorney Debra G. Speyer of Speyer Law Warns Retirees & Pre-Retires About Questionable Broker Activities – Yahoo Finance

Speyer is an adjunct law professor at Drexel University, Philadelphia. Speyer Law is a national law firm handling securities law, elder law and estate matters.

AGG’s Pepper named Real Estate Law Lawyer of the Year – The Business Journal

Best Lawyers picked Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Latest from The Business Journals Slideshow: Developers pay M for Dream Park land Arnall Golden Gregory adds practices in D.C. International business drives need for …