The Miami-Dade Circuit Court ruled in an order entered this weekend that Romspen US Mortgage Investment Fund, represented by Am Law 200 firm Shutts & Bowen, is owed nearly $18 million from company 7 at Blue Lagoon LLC. The property is set for foreclosure sale by the Miami-Dade clerk of the court…

In a published decision Monday, the New Jersey Appellate Division invalidated a provision adopted by the Government Records Council that said submissions made in denial-of-access complaints are not subject to the Open Public Records Act. In 2022, the GRC adopted a provision that said that all submissions made to the…

Hundreds of Oral Arguments: Law Firms’ Merger Will Create Strong Appellate Practice | National Law Journal Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2024/08/12/100-oral-arguments-merger-creates-premier-appellate-practice-398-139335/ (From left) Brian Ginsberg and Erin Perdatto of Harris Beach and Daniel Krisch of Murtha Cullina. Courtesy photos “We have a skill set that we can apply to an environmental…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has become the second federal appeals court to hold that investors can’t sue over alleged misstatements that an acquired company makes leading up to a merger with the one they own stock in. The San Francisco-based appeals court last week dismissed a…

While law firm leaders may have rolled their eyes at Milbank’s summer associate bonuses last week, several industry observers said firms are now waiting to see if others match it, even if economic trends may not support the financial hit to their profits. Representatives for many top law firms that have…

Law firms across Europe have been busy making moves, from lateral hires in Spain and Italy to an absorption in Portugal and a new practice in Poland. Spain In Spain, Herbert Smith Freehills has hired a partner and three associates from CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo to join its…