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Mayer Brown Newsletter
Scenario
A financial services organization is a party to a litigation in which plaintiffs are seeking information concerning business practices that impacts a number of the organization’s customers.
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Legal Update
29 April 2013
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in United States v. Anchor Mortgage Corp., 2013 WL 1150213 (7th Cir. Mar. 21, 2013), provides additional guidance on the appropriate measure of damages under the False Claims Act (FCA).
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News Release
9 April 2013
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that Michael Martinez has joined the firm in New York as a partner in its Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice and White Collar Defense & Compliance group. Previously, he was the Executive Assistant United States Attorney in the US Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, the office’s third-highest ranking position.
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Mayer Brown Newsletter
Scenario
An organization is sued by a former employee who alleges that she was sexually harassed in the workplace through a series of allegedly offensive and degrading text messages sent by a supervisor.
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Legal Update
14 March 2013
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
There has been an increasing trend toward the criminalization of customs violations in the United States, with a greater number of cases being referred to the US Department of Justice for criminal prosecution.
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Legal Update
12 March 2013
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
Two recent decisions from the Southern District of New York provide some guidance on limits to the US government’s ability to prosecute foreign nationals under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The first decision, SEC v. Straub, et al.,1 supports the government’s long-held view that the FCPA applies broadly to foreign nationals involved in foreign bribery schemes—regardless of the defendant’s direct contacts with the United States—and significantly limits a foreign defendant’s ability to assert a statute-of-limitations defense.
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Newsletter
28 February 2013
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Mayer Brown Newsletter
A large customer of a manufacturing company is sued by a putative class of shareholders claiming various securities law violations related to an alleged failure to disclose the declining sales of one of their products, for which the manufacturing company provides parts.
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Newsletter
31 January 2013
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Mayer Brown Newsletter
For years, a large company has been effectively retaining the vast majority of all electronic data generated by its systems and employees.
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Newsletter
29 January 2013
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Media Coverage
9 January 2013
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Law360
A Law360 feature article discusses the arrival of Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Greg Deis (Chicago) to Mayer Brown.
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News Release
9 January 2013
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced that Greg Deis has rejoined the firm in Chicago as a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice and the White Collar Defense & Compliance group. Previously, he was an Assistant US Attorney in the Criminal Division of the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, which he joined in 2007 after four years as an associate at Mayer Brown.
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Newsletter
28 December 2012
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Mayer Brown Newsletter
Scenario
A multinational company is negotiating an agreement with a cloud computing provider to maintain and hold all of the company’s electronically stored information and data. The general counsel of the multinational company is concerned about data privacy and data protection both in the United States and worldwide. |
Newsletter
30 November 2012
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Mayer Brown Newsletter
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and several state attorneys general are investigating aspects of a financial institution’s specific service offering.
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Legal Update
19 November 2012
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Newsletter
31 October 2012
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Mayer Brown Newsletter
Scenario
A large corporation is sued over the alleged breach of a substantial contract. Due to the complex nature of the contract, the corporation’s business executives frequently sought advice from in-house counsel when entering into, and performing under, the agreement.
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Legal Update
30 October 2012
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
On October 17, 2012, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a criminal indictment in a Georgia federal district court, accusing nine individual and corporate defendants of operating a fraudulent scheme to evade more than $20 million in antidumping duties imposed on Chinese imports.
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Newsletter
28 September 2012
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Mayer Brown Newsletter
Scenario
A large manufacturing company is a defendant in a putative nationwide class action lawsuit. The putative class will most likely number in the thousands, or tens of thousands, of consumers, resulting in potentially significant damages and expensive electronic discovery costs for the company.
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Legal Update
21 September 2012
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
On September 20, 2012, a federal judge imposed a $500 million fine on AU Optronics (AU), a Taiwanese manufacturer of thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels, for its role in a price-fixing conspiracy.
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Newsletter
31 August 2012
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Mayer Brown Newsletter
A multinational company is in litigation with multiple parties regarding a patent dispute. Due to the breadth of the claims and the complexity of the issues involved, the parties expect to produce millions of documents in discovery. With merits depositions scheduled to take place in the upcoming months, the multinational company must engage in a comprehensive document review to produce documents, prepare its witnesses and refine its litigation strategy.
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Mayer Brown Newsletter
A multinational construction company receives a wide ranging subpoena from the US Department of Justice demanding the production of a variety of documents maintained at various locations inside and outside the United States.
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Legal Update
30 July 2012
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
On July 23, 2012, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a criminal complaint in a California federal district court, accusing eight individuals and three business entities of operating a fraudulent scheme to evade customs duties on imported goods produced in a foreign country.
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Mayer Brown Newsletter
This is Part Two of Two in a set of Tips of the Month addressing email archives. The tip of the Month for May addressed initial considerations and functionality relating to email archives. |
Legal Update
22 June 2012
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
In Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000), the Supreme Court held that under the Sixth Amendment “any fact,” other than the fact of a prior conviction, that increases the penalty for a crime beyond the prescribed statutory maximum “must be submitted to a jury, and proved beyond a reasonable doubt.” Id. at 490. On June 21, 2012, in Southern Union Co. v. United States, No. 11-94, the Supreme Court ruled that this constitutional right extends to criminal fines. |
Media Coverage
20 June 2012
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Law360
Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Kelly Kramer (Washington, DC) quoted on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s recommendation that the US House of Representatives find US Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that the 2012 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business ranked 124 of its lawyers, with 149 total rankings, in 51 nationwide and/or state practice categories. Of these, 38 rankings are top-band or higher rankings in 25 nationwide and/or state categories.
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