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ABA considers model ethics rule allowing foreign attorneys to practice in U.S. courts

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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November 29 2012

The American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Ethics 2020 has reportedly filed final proposals for updating the model rules to account for technological advances and international legal practice

Texas Supreme Court issues proposed “loser pay” rules

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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November 29 2012

The Texas Supreme Court has proposed new rules that would implement the “loser-pays” provisions included in tort reform measures adopted in 2011 by the state legislature

Insufficient evidence of lost profits shown in law firm’s dispute with ediscovery vendor

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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November 8 2012

A Texas appeals court has determined that a law firm failed to substantiate its claim for damages in a breach of contract counterclaim against a vendor hired to provide litigation support services involving electronic discovery

When does a shirt becomes a service in a personal injury lawsuit?

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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October 25 2012

A federal court in Indiana has determined that a reasonable jury could find that the relationship between an injured plaintiff and the company that supplied the shirt he was wearing while employed as a welderplasma torch operator “was predominantly for the sale of a service”; thus the court allowed the plaintiff’s negligence claim to proceed while granting the defendant’s motion for summary judgment on claims of product defect

When jurisdiction gives way to other SCOTUS concerns

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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October 11 2012

Having read the argument transcripts in Kiobel and Lozman, SCOTUS’ early-term jurisdictionality cases, I am somewhat at a loss

SCOTUS opens term with additional argument on alien tort claims issues

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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October 11 2012

During the first day of its new term, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a second round of arguments in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., No. 10-1491 (U.S., restored to the calendar for reargument March 5, 2012

Stakes high in Kiobel?

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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October 11 2012

“Thus re-framed, the Kiobel case has the potential to substantially redefine prevailing understandings about how open the U.S. courts are to claims under international law.”

Uptick in U.S. traffic fatalities linked to economy

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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October 11 2012

With traffic fatalities up 9 percent in the first half of 2012 over the same period in 2011, some researchers have linked any previous decreases in fatalities to economic downturns

Fifth Circuit adopts flexible standard for foreign service of process in auto accident case

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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September 13 2012

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that, while the 120-day limit on service of process under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure does not apply to defendants who are foreign nationals, a district court may limit the time needed to serve such defendants under a flexible due-diligence standard

CDC launches video contest on community-level injury and violence prevention

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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May 10 2012

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has invited the submission of videos by students, the general public and injury and violence professionals in a competition titled “Seeing My World through a Safer Lens: What Does Injury and Violence Look Like in My Community?”

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