http://www.abajournal.com/news/ en Copyright 2013 2013-05-21T08:14:21-06:00 http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/jones_day_opens_new_office_in_miami_its_first_in_florida/ Jones Day has opened a new office in Miami, its first in Florida, in a move that is expected to expand its Latin American practice. Bankruptcy partner Pedro A. Jimenez, who is a native of the city. will head the office, which the the 16th in the U.S. and the… International Law, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners, Central America, International, South America, States, Florida Thu, 09 May 2013 11:05:39 -0500 44105.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/with_1b_fee_unpaid_plaintiff_lawyer_in_18b_enviro_case_is_now_pro_se_agains/ Attorney Steven Donziger could earn $1 billion, his opposing counsel says, if an $18 billion foreign judgment against Chevron Corp. concerning environmental damage in Ecuador is upheld. Meanwhile, Donziger is unable to afford to pay his own counsel as Chevron continues with a bruising U.S. district court counterattack against the… Appellate Practice, Corporate Law, Environmental Law, International Law, Tort Law, Trials & Litigation, Attorney Fees, Evidence, Verdicts & Settlements, 2nd Circuit Court, International Courts/Tribunals, International, South America, States, New York Mon, 06 May 2013 15:15:43 -0500 44049.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/doc_charged_in_7_murders_may_have_slain_300_to_free_up_hospital_beds_invest/ A doctor has been charged in what authorities are calling seven murders of terminally ill patients at a hospital in Brazil and could be responsible for as many as 300 deaths, an investigator says. Dr. Virginia Soares de Souza is charged with seven counts of aggravated first-degree murder. She is… Criminal Justice, Health Law, International Law, International Courts/Tribunals, International, South America Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:40:49 -0500 43475.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/nightclub_fire/ Authorities investigating a Sunday nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people in southern Brazil have detained four individuals for questioning—two owners, a member of the Gurizada Fandangueira band and the group's security chief, officials say. Approximately another 100 people were injured in the fire, at the Kiss nightclub in… Corporate Law, Criminal Justice, International Law, Tort Law, International, South America Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:15:38 -0600 42574.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/baker_mckenzie_1st_us_law_firm_to_open_peru_office_adds_to_mining_practice_/ Baker & McKenzie has announced that the megafirm has become the first global law practice to open an office in Peru; a Reuters article calls it the first major United States-based law firm to do so. The 4,000-attorney international megafirm has acquired a 100-attorney South American practice based… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, International Law, Law Firms, Large Firm, International, South America Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:00:22 -0500 41052.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/holland_knight_plans_to_open_bogota_office_only_the_second_colombian_outpos/ In what a press release says is only the second such move by a major United States law firm, Florida-based Holland & Knight plans to open an office in Colombia in April. The Bogota foothold will serve as a hub for the law firm's growing practice both… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, International Law, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners, International, South America, States, Florida Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:16:19 -0600 37593.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/brazil_sues_twitter_in_bid_to_ban_speed_trap_and_roadblock_warnings/ The attorney general of Brazil has filed a lawsuit against Twitter in a bid to block accounts that warn drivers of police speed traps and roadblocks. The government argues the tweets interfere with police efforts to fight drunk driving, reduce accidents and uncover evidence of crime, report CNN,… Internet Law, Trials & Litigation, International, South America Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:34:12 -0600 37263.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/van_der_sloot_pleads_guilty_in_death_of_peruvian_woman_lawyer_blames_hollow/ Joran van der Sloot pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the murder of a Peruvian woman, as his lawyer blamed the crime on his client's prior unjustified arrest for the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba. Van der Sloot pleaded guilty to “qualified murder” and told the court he was sorry… Criminal Justice, International, South America Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:23:03 -0600 36800.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/kl_gates_plants_flag_in_south_america_is_opening_office_in_sao_paolo_brazil/ K&L Gates has established its first office in South America, opening its doors yesterday in Sao Paulo, the financial capital of Brazil. The office, which is the firm's 39th worldwide, will operate as a foreign legal consultancy, as provided for under the rules of the Brazilian Bar Association. It will… International Law, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners, International, South America Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:37:50 -0600 35922.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/the_new_world_despite_globalization_lawyers_find_new_barriers_to_practicing/ Bar Associations, ABA, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Diversity, Outsourcing, International Law, Labor & Employment, Law Firms, Large Firm, Legal Ethics, International, Asia, China, India, Australia, Europe, United Kingdom, North America, Canada, South America, Features Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:19:28 -0500 35399.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/colombian_prosecutor_gets_max_of_up_to_9_years_in_unlicensed_las_vegas_plas/ A Colombian prosecutor and her husband apologized and pleaded for leniency from a Nevada judge today, saying they hadn't intended to harm a woman who died from an allergic reaction to anesthesia in an unlicensed plastic surgery procedure they reportedly performed in a Las Vegas tile store during a vacation.… Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, Sentencing/Post Conviction, White Collar Crime, International Law, International, South America, States, Nevada Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:16:47 -0500 35649.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/18b_enviro_case_a_donnybrook_for_parties_law_firms_both_sides_hate_each_oth/ It's not unusual to see opposing attorneys become friends again the moment a hard-fought case or courtroom argument is over. But unlike many counsel for whom the war of words is something of an act, corporate attorneys at two prominent United States law firms engaged in pitched battle over an… Appellate Practice, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Corporate Law, Environmental Law, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners, Tort Law, Trials & Litigation, 2nd Circuit Court, International Courts/Tribunals, International, South America, States, New York Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:15:06 -0500 35336.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/brazilian_law_prof_drives_to_police_station_with_students_body/ A Brazilian law professor shot and killed one of his students in the capital of Brasilia on Friday and then drove her body to a police station, a police officer alleges. The professor, Rendrik Vieira Rodrigues, apparently killed 24-year-old Suenia Souza Farias because she wanted to end their relationship, according… Criminal Justice, Law Professors, International, South America Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:04:43 -0500 35255.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/police_chief_in_city_in_which_murdered_brazil_judge_worked_is_arrested_alon/ The head of the police department in Sao Goncalo, Brazil, has been arrested along with seven officers in connection with the murder last month of a judge, the Associated Press reports. Patricia Acioli, who worked as a judge in Sao Goncalo, was shot to death in front… Criminal Justice, Government Law, Judiciary, Trials & Litigation, International, South America Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:01:12 -0500 35178.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/11th_circuit_nixes_finders_keepers_says_massive_treasure_trove_from_1804/ Some 17 tons of silver coins from the 1804 wartime shipwreck of a Spanish galleon must be returned to the government of Spain, which owns the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes, a federal court has ruled. Affirming a trial court's decision, the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held… Admiralty & Maritime Law, Appellate Practice, Corporate Law, International Law, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements, 11th Circuit Court, International, Europe, South America, States, Florida Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:22:12 -0500 35090.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/fearless_about_jailing_rogue_police_brazil_judge_was_shot_to_death_in_hail_/ When a rogue police officer needed to be dealt with, Judge Patricia Acioli was fearless about wielding a heavy hammer. She jailed more than 60, most for murder, reports the Associated Press. Now she has been shot to death, in a hail of 21 police-issue bullets, in… Careers, Obituaries, Women in the Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice, International Law, Judiciary, Terrorism, International Courts/Tribunals, International, South America Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:03:33 -0500 35020.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/2nd_circuit_is_dubious_re_claim_that_a_federal_judge_can_strike_a_foreign_c/ It appears that the plaintiffs may be on the path to victory in a hard-fought international legal battle with Chevron Inc. over environmental damage done to the Ecuador rainforest by a predecessor oil company. During a hearing today, three judges of the New York City-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of… Appellate Practice, Constitutional Law, Corporate Law, Environmental Law, International Law, Tort Law, Trials & Litigation, 2nd Circuit Court, International Courts/Tribunals, International, South America, States, New York Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:23:32 -0500 35015.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/onetime_suspect_in_unsolved_aruba_disappearance_of_natalee_holloway_is_char/ A Dutch man who was once the prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba has now been charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of another young woman found dead in his hotel room in Peru. Prosecutors are seeking a 30-year prison term… Criminal Justice, International Law, Trials & Litigation, International Courts/Tribunals, International, South America Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:08:46 -0500 34787.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/hacked_studio_strikes_back_by_iding_alleged_culprit/ Heartbroken to see images on the Internet earlier this year from its latest, as-yet-unreleased film in the Twilight Saga vampire romance series, a movie studio went the extra mile. Summit Entertainment put the Kroll Inc. private investigator and law firm Keats McFarland & Wilson on the case to try to… Business of Law, Criminal Justice, Entertainment & Sports Law, Intellectual Property Law, Copyright Law, International Law, Internet Law, Law Firms, Midsize Firm, Media & Communications Law, Tort Law, Trials & Litigation, International Courts/Tribunals, International, South America, States, California Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:20:05 -0500 34187.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/brazilian_couple_win_damages_after_condo_neighbor/ Asked by a condominium resident to do something about the "indiscreet and scandalous" noise a neighbor couple allegedly made while having sex in their suburban Rio de Janeiro home, a judge in Brazil has acted. Instead of providing relief to plaintiff Lucas Bohrer Filho, the judge has found merit to… Family Law, International Law, Judiciary, Media & Communications Law, Privacy Law, Real Estate & Property Law, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements, International Courts/Tribunals, International, South America Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:24:04 -0500 33852.abajournal.com