113 ABA Journal Mexico articles.
Could this be the end of out-of-town patent lawyers flocking to Marshall, Texas? They’ve become known for showing up in luxury cars, ordering catered gourmet meals for their trial war rooms and running up expensive hotel tabs. That’s the future some observers predict for the top destination for patent infringement lawsuits after a U.S. Supreme Court decision limited the venues where such suits may be filed.
Jul 1, 2017 1:35 AM CDT
A Mexican judge who presided in several legal challenges filed by lawyers for Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was shot and killed outside his home on Monday.
Judge Vicente Antonio Bermudez…
Oct 18, 2016 4:03 PM CDT
A GPS device stuck under the Range Rover of an Texas attorney directed assassins straight to him, the feds say.
But the small black box also pointed authorities to three…
Apr 29, 2016 10:45 AM CDT
Joaquin Guzman Loera, a Mexican national and alleged drug cartel leader known as El Chapo, was recaptured Friday, the New York Times reports.
Guzman, who is charged with various…
Jan 8, 2016 4:40 PM CST
In a ruling that applies only to the petitioners, the Mexican Supreme Court has ruled that individuals should have the right to grow and use marijuana for their personal use.
…Nov 5, 2015 10:02 AM CST
The New York Times reported Thursday that attorney Oscar Manuel Gómez and five others have been arrested for allegedly helping plan and carry out Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El…
Oct 23, 2015 1:15 PM CDT
Efforts by the Obama administration in recent months to focus on illegal trafficking of wildlife and related activities undermining wildlife conservation have not received widespread attention. But that could change…
Aug 7, 2014 11:16 PM CDT
The U.S. will seek extradition of the claimed leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, who was captured over the weekend sleeping in a condo in a Mexican beach resort town…
Feb 24, 2014 6:30 PM CST
A prominent Texas lawyer met with the ex-wife of a former president of Mexico and discussed a scheme in which he would launder as much as $600 million for a…
Oct 23, 2013 3:55 PM CDT
The American Bar Association and the Inter-American Bar Association have agreed to work together on issues involving human trafficking, the globalization of the legal profession and funding for judicial systems…
Jun 21, 2013 8:49 PM CDT
Responding to a New York Times report earlier this week about a claimed pattern of bribe-paying by a Mexican subsidiary, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it has been looking into the…
Dec 19, 2012 4:52 PM CST
When a lawyer for the Mexican subsidiary of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. allegedly told executives at the retail giant’s Arkansas headquarters that managers across the border routinely resorted to bribery to…
Dec 18, 2012 10:18 PM CST
Efrain Cazares, a federal judge for the Mexico state of Michoacan accused of improperly releasing drug cartel suspects, was fired Wednesday, the Associated Press reports.
Mexico’s Federal…
Oct 25, 2012 5:33 PM CDT
Allegations that bribery by the Wal-Mart Stores Inc.subsidiary in Mexico may have violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act look “quite ordinary,” a law professor says.
But a claimed cover-up by…
Apr 23, 2012 7:33 PM CDT
The entire Mexico City office of Thompson & Knight has jumped ship to join DLA Piper, which opened a new office there today.
Two of the four partners making the…
Feb 14, 2012 5:59 PM CST