International Law

Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s new column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. I’ve spent my whole life watching my ignorance be exposed. When I worked at a small firm in California, I thought the whole litigation world was my oyster: We handled all civil cases […]

The American Lawyer Global 100 is out. It’s the list that ranks law firms around the world by gross revenue. And this year, there’s a new name at the top. Baker & McKenzie leapfrogged a number of firms to become the top-grossing law firm in the world (based on 2009 revenue numbers). Baker narrowly edged […]

The founders of this Oman-based law firm obviously haven’t seen American Pie: Law Firm Fail [Fail Blog]

Law professor Peter Erlinder’s summer break continues to suck. Last week, we told you about the William Mitchell College of Law professor, who traveled to Rwanda to help with the defense of a political leader running against the incumbent president. He was arrested soon after his arrival because of his “genocidal ideology.” He allegedly violated […]

A law professor from Minnesota is not having a very good start to his summer break. As we previously mentioned in the Memorial Day Docket, a William Mitchell College of Law professor, Peter Erlinder, 62, traveled to Rwanda last month to help with the legal defense of Victoire Ingabire, an opposition leader running against current-President […]