• King & Wood Mallesons said it has elected a new managing partner for Europe and Middle East, legacy Mallesons partner Tim Bednall in London. (The Lawyer)
• Brevity is supposedly the soul of wit, but after a committee recently proposed cutting the word limit on briefs filed in federal appellate courts, from 14,000 down to 12,500 words, lawyers unleashed a flood of complaints. (New York Times)
• Under a recent state bar ethics ruling, Texas lawyers could theoretically face disciplinary action for identifying themselves on pleadings or other communication as working for firms organized as Swiss vereins, such as DLA Piper, Baker & McKenzie, Hogan ...
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