Author Archives: Steve Robinson
How Bush v Gore from 2000 can Haunt 2012 — the “Other Question” — Part 2
In Part 1 of this blog series, I explained: “As the court announced at the beginning of its written opinion, Bush (R) asked (1) whether the Florida Supreme Court’s order for a statewide manual recount of ballots created “new standards … Continue reading
How Bush v Gore from 2000 can Haunt 2012 — the “Equal Protection” Standard — Part 1
In 2000 the US confronted its closest Presidential election since 1876, and the outcome was in doubt for a month — until Gore (D) withdrew from the contested race after the US Supreme Court, in the infamous Bush v Gore … Continue reading
Dewey, the Unfinished Business Doctrine, and Judicial Vindication!
In July 2012, I wrote two blog pieces about a disturbing and growing problem: the claims of defunct law firms and their bankruptcy trustees to grab the fees earned by other law firms where the defunct firms’ attorneys had migrated … Continue reading
Example of Importance of Corporate Legal Formalities
Suggested by a true story: Suppose you are a limited partner in a properly formed Texas real estate investment limited partnership. You, along with a general partner and all of the other limited partners, signed and delivered a written agreement … Continue reading
Dewey & LeBoeuf — Continued
A few additional notes on the matter I blogged about last week: the efforts of the CRO in the Dewey bankruptcy to seek profits realized by those law firms that took in departing Dewey partners and completed work that began … Continue reading
Dewey & LeBoeuf, TDRPC 1.15, Fiduciary Duty, Contract and Equity
Earlier this year, I posted an article on our FB account (which, when I trace it down, I will note here) about the trustee in a law firm bankruptcy winning its assertion that departed partners of the defunct law firm … Continue reading
Martin Marietta and Vulcan: DE Supreme Court Issues Opinion July 10, 2012 Backing Up Earlier Order
As we reported weeks ago, the Delaware Supreme Court at the end of May issued its order in the Martin Marietta Materials – Vulcan Materials litigation arising because of Martin’s breach of the confidentiality/nondisclosure agreement between it and Vulcan. The … Continue reading
New, Additional Twitter Account Started
We have a twitter account (@robinsonllp) which can be accessed easily by clicking on the Twitter icon at the bottom of any page of this site. We use that twitter site to tweet stories relevant to our legal practice, as … Continue reading
US Supreme Court Blinks — One Last Thought Today
Actually, two last thoughts on today’s Obamacare decision by the Supreme Court. First, this is “Steve’s Blog,” which I must point out, because my law partner (and real partner spouse) doesn’t always share my opinions on matters legal or otherwise, … Continue reading
US Supreme Court Blinks — An Additional Thought
A number of early commentators, some of whom have read the Supreme Court health care decision carefully, are focusing on the Chief Justice, both as the key vote and the author of the majority opinion. And there seems to be … Continue reading