Law And More

As America Moves into Week of February 1, 2021

TRUMP LOSES IMPEACHMENT TEAM
HIRES TWO DEFENSE LAWYERS
SCOTLAND CONSIDERS FINANCIAL PROBE

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Plum Law-Firm Assignment: If Chevron, Exxon Merge

"The chief executives of Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. spoke about combining the oil giants after the pandemic shook the world last year, according to people familiar with the talks, testing the waters for what could be one of the largest corporate mergers ever." - The Wall Street Journal, January 2021.

M&A assignments represent premium assignments for law firms. The value of that combined entity could be $350 billion. 

But what could put the kibosh on that possibility is the ethos of the  Biden Administration. There could be regulatory and antitrust challenges to the two giants joining together.

According to Investopedia, "Many of the deals [mergers and acquisitions] taking place in the oil and gas sector were driven by a need to consolidate in order to survive the low-price environment."

Currently, though, gasoline prices are increasing. That is projected by GasBuddy to keep up during 2021. That is because of the present boosted demand. The price shift upward could discourage the Chevron/Exxon merger. 

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Lawyer in Peru - Doing a Worse Than "a Toobin"

A lawyer in Peru got into a X-rated pickle much worse than that of Jeffrey Toobin, reports New York Post.

Lee Brown provides the eye-bugging details:

"Héctor Cipriano Paredes Robles had been taking part in a virtual hearing involving a feared local gang, Los Z de Chanchamayo, when he shocked the judge ... [He had] completely stripped off, then started kissing an equally naked woman who soon straddled him ..."

The presiding judge John Chachua Torres condemned the behavior and stopped the proceedings. Robles was pulled off the case. Also he faces multiple investigations. Both the Juin Bar Association and Public Ministry are reviewing his behavior. 

One wonders what inner dynamics trigger the kinds of inappropriate sexual activities which had done in Toobin and could derail Robles' career in law in Peru.

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Lawyer as Media Player - That Wasn't Butch Bowers

"Mr. Trump prefers lawyers who are eager to appear on television to say that he never did anything wrong; Mr. [Butch] Bowers has been noticeably absent in the news media since his hiring was announced." - Maggie Haberman, MSN (previously in The New York Times), January 30, 2021. 

It is widely known already that Butch Bowers Jr., a lawyer from South Carolina, won't be leading Donald Trump's impeachment defense. But the issue that has raised is: In this media era, has it become part of lawyer's "job description" to also be out there in the court of public opinion? 

From the get-go, Trump should have known that Bowers was not that kind of lawyer. The Washington Post describes him as "a lawyer with a military background, taciturn demeanor ..."

On the one hand, it's obvious that the courts of public opinion intersect with the courts of law. Increasingly, public relations firms partner with law firms on high-profile cases. In addition, more and more law firms have well-oiled public relations machines. Those are not only to develop new business. They also put current litigation out there. 

On the other hand, there is the ethical and stylistic matter if the lawyers representing the clients should be the point persons for pitching the arguments to the public. 

It has been conjectured that the media is the most powerful entity in the world. It is posited to have more control than wealth per se, government and the private sector.

If it becomes standard to have the lawyer be the face of the litigation then all those in the loop, from law schools to law firms themselves, have to provide top-notch media training. A big part of that will be how to manage social. 

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