As the economic downturn hit Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft this year, its managing partner has also had to deal with problems at home—or more specifically, with his home.
In an unprecedented effort to enforce their copyrights, five top computer game-makers are reportedly about to threaten 25,000 residents of the United Kingdom with lawsuits unless they ante up about…
An Internet ticket scam is of Olympic scope for victims who have spent thousands of dollars, not to mention days of vacation time, to travel to China for the games…
Lawyers are preparing for an onslaught of collections lawsuits after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing plaintiffs to sue to recover unpaid debt, even if they don’t have a financial…
What if you called up a telephone company’s directory assistance service and got a wrong number for a major bank? And, worse yet, the wrong number was for a fraud…
From $98 million to $20 million to $13.3 million to zero and now back to $13.4 million again, the value of a closely watched Tennessee wrongful death case against an…
Seeking to save pedestrians from themselves, Illinois lawmakers have been considering a new law that would ban them from walking and text-messaging or, apparently, otherwise using a cell phone while…
The Tennessee Supreme Court has upheld a $13 million award of punitive damages against an automobile manufacturer in a closely watched case claiming that a dangerous minivan seat caused the…
Retiree Mamie Ruth Palmer filed for bankruptcy in 2002 and has been battling her mortgage lender ever since. Now she has agreed to a settlement that allows her to remain…
A self-employed painter and decorator in Wales has been given an expensive ticket for violating a law against smoking in the workplace–in this case, his own unmarked van.
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