It was a standard legal representation up to the point of receiving a $4,000 settlement check in a homeowner’s insurance case, according to two clients of Shelbyville, Tenn., attorney Burt…
Faced with a firestorm of controversy over a change in its fine print, Facebook has reverted to previous terms of use that limit the social networking site’s ability to use…
The blogosphere has been abuzz this week over revised terms of use for the popular Facebook social networking site, after the Consumerist blog pointed out hitherto little-noticed changes announced earlier…
An Ohio judge’s finding that a National Collegiate Athletic Association ban on student-athletes using attorneys in contract negotiations is “arbitrary and capricious” could encourage significant legal representation changes nationally concerning…
A year ago, Lord & Whip had 15 lawyers. But now it is down to no more than four partners, and they reportedly can’t agree on anything. So managing partner…
Perkins Coie has sued a former associate in its Menlo Park, Calif., office. The law firm contends that he reneged on a written agreement to repay up to $30,000 that…
An Orlando, Fla., woman who says riding the Tower of Terror relieves the excruciating pain of her abdominal lesions has sued after being barred from all Disney theme parks.
In a week already packed with news about alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball during the past decade, another player has taken center stage.
The litigation over a fatal accident in which a Texas judge’s daughter was convicted of intoxication manslaughter and sentenced to a brief jail term has just gotten a bit more…
Three tech company clients have sued Foley & Lardner, contending that the law firm overbilled them for unnecessary work and didn’t effectively pursue their case as plaintiffs in federal patent…
More than nine years after 14 lawyers leaped from a well-known New Jersey partnership to Lowenstein Sandler, a trial is nearing over claims that the 260-attorney firm went too far…
A mergers and acquisitions partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft describes a hectic four days working on pharmaceutical maker Pfizer’s $68 billion buyout of Wyeth.
A federal appeals court has ruled that Taco Bell—and not its ad agency—is responsible for paying $42 million in damages and interest to two cartoonists who claimed the fast-food giant…
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