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In ‘Kafkaesque’ Case, Pro Se Client Foils Former Counsel’s $145K Fee Collection

Apparently unhappy about his lawyer’s handling of a federal national-origin discrimination case in which he won an $80,000 jury verdict on a retaliation count, a tenured assistant professor of economics at Seton Hall University’s Stillman School of Business fought back. After dismissing his counsel, Antonia Kousoulas, and successfully defending the…

Apr 2, 2009 10:07 PM CDT

Judge: Sperm Bank Can Be Sued for Product Liability

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled in a novel case that a sperm bank may be sued under product liability laws for failing to detect that a sperm donor had a genetic defect. The Legal Intelligencer, in an article posted today, reports that Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas N.…

Apr 2, 2009 2:58 PM CDT

Fen-Phen Lawyers Blame Cincinnati Class Action Atty for Mistakes

Jurors are expected to begin deliberating today in the second trial against disbarred Kentucky lawyers William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr. on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in the fen-phen diet-drug case that was settled for $200 million in 2001. The two are accused of defrauding their clients…

Apr 2, 2009 2:40 PM CDT

Conn. Judge Freezes Assets of Madoff Sons, 5 Hedge Fund Execs

Siding, for now, with a municipality suing over the loss of $42 million from its pension fund, a Connecticut judge has temporarily frozen the assets of Bernard Madoff’s wife, brother, two sons and five executives of hedge funds that funneled money into Madoff’s now-admitted Ponzi scheme (one of whom is…

Mar 31, 2009 11:52 PM CDT

Mom Sues Over Fla. Kindergartener Handcuffed in 2005 Temper Tantrum

The mother of a 5-year-old handcuffed by police after other efforts failed to calm the girl down during a kindergarten temper tantrum in 2005 has filed suit over the incident. Inga Akins, 27, seeks damages from the Pinellas County School Board and Fairmount Park Elementary for alleged negligence, malicious prosecution…

Mar 31, 2009 10:15 PM CDT

Possible Bomb Today at Law Office of Calif. Civil Rights Attorney

The top four floors of a 12-story office building in Oakland, Calif., was evacuated today after a suspicious package was personally delivered to the office of civil rights attorney John Burris this morning by an unknown person. The incident is the latest in a series of disturbing developments as many…

Mar 31, 2009 9:43 PM CDT

Lawyer Expert in Botched Circumcisions Gets $2.3M Win

Lawyer David Llewellyn says a jury’s $2.3 million award for a botched circumcision is the highest he has obtained in the 14 years he has represented such victims, though he asked for even more money. Llewellyn of Johnson & Ward represents victims of wrongful circumcision and genital injury, according to…

Mar 31, 2009 5:22 PM CDT

Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal of $79.5M Punitive Tobacco Award

The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal of a $79.5 million punitive award in a tobacco case, saying it had erred in granting certiorari. The appeal by tobacco maker Phillip Morris was “dismissed as improvidently granted” in a one-sentence order, according to SCOTUSblog and the Associated Press. The dismissal…

Mar 31, 2009 2:55 PM CDT

Stanford Exec Sues Proskauer Partner, Says He Put Her in SEC Frying Pan

Blaming a former company lawyer for the criminal case against her, an executive of Stanford Financial Group has sued the lawyer, Thomas Sjoblom, and Proskauer Rose, the firm at which he is a partner. “He essentially dropped her in the grease,” attorney Tony Buzbee, who represents Laura Pendergest-Holt in the…

Mar 28, 2009 1:42 AM CDT

Despite Defamation Suit, Courtney Love Twitters On

What a news agency describes as “online rants” have landed singer Courtney Love in court. Love is being sued in California by an Austin, Texas, fashion designer known as Boudoir Queen, for allegedly posting defamatory material about the plaintiff on Twitter and MySpace, reports the Associated Press. The Los Angeles…

Mar 27, 2009 8:45 PM CDT

Covington Returns Yolanda Young Fire, Says Ex-Staff Lawyer Had Lackluster GPA

Sued last month by a former staff attorney who claimed Covington & Burling maintained its staff attorney ranks as a ghetto for minority attorneys, the law firm didn’t hesitate to fire back earlier when Yolanda Young apparently made similar charges in an administrative complaint with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity…

Mar 27, 2009 6:21 PM CDT

Some Madoff Investors Complain Their Lawyers Were to Blame

Some law firms could face liability for advising clients who lost money with Bernard Madoff, according to a Massachusetts state official. Secretary of State William Galvin, who regulates securities brokers in Massachusetts, told the Boston Globe that he is hearing complaints from Madoff clients who may be blaming lawyers for…

Mar 27, 2009 1:17 PM CDT

‘Sexting’ Cases Put Pa. Prosecutor on ACLU’s Litigation List

A Pennsylvania prosecutor’s aggressive approach to so-called teenage sexting of explicit messages on cell phones has put him on the American Civil Liberties Union’s litigation list. Siding with three female high school students and their mothers, in a dispute over the appropriate handling of racy photos being transmitted on teenagers’…

Mar 26, 2009 2:43 AM CDT

Brooklyn Law Student Wins Freeze on Madoff Brother’s Assets

A 22-year-old student at Brooklyn Law School who says he lost nearly $500,000 in purported assets invested with convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff has persuaded a New York judge to issue a temporary freeze on the assets of Madoff’s brother. In a civil suit, Andrew Ross Samuels says Peter Madoff…

Mar 25, 2009 10:24 PM CDT

Lawyers for Woman Injured in Chimp Attack Claim Owner Is Strictly Liable

A Connecticut law firm representing a woman injured in an attack by a pet chimpanzee claims the animal’s owner should be strictly liable for owning a wild animal. Lawyers for the injured woman, Charla Nash, are asking a judge to freeze the assets of the chimp’s owner, Sandra Herold, the…

Mar 25, 2009 2:39 PM CDT

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