U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno of Philadelphia has tallied the number of times a litigant dropped the F-word or a variant in a deposition—it was 73 times—and…
Federal prosecutors claim in court documents that several plaintiffs class action law firms secretly paid an expert witness on a contingency basis, giving him an incentive to inflate shareholders’ damages.
When opinion letters apparently written by a prominent New Jersey lawyer were sent to Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services in 2004 along with alleged fake financial statements, the bank reportedly…
Without admitting liability, Merck & Co. has agreed to pay a total of more than $650 million to plaintiffs including the federal government, 49 states and the District of Columbia,…
A lawyer for a borrower being pursued by Countrywide Financial Corp. had a question: Why did a letter purportedly sent in September 2003 have an office address for him that…
A former prosecutor and judge is squaring off in federal court with the creator of the Sopranos television series, contending that he is entitled to compensation for coming up with…
More insurance companies are trying to evade coverage of legal malpractice disputes by claiming law firms failed to notify them of a potential claim, according to a defense lawyer.
Those who switch jobs are increasingly facing lawsuits for trying to poach co-workers or clients before moving to a new employer. And sometimes the plaintiff is a law firm.
After a relatively convivial two-day confirmation hearing last week before the Senate Judiciary Committee concerning President Bush’s nomination of Michael Mukasey to be the new U.S. attorney general, the gloves…
A federal judge has refused to dismiss part of a lawyer’s RICO suit that contends lawyers for her ex-client helped hide money that should have paid his fees.
A high school football coach contends in a federal appeal that he has a constitutional right to support his players during their prayers by bowing his head and kneeling.
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