The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a case today that could “end class-action litigation in America as we know it,” according to a law professor who studies the subject.
For years, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act has helped protect those on active duty, allowing them to, among other things, terminate leases and capping the interest rate creditors can charge…
King & Spalding has opened a new office in Singapore. It is headed by its global energy practice leader, Philip Weems, who formerly served as managing partner in the firm’s…
An arbitrator has ruled (PDF) that a former in-house lawyer for Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. may use documents that otherwise would be protected by attorney-client privilege because…
It remains to be seen whether Mary Bale could face any legal repercussions from admittedly putting a family’s cat into a lidded outdoor trash container, where it was reportedly trapped…
Crowell & Moring is facing another lawsuit over its handling of settlement money and its contingency fee award in its representation of victims of the 1986 hijacking of Pan Am…
After Bingham McCutchen and McKee Nelson announced their merger last year, California legal recruiter Alan Miles sent along his bill for introducing the two firms: $1.5…
When dealing with a sexual harassment suit, an executive of a video game giant allegedly said he wanted to spend to defend rather than settle with the plaintiff for $200,000…
The Maricopa County, Ariz., Board of Supervisors is expected Wednesday to approve the hiring of uber-arbitrator Kenneth Feinberg to handle claims brought against the local government by high-level county managers,…
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that an employee who claims his entire arbitration agreement with his company is unconscionable must have that dispute resolved by the arbitrator.
An attractive New York banker who sparked a media frenzy by suing her former employer for allegedly firing her because she was “too distracting” in a business suit and high…
In a new chapter of the ongoing, much-debated saga about appropriate attire for female professionals, a former business banking officer at a Citibank branch in New York City contends she…
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