The U.S. Supreme Court begins its new term Monday with a docket that includes two kinds of videos (one opposing Hillary Clinton and another featuring dogfights), a cross in the…
Massachusetts’ highest court is keeping a former lawyer behind bars for at least another 30 days so a lawyer who listened to his recorded jailhouse conversations to find missing money…
The dissolved law firm Thelen has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, saying its lender Citigroup is no longer willing to advance funds to wind down its operations or to fund…
Although ongoing efforts are being made to keep the federal courts operating as efficiently as possible, congressional lawmakers still consider long-awaited judicial pay raises a priority.
Reviving a malpractice claim against attorneys at the former Powell Goldstein that could potentially cost as much as $25 million to $30 million if it is successful, a federal district…
A Florida law firm with a name apparently designed for phone book advertising has filed for bankruptcy, listing $1.5 million in debt to companies that publish yellow pages directories.
Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings by wealthy families jumped 73 percent in the second quarter of 2009, compared to a year earlier, and the dismal real estate market may be a…
Holland & Knight is facing a malpractice suit filed on behalf of the court-appointed receiver trying to recover assets for investors who lost money to Sep 1, 2009 7:38 PM CDT
Known for its United States bankruptcy work, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy is now launching a restructuring practice in London with the hire of the chief of the practice group…
A slew of expensive estate litigation following the death of founding partner Ed Masry in 2005 has helped drive the law firm that made its former paralegal, Aug 26, 2009 6:54 PM CDT
Hoping to show that Heller Ehrman was insolvent as early as 2007, creditors of the dissolving law firm are arguing that some $24 million in pension contributions were fraudulent transfers…
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