An art dealer who graduated from Stanford Law School reportedly tried to bully a well-known art auction house into paying $168,000 to settle a baseless lawsuit.
Ruling on a writ of mandamus seeking to quash a federal judge’s plan to allow a gavel-to-gavel webcast of a hearing in a hard-fought case over music downloading, the Boston-based…
The New York attorney general says he will sue a Long Island law firm and has already sued a major process-serving company in the state, contending that they were involved…
Updated: It now appears that it wasn’t merely a document but a PowerPoint presentation on legal costs allegedly purloined by an unknown person from a 2004 Sherwin-Williams board meeting that…
Harvard Law School professor Charles R. Nesson, infamous for his eccentric antics in the courtroom and the classroom, continues to draw criticism for his unconventional defense of a Boston University…
“Juror Johnathan” may have been a bit of a twit, as the N.Y. Daily News said in a headline, for posting tweets on Twitter.com while awarding a $12.6 million verdict…
A New Jersey judge erred when he gave a plaintiff a “Sophie’s Choice” between pursuing her sex discrimination case against a former employer and caring for her mortally ill 89-year-old…
Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford notified a federal court in Dallas this week that he is unable to retain counsel because all his assets and money have been seized.
Lawyers battling over funds seized for human rights victims of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos have asked an appeals court to force a controversial federal judge to account for…
Judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals are engaging in a war of pointed concurrences and sometimes snarky dissents to decisions denying en banc review.
It was initially U.S District Judge Nancy Gertner’s idea that a pro se defendant in a high-profile file-sharing case should seek help from a renowned Harvard Law School professor.
Out-of-control discovery in civil cases can be so expensive that it prevents parties from litigating legitimate disputes, a joint report (PDF) by two legal organizations says.
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