With the landmark trial of Lori Drew complete—she was acquitted of the more serious felonies but convicted of misdemeanor violations—terms of use issues still have legal experts all abuzz.
After a five-year litigation saga, a Denver law firm has not only prevailed in its defense of a case initially brought by a former client as a legal malpractice action…
In a highly unusual move, the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has gone public with a proposed mortgage foreclosure rescue plan that conflicts with the position taken by…
Taxpayers would likely have to pay the legal bills of former executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac if they are sued by dissatisfied shareholders or the federal government decides…
Two brothers who contend the Texas lawyer who won them a $1.7 million settlement in a wrongful arrest case is overcharging them have taken the bill battle to the next…
After making media waves throughout the country with an unusual refusal to enforce court eviction orders in mortgage foreclosure cases last week, the sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, has backed…
Although other partners of a dissolved Pittsburgh law firm were held personally liable for the balance due on the remainder of the five-year office lease, two former Titus & McConomy…
About 25 would-be buyers in a failed Florida condominium development are suing the law firm that held their deposit money, arguing it didn’t do enough to safeguard $2.5 million of…
The author of a best-selling Holocaust memoir that was eventually determined to be a fake can keep the $32.4 million judgment she was awarded in an earlier case, along with…
Citigroup has given up its bid for Wachovia, but it hasn’t abandoned a state court lawsuit over what it contends is a violation of an exclusivity agreement it had with…
Morrison Cohen has been sued twice by former client Donald Trump. Now the New York law firm will be opposing him on behalf of a client sued in connection with…
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