A South Florida lawyer has been criminally charged along with two others who allegedly participated in a scheme to sell a house at a grossly inflated value to a “buyer”…
A law professor who has written on the subject of court disputes over engagement rings has found that her expertise has made her a popular expert over who gets to…
Bank of America will agree to modify loan terms, where possible, for up to 390,000 borrowers who took out subprime loans serviced by Countrywide in a deal that could be…
Companies that tout the virtues of arbitration appear to prefer litigation for disputes involving contracts with other companies, according to a study by three law professors.
Updated: Citigroup lawyers made a weekend trip to a judge’s home in Connecticut in an attempt to block a Wachovia buyout by Wells Fargo, but the judge had no authority…
Although the worst of the mortgage meltdown was then still in the future, a ABA study of legal malpractice claims from 2004 to 2007 showed that related legal malpractice claims…
Moving fast in the midst of an extraordinarily troubled U.S. economy, federal regulators seized—and sold—the troubled Washington Mutual bank last night.
“Regulators simultaneously brokered an emergency sale of virtually all…
As fans of the Chicago Cubs eagerly await the playoffs and the team’s possible participation in baseball’s World Series, the situation is testing once-amicable sharing arrangements among groups of season-ticket…
Former CBS news anchor Dan Rather can proceed with a claim that his ex-employer breached its contract with him and damaged his reputation by firing him after a controversial 60…
A ruling in a partner poaching dispute between Nixon Peabody and French law firm Taylor Wessing highlights a significant problem with pacts not to hire each other’s lawyers during merger…
Since 2007, one California family reportedly bought and sold 43 properties with the help of at least 43 mortgages from Washington Mutual that added up to a total of nearly…
With a magic number of two at last report, the Chicago Cubs appear likely to lock up baseball’s National League Central division title. If they do, a contract dispute over…
Islamic law now has legal effect in the United Kingdom, under a 1996 arbitration statute that recognizes the rulings of a network of five Shariah courts.
The former CEO of Brocade Communications has racked up more than $53 million in legal fees defending backdating charges, and $7 million of them have not been paid by the…
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