Corporate Law
3037 ABA Journal Corporate Law articles.
Lawyer Rudy Giuliani offered $1 million in annual pay to a woman he hired as the director of business development for his companies in 2019, but it was “a sham motivated by his secret desire to pursue a sexual relationship,” according to a lawsuit filed Monday.
May 16, 2023 12:24 PM CDT
Proskauer Rose is arguing that a bad business partner—and not a drafting mistake—is to blame for a client’s losses, which are alleged to be around $636 million.
May 11, 2023 2:56 PM CDT
Leonard Leo, the former executive vice president of the Federalist Society, directed a Republican polling company to pay the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas “another $25K” for consulting work in 2012 and to bill a nonprofit organization for reimbursement, according to a document reviewed by the Washington Post.
May 8, 2023 11:28 AM CDT
A Connecticut lawyer sent part of the proceeds from a home sale to a fraudster’s bank account, rather than the bank holding the mortgage, a negligence lawsuit alleges.
Apr 27, 2023 2:14 PM CDT
Low-income clients overburdened by debt, transgender and nonbinary people who need help changing their names, and youths experiencing homelessness are among the groups supported this year by the American Bar Endowment’s Opportunity Grant Program.
Apr 26, 2023 11:50 AM CDT
A would-be class action lawsuit has been filed against the American Bar Association for an alleged failure to safeguard members' data that was exposed in a security breach.
Apr 25, 2023 8:34 AM CDT
A Texas federal judge
who blocked access to the abortion drug mifepristone did not disclose certain information about the millions of dollars in stock that he owns when he filled out financial disclosure forms for 2020 and 2021.
Apr 24, 2023 12:48 PM CDT
The U.S. National Labor Relations Board has outlined penalties for employers who repeatedly or egregiously violate federal labor law.
Apr 21, 2023 11:23 AM CDT
At least 31 lawyers from nine different law firms were involved in Dominion Voting Systems’ two-year defamation lawsuit against the Fox Corp., which ended this week with a $787.5 million settlement.
Apr 21, 2023 9:47 AM CDT
A request for an investigation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for alleged financial disclosure failures has been referred to the U.S. Judicial Conference’s Committee on Financial Disclosure, according to a letter reviewed by the Washington Post.
Apr 20, 2023 2:22 PM CDT
MyPillow founder and CEO Mike Lindell must make good on his offer to pay $5 million to anyone who could disprove his election-fraud data, an arbitration panel ruled Wednesday.
Apr 20, 2023 10:54 AM CDT
Justice is slow in Chicago
Most murder cases in the county that includes Chicago take four years or longer to resolve, according to a series of investigative stories by the…
Apr 14, 2023 2:21 PM CDT
Former President Donald Trump has filed a $500 million lawsuit against his former lawyer Michael Cohen for allegedly revealing client confidences and spreading falsehoods about him.
Apr 13, 2023 8:43 AM CDT
A partner at the Am Law 100 law firm Ballard Spahr talks to the ABA Journal about the Silicon Valley Bank failure and what it means for the larger financial sector.
Apr 12, 2023 8:36 AM CDT
A Johnson & Johnson unit is back in bankruptcy court again, after its first attempt to settle looming talcum powder cases failed because it wasn’t in financial distress.
Apr 7, 2023 11:06 AM CDT
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