In the latest twist in a hard-fought international environmental case that reportedly could win a megabillions verdict for the plaintiffs, a federal judge in New York has granted a temporary…
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has sued a Georgia law firm for malpractice, contending that a partner of the firm, simultaneously representing Neighborhood Community Bank and a developer client while…
Last week, Chevron Corp. filed a federal civil racketeering lawsuit in New York against the plaintiffs in a hard-fought multi-billion-dollar Ecuador environmental case, alleging that they conspired to manufacture and…
Up against well-known national names in the caffeine trade, local coffee shops in Washington state have tried creative marketing approaches to distinguish themselves.
Half a dozen officials who worked for the Securities and Exchange Commission at a time when Bernard Madoff’s multi-billion-dollar swindle of investors was ongoing have moved on to new jobs.
It wasn’t merely $48 million that a bankruptcy trustee winding up the affairs of convicted swindler Bernard Madoff was seeking in a lawsuit filed in December…
Corrected: Upping the ante in a hard-fought legal battle over megabillions in environmental damage allegedly caused to a South American rain forest by a predecessor of Chevron Corp., the oil…
Once a prominent forensic accountant and attorney known for his natty attire and expertise concerning receiverships, Lew Freeman is now serving a federal prison term of more than eight years…
After persuading a federal judge that a plaintiff’s lawyer waived privilege by operating as a “political operative” in conjunction with the making of a documentary film, a corporate defendant in…
Corporate greed, excessive risk-taking on Wall Street and a failure by key government regulators to do their jobs were among major factors that led to the financial meltdown of 2008,…
A federal judge has given a green light to a lawsuit against a bank utilized by then-attorney Scott Rothstein in the $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme he ran from his South…
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