Some 100 lawsuits have been filed against Toyota Motor Corp. throughout the United States, blaming the automaker for alleged injuries ranging from fatal accidents to diminished vehicle value after widespread…
Updated: A 28-year-old computer mastermind who last year pleaded guilty in a case involving the theft of millions of credit and debit card numbers from retailers and a major credit…
After Dion Persson graduated from Yale Law School, he worked for Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Johns Manville, eventually rising to the position of general counsel.
A onetime associate of Nixon Peabody has settled an insider-trading complaint brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission without admitting or denying the allegations made against her.
The newest judge on Delaware’s Court of Chancery has taken the unusual action of removing lead plaintiffs counsel from a class action case, citing their “nonexistent” advocacy in the shareholder…
Plaintiffs attorney Edward Hawkins and law professor Eric Schnapper of the University of Washington had petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider a sexual harassment case brought by two men…
A partner in a Silicon Valley law firm who works with startup companies has written something of a primer on the popular “catchphrases, clichés and buzzwords” he learned during countless…
The scent of litigation success isn’t a sweet smell for at least one plaintiff who recently won a $100,000 settlement in a federal Americans with Disabilities Act discrimination case.
A former partner of McGuireWoods pleaded guilty today in federal court in New York to one count of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud concerning…
Eleven major corporations have agreed to provide $30 million in funding for a new Inclusion Initiative intended to encourage companies to do business with law firms owned by women and…
One of Hawaii’s oldest and best-known law firms has been sued for malpractice by former clients seeking $25 million in compensatory and punitive damages.
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