Tenants have complained about blighted views, possible fire safety issues and, in at least one apparent contract-based claim, an adverse effect on their business. But, at least for now, so-called…
The chairman of the Chicago-based Jenner & Block law firm has been nominated to serve as the court-appointed examiner in the record-breaking Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in progress in federal court…
An insurance company for a Nevada law firm has agreed to pay $6.2 million to settle litigation claiming that by preparing financial documents, attorney David Garcia and his law firm…
As employers in a broad array of industries lay off workers, business is up significantly among many of the lawyers and firms that advise these companies.
In one of the latest moves in an active lateral hiring market for seasoned attorneys in certain practice areas, Greenberg Traurig has added to its attorney roster three corporate and…
The Federal Trade Commission has asked a federal judge to stop further integration of Wild Oats Markets with Whole Foods, but an opposing lawyer says it’s already too late.
For seven years, Gary H. Green II handled labor and employment matters as an associate in the Los Angeles office of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom. Now he is…
Corrected: As March oral arguments near in a much-watched U.S. Supreme Court case about the circumstances under which a judicial campaign contribution should require a jurist’s recusal, a substantial number…
As employers increasingly allow employees to telecommute, legal issues arise about whether to monitor electronically their at-home work and, if so, to what degree.
A longtime Pennsylvania senator wielded his power, in part, by pressuring companies to send legal work to certain law firms, including his own, according to testimony yesterday at his federal…
At the request of New York University, a New York judge has extended a previous order preventing a $1.5 billion hedge fund and a limited investment partnership, as well as…
Thomas Mundy isn’t a lawyer. But he says he’s filed 150 lawsuits over the past 18 months, seeking to enforce a federal law that requires businesses to be wheelchair-accessible.
For nine years, Harry Markopolos tried to persuade the SEC that Bernard Madoff must be running an investment scam, contending that the strategy he claimed to be using didn’t match…
Lawyers representing clients who lost money investing in Bernard Madoff’s alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme may wish to take a close look at the newspaper.
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