A former partner at DLA Piper is being tried on charges that he forged a payroll statement in hopes of getting a higher salary at his new law firm, Duane…
How can lawsuits be resolved more quickly and at less cost? Two groups offering solutions suggest that discovery—including electronic discovery—needs to be proportionate to the amount in controversy and importance…
A federal judge has dismissed a suit filed by a female partner of a Pennsylvania law firm over alleged pay discrimination and sexually explicit work-related activities.
Lawyers from the now-merged law firm Day Casebeer Madrid and Batchelder are pointing the finger of blame at Qualcomm for discovery violations in patent litigation that led to sanctions.
Phillipa Curtis had a blood-alcohol level of zero when she rear-ended a disabled neon-yellow Fiat parked at the side of the narrow roadway. But the 22-year-old was sentenced to 21…
Celebrity Anna Nicole Smith’s former boyfriend and lawyer, Howard K. Stern, 40, will face trial on felony drug charges along with a psychiatrist and a physician for the onetime Playboy…
In a legal malpractice suit filed against Seyfarth Shaw and four current and former lawyers of the law firm, a former client is seeking not only standard-issue relief but treble…
The owner of a California radio station must pay $16.6 million to the survivors of a woman who died of water intoxication after participating in a “Hold Your Wee for…
One of two men who made a secret videotape seemingly showing an Ecuador judge in a $27 billion environmental case discussing his upcoming ruling is a convicted drug felon, the…
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court today issued an order vacating all juvenile rulings between 2003 and 2008 by former Luzerne County President Judge Mark Ciavarella.
A Montana jury yesterday held that the maker of Louisville Slugger baseball bats must pay $850,000 to the family of a 18-year-old who was struck in the head by a…
Weighing in on the side of his client’s former wife and in-laws, a criminal defense lawyer who represented a man executed in a controversial Texas death-penalty case now says that…
As federal lawmakers continue to work to close loopholes allowing banks to impose onerous terms on credit card users, the Pew Charitable Trusts reports that many continue to offer credit…
A lawyer who formerly served as a top-ranking female executive at Anheuser-Busch InBev NV has sued the brewery giant for gender bias, contending that it paid women less than men…
Federal investigators declined to seize and review the laptop computers that two Northwest Airlines pilots now say they were so engrossed by that they forgot they were supposed to land…
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