William Thornton IV was reportedly driving without a valid license when he skidded through a stop sign on a poorly lit road in Citrus County, Fla., in 2004. Both occupants…
A federal magistrate has cut 50 hours and $400,000 from a request for attorney fees by the firm Outten & Golden in employment litigation that at times turned rancorous.
A Manhattan federal magistrate has refused to toss a lawsuit against a law firm that failed to sue for defamation on behalf of a client whose employer said in a…
Former deputy attorney general Eric Holder, the co-chair of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, is considered a likely candidate for attorney general if his candidate wins the presidency. But would he…
A partner at a New York law firm that bills itself as “dedicated to the empowerment of women in the workplace” has been accused of sexually harassing a former client…
Steve Stodghill practices in Dallas as a litigation partner at Fish & Richardson. But a recent movie offer gave him a chance to demonstrate his corporate deal-making skills, too.
A 250-lawyer New York-based international law firm known for its immigration work is the subject of a preliminary investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor, which says it may have…
At first glance, things don’t appear so bad for summer associates. Some at the biggest law firms will be earning $3,000 a week. And record numbers were hired this year…
A federal magistrate in Baltimore has ruled a company sued for infringement has no attorney-client privilege in 165 documents mistakenly turned over to its opponent in e-discovery.
Once upon a time, a law firm only had to worry about office gossip circulating among its own troops and their friends in the local legal community. Today, leaked information…
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