The Kentucky judge overseeing the trial of three fen-phen lawyers accused of defrauding their clients told other attorneys and witnesses in the case yesterday to stay away from jurors.
Lawyers for a New York school district are seeking sanctions against a lawyer who claims in a lawsuit that the district’s lawyer apparently listened in on her private conversation with…
A special prosecutor has been appointed to pursue a sanctions case against two plaintiffs lawyers in connection with misstatements made in a toxic-tort case.
A former partner at a Maine law firm who was accused of stealing more than $300,000 from his law firm and clients is expected to plead guilty to felony theft.
Alston & Bird is close to a settlement with a bankruptcy trustee to resolve allegations of legal malpractice and fee overcharges, according to the Fulton…
Concerned that sensitive documents might be delivered to the wrong legal counsel, a corporate client in a hard-fought federal case reportedly contracted with the hotel at which its own attorney…
Two lemon-law lawyers accused of failing to adequately supervise an overwhelmed associate faced skeptical judges on Maryland’s highest court on Friday.
Lawyers Craig Kimmel and Robert Silverman of Pennsylvania, founders…
A New York Times business columnist says an article by a former securities class action lawyer serving time for paying kickbacks is “a brazen, shameful piece of work.”
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. sold stock in two companies last year in a move that allowed him to participate in two cases before the Supreme Court, financial disclosure…
A prominent BigLaw firm didn’t pay a number of bills from a longtime consultant and marked up some by 25 percent before passing them on to clients, a vendor contends…
Although recommending no civil or criminal penalties, a federal judge didn’t hold back when he criticized Mississippi’s attorney general, Jim Hood, in a written opinion issued yesterday. In no uncertain…
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