Litigation Management

80 ABA Journal Litigation Management articles.

Former law school dean sues Texas university over loss of tenure

Alleging that she was stripped of tenure without cause and denied due process, the former law school dean of Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law has brought a federal lawsuit against the historically Black college.

Sep 22, 2022 1:49 PM CDT

Will Trump be indicted in Mar-a-Lago documents case? His lawyers see possibility, object to special master request

Updated: Lawyers for former President Donald Trump mentioned the possibility of an indictment in a letter resisting a special master’s request for information about the declassification of documents seized at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida.

Sep 20, 2022 10:48 AM CDT

After suspension, Judicial Watch founder alleges legal ‘jihad’ to remove pro-Trump lawyers

Judicial Watch founder Larry Klayman has gone on the offensive after his 18-month suspension for ethics violations while representing a woman in a lawsuit against Voice of America.

Sep 20, 2022 9:38 AM CDT

Judge criticizes Gibson Dunn and Facebook for alleged effort to ‘obstruct and delay’ discovery

A federal judge wants additional briefing on the type of sanctions that he could consider against Facebook and its law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in multidistrict litigation alleging privacy violations by the social media platform.

Sep 19, 2022 2:50 PM CDT

Texas may enforce law banning social media from blocking users based on viewpoints, 5th Circuit says

A federal appeals court on Friday allowed Texas to enforce a law that generally bans large social media companies from restricting posts based on the viewpoint of the speaker.

Sep 19, 2022 10:39 AM CDT

Rape victim sues after police use her sexual-assault DNA to arrest her in unrelated crime

A rape victim who was arrested based on DNA evidence that she provided to police has filed a lawsuit against the city and county of San Francisco and police officials.

Sep 14, 2022 9:09 AM CDT

DOJ court filing says Bass Berry lawyer ‘lacked professional courtesy’ in discovery dustup

The U.S. Justice Department is complaining that a defendant in a whistleblower kickback case has filed a “premature and baseless” motion asking a court to resolve discovery disputes that “relate largely to the word choices the United States used in responding that it does not have documents or information responsive to the various requests.”

Sep 8, 2022 10:00 AM CDT

Judge tosses suit by Yale psych prof fired over diagnosis of Trump and Dershowitz

A federal judge in Connecticut has tossed a lawsuit filed by a volunteer psychiatry professor at Yale University who lost her job after suggesting publicly that former President Donald Trump and lawyer Alan Dershowitz may have shared psychiatric symptoms "by contagion."

Sep 1, 2022 12:33 PM CDT

Top St. Louis prosecutor is reprimanded for discovery missteps, misstatements in then-governor’s prosecution

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner was reprimanded Tuesday for her handling of a 2018 investigation into then-Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens for alleged invasion of privacy.

Sep 1, 2022 8:44 AM CDT

Cravath is entitled to nearly $75M as a contingency fee in failed-merger litigation, judge rules

A Delaware judge has ruled that Cravath, Swaine & Moore is entitled to a $74.8 million shifted contingency fee in a lawsuit for damages following a failed merger.

Aug 29, 2022 12:53 PM CDT

Federal judge orders 3 pharmacy chains to pay over $650M for role in opioid epidemic

CVS, Walmart and Walgreens must pay $650.6 million to two Ohio counties after contributing to the opioid epidemic, a federal judge said Wednesday.

Aug 18, 2022 11:40 AM CDT

Damages awards reach nearly 10-year high in employment cases, new report shows

A total of $1.17 billion in damages were awarded in 1,016 employment cases in 2021, representing the highest amount of damages in nearly a decade, according to a new report released in early August.

Aug 18, 2022 8:58 AM CDT

New York man arrested and charged with assault after attack at courthouse

A man who had previously threatened a federal judge attacked a court security officer in the elevator at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York, according to a criminal complaint made public Monday.

Aug 16, 2022 10:21 AM CDT

Why it helps to have some clients

Clients. If you have a private law practice, it helps to have them. But what does one do to land clients—and more important, the right ones?

Aug 15, 2022 10:49 AM CDT

Boies Schiller and Hausfeld will get big chunk of $626.6M in legal fees in insurance antitrust case

A federal judge in Alabama approved a $2.67 billion settlement and $626.6 million in attorney fees Tuesday in an antitrust class action against Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance plans.

Aug 10, 2022 11:54 AM CDT

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