Growing up in a working-class ethnic neighborhood in New York City, Michael Corriero seemed a lot likelier to wind up standing in front of a judge than sitting on the…
A federal judge has declared a mistrial in a suit against the makers of Fosamax after jury deliberations turned contentious, resulting in shouting and a deadlock.
Confirming earlier news that former Yahoo Inc. vice president and associate general counsel of global patents Duane Valz would be joining Chadbourne & Parke, the law firm today announced his…
The Manhattan judge overseeing the first Fosamax federal product liability trial has ordered a cooling-off period after one lawyer reported hearing shouting from the jury room and a juror reportedly…
Four days after the Bank of America’s shareholders approved a merger with Merrill Lynch, the bank’s general counsel, Timothy Mayopoulos, was suddenly fired and escorted from the building without being…
Stymied in his efforts to determine whether the Bank of America and executives complied with disclosure requirements concerning its merger with Merrill Lynch by what he terms an “indiscriminate” use…
Despite a plethora of laws already on the books, there’s still plenty of bad behavior that hasn’t yet been banned. But officials in New York and Hawaii are proposing laws…
A national credit card company whose workers told a vision-impaired woman that she had to fill out a written form to make a complaint about merchandise she says she was…
Forced to resign from office as New York governor last year after he became embroiled in a prostitution scandal, former state attorney general Eliot Spitzer has lined up a new…
A reception for lawmakers hosted by the New York State Trial Lawyers Association may have violated a state ethics law, according to a state commission.
The CIA has told a federal court that disclosure of additional documents about its interrogation of terrorism detainees could jeopardize national security.
A former New York judge from Albany County has been convicted of trying to shake down lawyers to pay for his legal bills in a judicial conduct investigation.
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