As a result of an ongoing probe by New York state authorities, three major Internet service providers have agreed to block access to the Web by groups that use the…
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…
Two New York-based international law firms are the latest to announce that they are opening offices in Brazil, billed as “the new Middle East” by a legal publication.
A New York appeals court is allowing a malpractice claim against Shearman & Sterling by a private investor who contends the law firm failed to make sure he retained superior…
The former chairman of the intellectual property group at Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman has filed a $90 million defamation suit against the firm for Jun 6, 2008 12:07 PM CDT
Despite pleas for leniency from legal, judicial and civil groups, New York’s highest court has upheld a recommendation that a municipal judge who jailed 46 people…
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…
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…
Actress Tatum O’Neal puts a positive spin on her experience of being arrested and jailed, for the first time, for 18 hours this week, after she alleged bought crack cocaine…
The top bond ratings firms are close to an agreement with the New York attorney general that would change the way they collect fees to grade securitized subprime mortgages and…
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