A long line began forming at 3 a.m. today outside the Orlando offices of a Florida personal injury firm that has promised to give away 1,000 free Thanksgiving turkeys today,…
A judge who oversaw the Texas Rangers reorganization doesn’t like lawyers trying the case in the media, doesn’t like the designated hitter rule, and doesn’t like interminable playoffs or long…
In a situation that will likely strike a chord with a number of attorneys who have been seen reading the newspaper, reviewing draft filings or otherwise appearing inattentive at live…
Lawyers who charge by the hour tend to discourage clients from seeking advice that can potentially prevent bigger problems from developing in the long run.
The layoff tally has now reached 900 at a mortgage foreclosure processing company hard-hit by an onslaught of client departures after questions were raised about the validity of its paperwork.
Kicking off a keenly anticipated BigLaw bonus season in which associates–and partners–at competing firms wait and watch to see how others are doing, Cravath Swaine & Moore has announced end-of-year…
When Anthony Galluccio tested positive for alcohol, three days after being sentenced to six months of home confinement for leaving the scene of an accident in 2009, the former Massachusetts…
Reportedly angered over a protective order taken out by his wife that limited access to his home law office, a suburban Chicago bankruptcy lawyer allegedly began beating her Friday morning…
Prosecutors say a 98-year-old semiretired lawyer was scammed by a purported friend who loaned him office space and then accessed financial records stored there.
A Florida lawyer who’s gotten national publicity as an expert in foreclosure defense has one thing in common with his clients–he’s fighting to keep his home, too.
They aren’t necessarily happy about it. However, over 10,000 plaintiffs who have sought for seven years to hold the city of New York and its contractors responsible for alleged health…
A now-disbarred real estate lawyer and literature scholar has been sentenced to six months in jail for impersonating other academics in what the New York Post…
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