A federal judge has ruled against a New York law firm in a hard-fought case over its debt-collection practices, finding after a bench trial that Upton Cohen & Slamowitz conducted…
It’s going to cost $500,000 annually for five years. But DLA Piper expects to save $1 million a year in travel expenses and lost productivity by upgrading from videoconferencing to…
Updated: Trying to help a struggling jury get to the finish line, the judge in high-profile New York criminal trial over Brooke Astor’s estate planning has said he will accept…
A lawyer has sued her former Delaware law firm, alleging that the lawyer who supervised her made inappropriate sexual comments, including observations that she was “sexy” and “dirty hot.”
The state of New York has cut off unemployment benefits for a 2008 law grad after she reported collecting $1.30 a day in advertising income from her blog.
A suit against the former co-managing partner of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo is citing a “soul mate” e-mail in an effort to prove the lawyer helped enrich…
A pick-up basketball game at the University of Texas led to a misdemeanor assault charge against a star Longhorns freshman safety after he allegedly fought with a law student at…
A planned 2010 merger of London-based Norton Rose with Australia’s Deacons law firm is giving their competitors on both continents considerable food for thought.
Together, the Norton Rose-Deacons combination will…
As cybercrime has exploded in recent years and even traditional crimes ranging from harassment to murder routinely involve Internet-related communication, authorities in many jurisdictions increasingly are struggling to keep up…
A legal recruiter has sued Los Angeles-based Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith for $100 million in actual and punitive damages, contending that the 700-attorney…
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