A California lawmaker is now facing battles on two fronts, as he seeks the Republican nomination in an effort to unseat Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) in 2010.
Eric Birnbaum and Terry Goldberg had been pals since the two were about 14 years old, attending both college and law school together. So the still-unsolved slaying of Birnbaum outside…
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear a case involving prosecutor immunity from lawsuits for procuring false evidence in a criminal investigation and then using it at trial.
A federal judge thought he saw a “gross conflict of interest” when a pension fund administrator revealed in a court hearing earlier this month that a securities class action law…
An Arizona appeals court has upheld a $25,000 sanction against a construction law firm that trumpeted to potential clients, without mentioning the exact amount, a confidential settlement of a homeowner…
In an unusual decision that could be persuasive in other courts, a Wisconsin appellate panel has recognized the power of an arbitration panel to order reinstatement of an in-house lawyer…
Lawyers involved in the bankruptcy of Heller Ehrman were in court Monday to watch arguments in a case involving the duties of 10 former partners at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison.
At least one female private detective had an ultrasound exam of her uterus and ovaries. Meanwhile, a physician submitted his own sperm sample to a medical rival.
In a trial that begins today, New Jersey law firm Lowenstein Sandler is fighting a tort claim that it caused the collapse of another, smaller law firm.
Updated: Two well-known law firms have partially resolved what one participant has termed a “sandbox” dispute over a PowerPoint presentation about legal fees paid by Sherwin-Williams Co. in lead paint…
A suit filed by a former client claims Morrison & Foerster charged a staggering $4.8 million in attorney fees for its defense in a patent infringement suit, while failing to…
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