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Law Firm Markets Product Discounts

Looking for a discount on a foot rub, your next visit to a tanning salon–or legal services? Brown & Crouppen offers them all, via its “VIP Platinum Card.” Plus, the card, sent out by the St. Louis plaintiff personal injury firm in marketing mailings, is transferable to others who might…

Jun 26, 2007 10:00 PM CDT

$7 Billion Drug-Test Suit Allowed

A Nigerian court has refused to dismiss a $7 billion lawsuit against Pfizer Inc. for allegedly testing antibiotic drugs on children in the mid-1990s, resulting in injuries and as many as 11 deaths. The judge ruled the Nigerian government had improperly amended its lawsuit, but said the overall case could…

Jun 26, 2007 4:48 PM CDT

NYC Jury: Book Scheme Was a Scam

Counsel for Laura Albert said she met her contractual obligation. It didn’t matter that she wasn’t a male prostitute, her defense contended, nor that the book she wrote, “Sarah,” was actually fiction rather than non-fiction. She entered into a contract to sell Antidote International Films Inc. the movie rights to…

Jun 25, 2007 6:23 PM CDT

Another Big Defense Win in Paint Case

Now is apparently the time to be a defense lawyer representing a paint manufacturer in big-bucks litigation over injuries allegedly caused by lead-based products manufactured decades ago. Hard on the heels of recent defense victories in lead paint lawsuits in Missouri and New Jersey, a jury in Milwaukee, Wisc., found…

Jun 23, 2007 1:41 AM CDT

NYC Jurors Decide: Was Scheme to Portray Fiction as Non-Fiction a Scam?

Was a literary hoax a fraud? That is the question a federal jury in New York City began deciding today, in a case brought by a movie production company to recover money it paid writer Laura Albert for rights to her alleged non-fiction book “Sarah.” The problem is, Sarah was…

Jun 22, 2007 11:13 PM CDT

Nurses Testify in Katrina Hospital Deaths

Several nurses are reportedly soon to testify before a grand jury, two of them under immunity grants, in an ongoing criminal investigation of the deaths of at least four hospitalized patients in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. Health care workers at Memorial Medical Center, including at least one doctor, are…

Jun 20, 2007 11:26 PM CDT

Fee Suit Scores Own Goal: $7 M to Client

It’s a common belief among attorneys that suing a client over unpaid fees is a dangerous practice, and a recent decision by a New York jury shows why. Filing suit to collect unpaid legal fees from a client partnership cost a now-defunct New York law firm a $7 million judgment,…

Jun 20, 2007 9:48 PM CDT

Suit Over Lawyers’ Conversation Dismissed

A Philadelphia judge has dismissed a defamation suit against Cozen O’Connor that was based on a phone conversation between lawyers. The suit by an heir to a building fortune says a lender called loans for a Rolls Royce and a boat after the conversation, the Legal Intelligencer reports. During the…

Jun 20, 2007 1:51 PM CDT

Duke Settles With Players in Rape Case

The fallout continues over three former Duke University lacrosse players falsely accused of rape. A settlement agreement, in an undisclosed amount, was announced Monday by Duke University concerning its treatment of three former men’s lacrosse team members. Meanwhile, litigation is likely and there could even be criminal sanctions against the…

Jun 18, 2007 10:32 PM CDT

Lawyer Rankings Rankle, Suit Results

Rankled by lawyer rankings that reportedly gave the dean of Stanford Law School a lower score than that of a dead and disbarred lawyer, affected attorneys are–surprise!–suing. John Henry Browne, a Seattle trial lawyer who is also unhappy about his own score, has filed a federal class action suit against…

Jun 18, 2007 10:05 PM CDT

Court to Consider Nasdaq Liability

An en banc appeals court will hear an appeal this week that seeks damages against Nasdaq for touting WorldCom stock in advertising. The full 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals based in Atlanta will hear arguments in the case on Tuesday, according to the Fulton County Daily Report. The suit…

Jun 18, 2007 12:46 PM CDT

Judge: Scruggs in Criminal Contempt

A federal judge in Alabama is asking the U.S. Justice Department to prosecute a high-profile trial lawyer for criminal contempt, contending that Richard Scruggs brazenly violated a court injunction by sharing documents concerning Hurricane Katrina-related insurance claims with the Mississippi attorney general. In an order, Dist. Judge William Acker asks…

Jun 16, 2007 1:16 AM CDT

Second Lead-Paint Suit Fails

State supreme courts handed paint manufacturers two victories this week in lawsuits seeking cleanup costs for lead paint used before it was banned as a health hazard in 1978. Today the New Jersey Supreme Court dismissed a public nuisance suit filed against lead paint makers by 26 towns and counties,…

Jun 15, 2007 8:42 PM CDT

Chiquita Sued in Terrorism Funds Case

A Florida law firm has filed suit against Chiquita Brands Int’l., on behalf of 22 people allegedly killed by a Colombian terrorist group that received funds from the multinational company. The suit–which a company spokesman terms “preposterous”–alleges that Chiquita banana workers and others were murdered by paramilitary troops funded by…

Jun 14, 2007 9:57 PM CDT

Toxic Tap Water for Years at Marine Base

At least twenty-five years after toxins were found to have seeped into the water supply at a North Carolina marine base, the situation is still being studied. A report released Tuesday, as emotional testimony began at a hearing by the House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee by individuals who say they…

Jun 13, 2007 11:05 PM CDT

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Law Firm Markets Product Discounts

$7 Billion Drug-Test Suit Allowed

NYC Jury: Book Scheme Was a Scam

Another Big Defense Win in Paint Case

NYC Jurors Decide: Was Scheme to Portray Fiction as Non-Fiction a Scam?

Nurses Testify in Katrina Hospital Deaths

Fee Suit Scores Own Goal: $7 M to Client

Suit Over Lawyers’ Conversation Dismissed

Duke Settles With Players in Rape Case

Lawyer Rankings Rankle, Suit Results

Court to Consider Nasdaq Liability

Judge: Scruggs in Criminal Contempt

Second Lead-Paint Suit Fails

Chiquita Sued in Terrorism Funds Case

Toxic Tap Water for Years at Marine Base

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