Pro se litigant and lawyer ordered to pay $1.5M for using Lewis Brisbois name

Updated: A federal judge in Houston has ordered a lawyer and a pro se litigant in a rental-fee and eviction dispute to pay $1.5 million for registering a Texas business using the name of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, the law firm representing their litigation opponent in the rental litigation.

Sep 17, 2024 3:05 PM CDT

Judge settles suit accusing lawyer of threatening to release her intimate photos in bid to scuttle deposition

A Florida judge has settled her lawsuit against a lawyer she sued for allegedly trying to blackmail her with nude photos chronicling her pregnancy.

Sep 11, 2024 10:46 AM CDT

White male law student settles suit against Chicago Bears over ‘legal diversity fellow’ position

A student at the DePaul University College of Law has settled a lawsuit claiming that the Chicago Bears football team refused to consider him for a “legal diversity fellow” position because he is a white man.

Sep 5, 2024 10:36 AM CDT

Former Littler lawyer drops California suit against firm, bringing end to departure dispute

A former lawyer at Littler Mendelson has dropped a California lawsuit alleging that the law firm violated a $950,000 agreement to settle their dueling claims in connection with her departure.

Sep 3, 2024 12:27 PM CDT

2nd Circuit cites push notifications to jurors as one reason why Sarah Palin deserves new defamation trial

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a Republican, is entitled to a new trial in her defamation case against the New York Times, partly because a jury finding of no liability was marred by push notifications received by jurors, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

Aug 28, 2024 2:54 PM CDT

Illinois jail must pay $880K to family members of inmate who died by suicide, judge rules

A federal judge in Illinois has awarded more than $880,000 to the estate of a 22-year-old man who died by suicide in the Cook County Jail.

Jul 19, 2024 2:45 PM CDT

New Jersey senator convicted of 16 felonies in corruption trial

Sen. Bob Menendez was convicted Tuesday of taking bribes from three businessmen who showered him and his wife with cash, gold bars and a Mercedes-Benz, an extravagant bounty for his help securing deals with foreign officials and trying to derail several criminal investigations in New Jersey. Menendez vowed to appeal, and legal experts say he could be helped by the Supreme Court’s rulings in recent years narrowing the scope of federal bribery laws.

Jul 16, 2024 4:25 PM CDT

Milberg avoids sanctions despite filing fake claims in Visa and Mastercard settlement

Plaintiffs law firm Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman will not face sanctions after submitting fake claims as part of a billion-dollar settlement involving Visa and Mastercard, a federal magistrate judge ruled on Saturday.

Jul 15, 2024 3:30 PM CDT

After Chevron: 8 policies that could be vulnerable to new legal challenges

Regulations that touch nearly every facet of American life could face new challenges after the Supreme Court’s move to overturn Chevron deference last week. Just days later, litigants around the country are already taking aim at some rules with new motions and filings.

Jul 10, 2024 2:00 PM CDT

Supreme Court blocks controversial Purdue Pharma opioid settlement

The Supreme Court has blocked a controversial proposed Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan that would have provided billions of dollars to help address the nation’s opioid crisis in exchange for protecting the family that owns the company from future lawsuits.

Jun 27, 2024 9:26 AM CDT

Has litigation ended between Littler and ex-associate? Settlement cited, but resolution unclear

Littler Mendelson told a Texas court last week it is dropping its lawsuit accusing a former associate of uploading confidential law firm documents to her Dropbox.

Jun 17, 2024 10:37 AM CDT

‘Robot lawyer’ DoNotPay reaches settlement in suit alleging it’s neither robot nor lawyer

“Robot lawyer” DoNotPay has agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging that the website engaged in the unauthorized practice of law and provided substandard legal services.

Jun 11, 2024 3:47 PM CDT

Law firm and lawyer in ‘quiet quit’ dispute drop their litigation

Dueling lawsuits between the law firm Napoli Shkolnik and a fired partner accused of "quiet quitting" have been dropped following private mediation.

Jun 6, 2024 1:01 PM CDT

June 20, 1981: Guilty verdicts in ‘Bayou of Pigs’ plot

Jun 1, 2024 12:10 AM CDT

Trump found guilty of 34 felony charges in hush-money case

A New York jury has found Donald Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal a hush-money payment to an adult-film actress, delivering a historic verdict that could shape the November election and makes Trump the first former U.S. president convicted of a crime.

May 30, 2024 4:06 PM CDT