A federal appeals court’s April 30 reversal of a $1.6 billion judgment for a software maker “has sent ripples through the growing judgment preservation insurance industry,” according to a Bloomberg Law story.
The voting technology company Smartmatic agreed Tuesday to settle its lawsuit against the conservative cable television network One America News over its coverage of the 2020 election.
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the Rust armorer found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for her role in the fatal shooting of the film’s cinematographer, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by a New Mexico district court judge.
The State Bar of Wisconsin has agreed to redefine “diversity” as it applies to its Diversity Clerkship Program to settle a challenge filed by the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty.
A Massachusetts lawyer is awaiting a judge’s decision following a bench trial in his $9.5 million lawsuit alleging that the military was negligent for leaving a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on a snowmobile route at dusk.
The general counsel for the National Rifle Association was among three senior NRA leaders found to have violated their statutory duties by jurors Friday.
A University of Colorado Law School professor who blogged at Inside the Law School Scam has settled his June 2023 lawsuit alleging pay discrimination and retaliation.
A 26-year-old woman who said she confirmed the identity of her late father through 23andMe has filed a lawsuit after learning that she was left out of a wrongful death settlement reached between other family members and the hospital blamed for his death.
Proskauer Rose has reached a confidential settlement with a former chief operating officer accused of downloading sensitive information before a planned move to a competitor law firm.
Dechert has agreed to pay $3.8 million plus costs to settle claims in the United Kingdom that a former London partner conspired to hack and release the emails of a client’s opponent.
Federal jurors ruled for Davis Polk & Wardwell in a suit by a fired Black associate who claimed the law firm retaliated against him after he complained about racial disparities. At trial, he said he was the target of a “secret scheme” to oust him.
Lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who once represented former President Donald Trump, owes more than $152 million, and that doesn’t include the potential damages that he faces in pending lawsuits, according to his Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing Thursday.
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