A former assistant Los Angeles public defender who was criminally convicted in 1998 of sex offenses concerning a 16-year-old he met when she was a client of the PD’s office,…
Updated: A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that initially seemed like a clear win for AT&T Inc., requiring consumers to arbitrate their claims individually rather than bring a class action over…
One of the nation’s largest mortgage lenders and servicers has filed a federal lawsuit against a former employee. It contneds that Tanya Blackwell moonlighted as a foreclosure defense attorney in…
Apparently not realizing that a legal ethics rule required her to deposit earned fees from her client trust account into her law firm operating account before drawing on the funds,…
Already defending legal ethics charges because of his alleged sexual harassment of six women, including four employees, a Chicago class action lawyer is now facing additional accusations concerning his treatment…
Jenner & Block charged more than $1 million to successfully challenge California’s violent video game law in the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a fee request.
A couple who say they came to Duane Morris for estate planning advice and wound up investing in a feeder fund for Bernard Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme has sued the…
Updated: Do-it-yourself legal document service LegalZoom is readying for an initial public offering after raising $66 million from two venture capital firms.
LegalZoom raised the money from Kleiner Perkins and…
A $10.6 million award in what may be Virginia’s biggest wrongful death case is being challenged based on a prominent plaintiff lawyer’s claimed failure to disclose what the defense says…
A venerable Cincinnati-based law firm has planted its flag in Washington, D.C., bringing in the partners of the Santarelli Berman boutique to run the new Jul 22, 2011 10:37 AM CDT
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