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- The Cautionary Tale of Plaintiffs Attorney Stanley Chesley
- New Howrey Trustee Says Firm's Bankruptcy Will Get Litigious
- Former Nixon Partner Sues Firm, Says He Was Made Scapegoat in SEC Probe
- Judge Approves $1.25B Settlement In Black Farmers Class Action
- Remember That $16 DOJ Muffin? Not So Fast
- John D. Green on Improving the End-User Experience
- Janet Day on Law Firm IT 'Nirvana'
- The Final Rothstein Auction
- Doug Caddell on Foley & Lardner's Freedom of Computing
- City Loses 1st Round on Cellphone Warning Law
- Trustee sues former Rothstein GC for $37 million
- McKesson Settles Drug Pricing Class Action for $82 Million
- Colombian Plaintiffs Can Refile Suit Against Dole, Court Rules
- MGA's insurers attempt end-run around ruling thwarting bid for fees
- Panel Upsets Investor's Suit Against Bank Over Illegal Tax Shelter
- Judge Dismisses Yelp Class Action, Bolsters Web Publisher Immunity
- Lawyer's Decamping from Defense to Plaintiffs' Firm Gets Latter Disqalified
- S.F.'s Oldest Firm Merging With Sacramento's Weintraub
- Federal Judge Transfers Group's Defamation Suit to N.J.
- Supreme Court's Generic-Drug Decision Doesn't Help Removal to Federal Court
- Appeals Court Rules For Circus In Elephant Dispute
- Baker & McKenzie Moves Into Turkish Market With Istanbul Firm Alliance
- In Diversity Push, Ashurst Adopts Female Quota for Management Roles
| The Cautionary Tale of Plaintiffs Attorney Stanley Chesley | Top |
| For decades, Stanley Chesley negotiated lucrative ends to massive class actions, becoming one of the most successful plaintiffs attorneys in the United States and a controversial figure. But the man Forbes dubbed the "Master of Disaster" is now in a tailspin of his own and facing disbarment. What went wrong? | |
| New Howrey Trustee Says Firm's Bankruptcy Will Get Litigious | Top |
| Allan Diamond, the Chapter 11 trustee of defunct Howrey, says the bankruptcy will eventually get litigious, with lawsuits likely to be brought against former clients who won't pay their bills and former partners to recoup profits from work that began at the firm and went elsewhere after it died. | |
| Former Nixon Partner Sues Firm, Says He Was Made Scapegoat in SEC Probe | Top |
| A former Nixon Peabody partner caught up in a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation of a former client's alleged securities fraud has sued the firm, claiming Nixon Peabody made him a scapegoat in the matter and took most of his $1.5 million book of business out from under him. | |
| Judge Approves $1.25B Settlement In Black Farmers Class Action | Top |
| A D.C. federal judge has granted final approval for the $1.25 billion settlement in the black farmers' class action that alleged government wrongdoing in loan processing. The judge said after the claims process wraps up, he will award legal fees between $50.3 million and $90.8 million. | |
| Remember That $16 DOJ Muffin? Not So Fast | Top |
| Back in September, the U.S. Justice Department took a lot of heat for reportedly spending $16 on muffins, with the Office of the Inspector General noting the price in a report that scrutinized DOJ conference expenses, down to the cost-per-ounce of coffee. But now, the OIG has issued a revised report. | |
| John D. Green on Improving the End-User Experience | Top |
| John D. Green, CIO of Baker Donelson, speaks at ILTA with LTN's editor in chief, Monica Bay, about an initiative to improve the end-user experience at his firm by tracking and mapping every application in use using the Aternity Frontline Performance Intelligence software. | |
| Janet Day on Law Firm IT 'Nirvana' | Top |
| LTN reporter Evan Koblentz speaks with Berwin Leighton Paisner CIO Janet Day about her "concept of nirvana," in which the consumerization of IT in law firms -- where lawyers use and maintain their favorite devices for work -- makes the help desk unnecessary. Koblentz and Day also discuss Hewlett-Packard's move to become more consumer-focused as Apple potentially becomes more business-focused. | |
| The Final Rothstein Auction | Top |
| The third and final auction of items from Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein features a stuffed lion, dozens of pricey shoes and dresses and a $3,000 Hello Kitty purse. | |
| Doug Caddell on Foley & Lardner's Freedom of Computing | Top |
| Doug Caddell, CIO at Foley & Lardner, speaks with LTN staff reporter Evan Koblentz at ILTA about his firm's policy of giving lawyers the freedom to buy the technology they need -- instead of dictating choices. Freedom of computing, he says, allows firms to focus more on business issues and less on infrastructure. | |
| City Loses 1st Round on Cellphone Warning Law | Top |
| The San Francisco city attorney's office has lost the first round in what promises to be a closely watched match over the city's novel cellphone "right to know" ordinance. U.S. District Judge William Alsup on Thursday blocked most of the law's provisions on First Amendment grounds. | |
| Trustee sues former Rothstein GC for $37 million | Top |
| The former general counsel at Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler has been hit with a clawback lawsuit filed by the law firm's bankruptcy trustee. David Boden is accused of knowing about Scott Rothstein's $1.2 billion scam, being complicit in it and running a "sub-Ponzi." | |
| McKesson Settles Drug Pricing Class Action for $82 Million | Top |
| McKesson has agreed to pay $82 million to resolve claims that it inflated average wholesale prices for its drugs, causing plaintiffs to pay outsized reimbursements under government health care programs. But an attorney for the class concedes that the plaintiffs lawyers missed out on a much bigger payoff. | |
| Colombian Plaintiffs Can Refile Suit Against Dole, Court Rules | Top |
| A California appellate panel has given plaintiffs a chance to renew their complaint in a wrongful death suit against Dole Food Co. The plaintiffs allege that groups financed by Dole to protect its banana operations went on to form a paramilitary organization that murdered 167 people. | |
| MGA's insurers attempt end-run around ruling thwarting bid for fees | Top |
| Four insurance companies have appealed an order that frustrated their attempt to snag a portion of the $141 million in attorney fees and costs awarded to Bratz doll maker MGA Entertainment in its fight against Mattel. A federal judge denied the insurers' motion to intervene, finding it "untimely" and "futile." | |
| Panel Upsets Investor's Suit Against Bank Over Illegal Tax Shelter | Top |
| German bank UniCredit Bank Aktiengesellschaft may not be liable for lending money to an American investor as part of a tax shelter scheme later shut down by the IRS, even though the bank admitted to wrongdoing in connection with the scheme, a New York state appeals panel ruled last week. | |
| Judge Dismisses Yelp Class Action, Bolsters Web Publisher Immunity | Top |
| A federal judge has dismissed a class action that alleged the Yelp online review site extorted advertising from businesses in exchange for favorable treatment. The judge found that, regardless of Yelp's alleged motives, it is immune under the Communications Decency Act from claims it manipulated reviews. | |
| Lawyer's Decamping from Defense to Plaintiffs' Firm Gets Latter Disqalified | Top |
| Side-switching by a defense lawyer has led to disqualification of the plaintiffs firm, even though she was there only about a month. The entire firm's disqualification is warranted because the attorney "had 'primary responsibility' even though she was not the 'supervising attorney' on the file," the judge said. | |
| S.F.'s Oldest Firm Merging With Sacramento's Weintraub | Top |
| Sacramento, Calif.'s Weintraub Genshlea Chediak is combining forces with San Francisco's Tobin & Tobin, effective Jan. 1. The new firm, to be named Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Tobin & Tobin, will have about 60 lawyers, and offices in Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles. | |
| Federal Judge Transfers Group's Defamation Suit to N.J. | Top |
| A defamation action involving a self-improvement organization some call a cult and a professional "counter-cult deprogrammer" has been transferred from the Western District of New York to the District of New Jersey, where a similar case has been pending for five years. | |
| Supreme Court's Generic-Drug Decision Doesn't Help Removal to Federal Court | Top |
| In the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that state tort claims against generic drug manufacturers are pre-empted by federal regulations, a U.S. district judge has ruled that the decision does not strengthen the hand of pharmaceutical manufacturers to remove lawsuits to federal court. | |
| Appeals Court Rules For Circus In Elephant Dispute | Top |
| The D.C. Circuit last week upheld the dismissal of claims by a former barn helper and an animal rights group over alleged mistreatment of elephants at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, saying the ex-employee complained about mistreatment "only after he was paid by activists to do so." | |
| Baker & McKenzie Moves Into Turkish Market With Istanbul Firm Alliance | Top |
| Baker & McKenzie is following the lead of some of its major rivals by moving into the Turkish market, establishing an exclusive relationship with Istanbul-based Esin Attorney Partnership. Baker says the move is a first step toward opening its own office in Turkey, which is drawing notice for its fast-growing economy.Visit International News | |
| In Diversity Push, Ashurst Adopts Female Quota for Management Roles | Top |
| Ashurst has become the first leading U.K. law firm to introduce a quota for the number of women it wants to employ in management positions, with the London firm aiming to have one-fourth of its management posts filled by women within the next three years.Visit lawjobs.com News & Views | |
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