Bob Van Voris

January 14, 2002 | Law.com

As general counsel of cable network Discovery Communications Inc., Mark Hollinger deals with surprisingly little litigation. Much of his legal work centers on expanding Discovery through acquisitions and joint ventures with other companies. But trademark disputes do surface from time to time, such as the "Car Deal Hunter" commercial that parodied Steve Irwin, host of the popular "Crocodile Hunter" show.

By Bob Van Voris

7 minute read

March 21, 2012 | Daily Report Online

The owners of the New York Mets agreed to a $162 million settlement of claims by the liquidator of Bernard Madoff's firm that won't require them to pay any money for at least four years, if ever.U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff announced the settlement Monday before the parties were set to pick a jury for a trial over whether the Mets owners acted in bad faith when they withdrew money from Madoff's Ponzi scheme.

By Bob Van Voris and Linda Sandler

6 minute read

October 12, 2001 | Law.com

Following the Sept. 11 attacks, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America announced it would provide free lawyers to the scores of people expected to go through a still to be determined compensation process. The group has been working furiously to put together the program -- set to launch today -- that will coordinate hundreds of volunteer lawyers and thousands of clients.

By Bob Van Voris

5 minute read

May 26, 2010 | Daily Report Online

The Texas Rangers, the Major League Baseball team controlled by billionaire Thomas Hicks, filed for bankruptcy to complete a $575 million sale to investors led by Hall of Fame pitcher and team president Nolan Ryan and his partner Chuck Greenberg. Texas Rangers Baseball Partners, whose parent is Hicks's HSG Sports Group LLC, listed assets and debt of $100 million to $500 million in Chapter 11 documents filed today in U.

By Bob Van Voris and Micael Bathon

5 minute read

December 18, 2001 | Law.com

After a year in which he helped ensure that rollover accidents involving Ford Explorers and Firestone tires grabbed headlines everywhere, C. Tab Turner battled the two companies in court while he settled cases for tens of millions out of court. As a result, Turner, a North Little Rock, Ark., lawyer, became the most visible trial lawyer on what may be the biggest automotive liability story ever.

By Bob Van Voris

4 minute read

August 21, 2008 | Daily Report Online

FedEx Corp. tells its ground service drivers when to work, what to charge customers and what kind of socks and shoes to wear, the workers say. Drivers who sued the company argue that makes them employees. Founder and Chief Executive Officer Fred Smith, who has served as co-chair of U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain's campaign, opposes changing their status from independent contractors to employees.

By Laurence Viele Davidson and Bob Van Voris

8 minute read

November 28, 2001 | Law.com

Holly Flowers has built her Washington, D.C., practice out of representing clients many other lawyers shun: the rank-and-file workers of the sex industry. Calling her firm "the sex-friendly firm with a social conscience," Flowers -- who says her experience as an exotic dancer helps clients trust her -- provides legal advice to X-rated Web site operators, prostitutes, exotic dancers and escort services, among others.

By Bob Van Voris

4 minute read

September 29, 2011 | Daily Report Online

The New York Mets�??? owners may still have to pay $1 billion to the trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff�???s investment firm after a judge dismissed most of the counts in his lawsuit while leaving intact the primary claims in the complaint.The trustee, Irving Picard, sought $300 million in profit and $700 million in principal from Fred Wilpon, Saul Katz and other defendants.

By Linda Sandler, Patricia Hurtado and Bob Van Voris

5 minute read

March 11, 2011 | Daily Report Online

Raj Rajaratnam, co-founder of the Galleon Group LLC hedge fund, relied on newspaper articles, research reports and his company's own analysis for information to make stock trades, not insider tips, his lawyer said at the opening of his criminal trial. On Wednesday a prosecutor accused Rajaratnam of "greed" and said he "exploited a corrupt network of people" to earn millions of dollars in illegal profits.

By Bob Van Voris, David Glovin and Patricia Hurtado

6 minute read

April 05, 2000 | Law.com

Dixie Lee Simon was in a Louisiana Wal-Mart parking lot when a man in a moving car grabbed her handbag and dragged her several feet. Simon sued Wal-Mart, claiming the company was aware of a problem with parking lot crime but failed to take reasonable precautions against it. Her lawyer says Simon is being victimized again -- this time by Wal-Mart, which, in her case and in similar cases across the country, withheld evidence that the company studied crime in its parking lots and considered different fixes.

By Bob Van Voris

5 minute read