Melissa Maleske

July 10, 2007 | Inside Counsel

David J. Bershad, a former managing partner of securities class action law firm Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman, pleaded guilty July 9 to one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice and conspiracy to make false statements under oath. Bershad was indicted in May 2006 in connection to alleged kickback arrangements...

By Melissa Maleske

2 minute read

July 09, 2007 | Inside Counsel

The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Marsh Inc. general counsel Richard J. Sullivan's nomination to serve as a federal trial court judge in New York.

By Melissa Maleske

3 minute read

July 09, 2007 | Inside Counsel

A lawsuit filed by a partner in Chicago-based law firm Winston & Strawn is headed back to court after being reinstated July 5 by a New York appellate court. Anthony LoFrisco, 73, who works in Winston's New York office, alleges he is a victim of "decompression"--a firm policy that reduces...

By Melissa Maleske

2 minute read

July 06, 2007 | Inside Counsel

On June 12, a three-judge panel for the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a 2,200-employee class action suit against poultry processor Cagle's Inc. in which workers asked to be paid for the time they took to change into and out of work clothes. Now eight of those employees...

By Melissa Maleske

2 minute read

July 06, 2007 | Inside Counsel

A Detroit planning department employee is suing the city over a co-worker's perfume.

By Melissa Maleske

2 minute read

July 03, 2007 | Inside Counsel

Law firms Stinson Morrison Hecker and Blumenfeld, Kaplan & Sandweiss have combined their Missouri offices to become one of the three largest firms in the state...

By Melissa Maleske

5 minute read

July 02, 2007 | Inside Counsel

The Association of Corporate Counsel and the International Law Office named the recipients of their inaugural Global Counsel Awards.

By Melissa Maleske

3 minute read

June 30, 2007 | Inside Counsel

A jury in the Superior Court of Berkshire County, Mass., awarded nearly $2 million in compensatory and punitive damages to a former female employee who accused Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of gender discrimination and wrongful termination.

By Melissa Maleske

1 minute read

June 30, 2007 | Inside Counsel

A jury in the Superior Court of Berkshire County, Mass., awarded nearly $2 million in compensatory and punitive damages to a former female employee who accused Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of gender discrimination and wrongful termination.

By Melissa Maleske

5 minute read

June 30, 2007 | Inside Counsel

St. Paul, Minn.-based 3M Co. named Marschall Smith general counsel and senior vice president of legal affairs.

By Melissa Maleske

1 minute read