Scott Flaherty

January 11, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Traci Ribeiro and her new lawyers at Sanford Heisler have beefed up their claims against Sedgwick, adding a bid for $200 million in class action damages.

By Scott Flaherty

14 minute read

January 06, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine has reached a $5 million settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over his role as CEO of MF Global Holdings Ltd. during the commodities brokerage's 2011 collapse into bankruptcy, the agency announced Thursday.

By Scott Flaherty

4 minute read

January 06, 2017 | The American Lawyer

After losing 500 jobs in November, U.S. legal sector employment rebounded in December, adding 2,000 jobs, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Labor Department.

By Scott Flaherty

4 minute read

January 05, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine has reached a $5 million settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over his role as CEO of MF Global Holdings Ltd. during the commodities brokerage's 2011 collapse into bankruptcy, the agency announced Thursday.

By Scott Flaherty

7 minute read

January 03, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Criticizing a plaintiffs firm for hiring temporary associates for routine document review—but billing as if normal staff associates did the work—a New York federal judge has cut $10.3 million off a fee request in a settlement of a mortgage-backed securities case against Bank of America Corp.

By Scott Flaherty

15 minute read

January 03, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Criticizing a plaintiffs firm for hiring temporary associates for routine document review—but billing as if normal staff associates did the work—a New York federal judge has cut $10.3 million off a fee request in a settlement of a mortgage-backed securities case against Bank of America Corp.

By Scott Flaherty

15 minute read

December 30, 2016 | The Recorder

The plaintiffs bar can bid farewell to 2016 boasting some impressive achievements, including blockbuster settlements in auto emissions litigation and other cases. But there were also a few notable setbacks—sometimes delivered by opposing counsel, and sometimes involving lawyers on the plaintiffs' own side.

By Scott Flaherty

37 minute read

December 30, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Amid a flurry of lawsuits and government probes spinning out from Wells Fargo & Co.'s fake-accounts scandal, a group of California plaintiffs lawyers teamed up this week to bring a new employment suit, looking to test out an expanded set of legal theories.

By Scott Flaherty

10 minute read

December 30, 2016 | Daily Business Review

The plaintiffs bar can bid farewell to 2016 boasting some impressive achievements, including blockbuster settlements in auto emissions litigation and other cases. But there were also a few notable setbacks—sometimes delivered by opposing counsel, and sometimes involving lawyers on the plaintiffs' own side.

By Scott Flaherty

35 minute read

December 29, 2016 | The Recorder

Jonathan Delshad, a Los Angeles-based plaintiffs lawyer, said he assembled the team after hearing horror stories from former bank employees.

By Scott Flaherty

10 minute read