By Amanda Bronstad | August 22, 2024
Most of Wednesday's testimony focused on Tom Girardi's defense that the former chief financial officer of Girardi Keese, Christopher Kamon, was stealing millions from the firm to fund a lifestyle of exotic trips, expensive cars and paid girlfriends.
By ALM Staff | August 21, 2024
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New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Corinne Ball | August 21, 2024
Beyond the precision that should be present in the pledge agreement, actually divesting control of a company may have unintended consequences.
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman | August 21, 2024
"We continue to be proud to partner with Mayor [Brandon] Scott and the City of Baltimore to fight this deadly epidemic and bring justice to everyone affected by it," Susman Godfrey partner Bill Carmody said in a statement.
By Stephen Masciocchi and Tina Van Bockern | August 21, 2024
In a case presenting "a question about the nature and extent to which a federal court may act to resolve a dispute related to a marijuana business that operates legally under state law," a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit vigorously debated public policy concerns—namely, whether a federal court can enforce a judgment arising from a contract that is illegal under federal law.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 21, 2024
Nicole Rokita, ex-girlfriend of former Girardi Keese CFO Christopher Kamon, is one of two witnesses that Tom Girardi's lawyers insisted were critical to their case.
By Marianna Wharry | August 20, 2024
The appellate court disagreed with the defendants' claims that the $40 million award was excessive. Furthermore, the court rejected one of the defendants' claims that the plaintiff failed to present sufficient evidence to prove negligent entrustment against her and wrongly found her liable for $27.5 million in damages as the vehicle's owner.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 20, 2024
'He couldn't remember a lot of things,' Tom Girardi's former housekeeper, Isabella Mancilla, testified on Monday. 'The only thing he wanted to do was go to his office.'
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Timothy P. Law and Lisa Szymanski | August 20, 2024
An insurance company's duty to defend carries with it a conditional duty to indemnify a settlement reached prior to judgment. When an underlying action is settled, there are often unresolved factual questions. In almost all circumstances, Pennsylvania law does not permit a trial of those facts in an insurance declaratory judgment action.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Barret S. Albritton | August 20, 2024
What factors are contributing to the desensitization of jury pools, leading to these unprecedented verdicts? More importantly, what can we, as defense lawyers, do to mitigate or at least slow down this trend?
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