By Amanda Bronstad | December 8, 2021
U.S. District Judge Tom Durkin, who issued a contempt order against Tom Girardi and his firm last year, began an evidentiary hearing on Wednesday aimed at uncovering whether two other Girardi Keese partners, Keith Griffin and David Lira, should also be sanctioned for failing to pay $2 million to four clients with settlements over the 2018 crash of Lion Air Flight 610 in Indonesia.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | December 8, 2021
The justices mulled whether striking the precedent would not bring about a flood of suits against lawyers.
By Ellen Bardash | December 6, 2021
In TransPerfect Global's malpractice case against Ross Aronstam & Moritz, both parties have filed motions to dismiss, but each argued against the other's during a virtual hearing Monday afternoon.
By Jessie Yount | December 3, 2021
Richard Charles King's son alleges that much of his father's estate, worth more than $10 million, is unaccounted for.
The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | December 2, 2021
I am a young lawyer and starting my first trial. When do I stand up for a judge?
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | December 1, 2021
If the justices green-light the cause of action it could upend a rule in place for three decades.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Ellen C. Brotman | November 30, 2021
But the time saved commuting and communing has given me the opportunity to slow down a bit and observe some trends in my practice. One of these trends reflects a phrase that I often find myself repeating: "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Josh J.T. Byrne | November 19, 2021
As we all know all too well, 2021 has been a very "different" year for everyone. It appears that this is true for the Disciplinary Board of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court as well. According to the board's 2019 annual report, between 2014 and 2019, the board averaged 177.5 impositions of discipline a year with a high of 211 in 2019 and a low of 160 in 2016 and 2018. During that same six-year span, the board averaged 33.8 disbarments a year with a high of 46 in 2014 and a low of 19 in 2016.
By Allison Dunn | November 16, 2021
"Defendants' skepticism, no doubt, derives from plaintiffs' heretofore abysmal effort to meet its discovery obligations in this case," the judge wrote in the order. "However, the court cannot, on this record, conclude that plaintiffs continue to withhold responsive documents."
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Allison Dunn | November 16, 2021
A federal court judge has ruled that a former client of a Rhode Island law firm can proceed with claims alleging the firm engaged in fraud and provided incorrect legal advice.
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