By Alaina Lancaster | October 14, 2020
An Arizona funder represented by DLA Piper last year sued the prominent California plaintiffs attorney and his wife—"Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" cast member Erika Jayne—claiming they used the loans designated for his firm to fund a "lavish lifestyle." The resolution of the suit over a more than $5 million loan has been punctuated with false starts.
By Ross Todd | October 14, 2020
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Isn't that how that one goes? If so, somebody tell the lawyers for Uber and Lyft at Gibson Dunn and Munger Tolles.
By Ross Todd | October 12, 2020
Chris Seeger, co-lead counsel in the NFL concussion MDL, began pushing nearly three years ago to find out whether attorney Phillip "Tim" Howard was directing retired players to risky investments he was affiliated with. Earlier this month, Howard agreed to pay nearly $400,000 to the SEC.
By Jonathan Ringel | October 9, 2020
The head of Georgia's criminal defense group said Loeffler's ads "demean the hard work of all criminal defense lawyers throughout our history who have fought valiantly to protect the accused."
By Ross Todd | October 9, 2020
Runners-up this week including a Kirkland lawyer with a string of securities wins and a McDermott litigator who won an injunction blocking changes to the H1-B visa program.
By Jason Grant | October 8, 2020
"The court is not able to determine the discovery issues here expeditiously without extraordinary impingement on the court's regular business," wrote Manhattan Supreme Court Commercial Division Justice Andrew Masley.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 8, 2020
Apple and several objectors insist that an attorney fee request amounting to 28.3% of the $310 million settlement is excessive.
By Scott Graham | October 5, 2020
Judge Henry Morgan of Virginia says he didn't know about his wife's small stake in Cisco until it was time to fill out financial disclosure forms. If he had, he wouldn't have presided over an eight-week virtual bench trial without telling anyone, the judge says.
By Jason Grant | October 2, 2020
Two longtime Manhattan Supreme Court Commercial Division judges, Justices O. Peter Sherwood and Marcy Friedman, have announced that they will retire from the bench, potentially leaving their Commercial Division roles handling Wall Street-based and other complex business litigation at a time when the state judiciary is facing a hiring freeze.
By Ross Todd | October 2, 2020
An extremely strong slate of runners-up includes teams Gibson Dunn, Skadden and Covington & Burling
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