By Marcia Coyle | November 3, 2017
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington on Friday delayed acting on a petition that challenges a military judge's order holding a chief defense lawyer at Guantánamo Bay in criminal contempt, a move that gave the military more time to resolve the conflict.
By Andrew Denney | November 3, 2017
U.S. District Judge William Pauley III denied motions by Prevezon to grant immigration parole to Natalia Veselnitskaya, a Russian lawyer whose June 2016 meeting with Trump campaign officials raised concerns about Russian influence in the presidential election.
By Ross Todd | November 3, 2017
The Canadian ruling resulted from a string of appeals Google filed in a case brought by Canadian electronics company Equustek Solutions Inc.
By C. Ryan Barber | November 3, 2017
A federal magistrate judge has struck a key witness and ordered the U.S. Justice Department to pay legal fees to HCR ManorCare Inc., one of the country's largest providers of skilled nursing facilities, for alleged missteps in a case the government touted in the crackdown on fraud in the health care industry. “I don't think this case should have ever been brought,” a federal magistrate judge in Virginia said at a recent hearing. “I have looked at this stuff, and I'm appalled, I'm embarrassed, I'm ashamed that the Department of Justice would rely on this kind of nonsense." The government indicated this week it will appeal the decision.
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By Max Mitchell | November 2, 2017
The first case from the Xarelto mass tort in Philadelphia is set to begin soon, and attorneys are paying special attention to the plaintiffs' first try in state court.
By Cogan Schneier | November 2, 2017
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson warned lawyers to follow the court's local rules about handling highly publicized cases.
By R. Robin McDonald | November 2, 2017
The Supreme Court of Georgia has reinstated felony charges accusing metro Atlanta lawyers David Cohen and John Butters and their client of violating the state's eavesdropping law in connection with the secret recording of the chief executive of Waffle House on a sex tape.
By Amanda Bronstad | November 2, 2017
In just three sentences, a judge in Colorado shot down an unpaid wage settlement, stating that “the parties and counsel should be ashamed of themselves for asking a federal court to approve this settlement.”
By Scott Flaherty | November 2, 2017
A superseding criminal complaint filed against Jeffrey Wertkin on Wednesday includes three new counts—two for obstruction of justice and a third for interstate transport of stolen goods.
By Ross Todd | November 1, 2017
A large coalition of U.S. companies, many from the tech sector, said Wednesday they support a bid to block the rollback of a program that shields children of undocumented immigrants from deportation.
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