By Colby Hamilton | March 14, 2018
Judge Crotty said the repercussions for attorney Joshua Paul's actions sufficed as proper punishment.
By Scott Flaherty | March 14, 2018
Continuing its growth efforts in New York, McKool Smith has hired seasoned restructuring lawyer H. Jeffrey Schwartz, a former practice leader at Robins Kaplan and other Am Law 200 firms.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Jeremy H. Temkin | March 14, 2018
In his Tax Litigation Issues column, Jeremy H. Temkin writes: In recent years, the Internal Revenue Service's dwindling budget has decreased the number of tax investigations and prosecutions, heightening questions regarding the effectiveness and fairness of predicating deterrence on ratcheting sentences even higher as opposed to increasing the likelihood of detection.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Lynn K. Neuner and William T. Russell Jr. | March 14, 2018
In their New York Court of Appeals Roundup, Lynn K. Neuner and William T. Russell Jr. discuss 'Forman v. Henkin', a unanimous decision in which the court held that the normal rules of discovery applied to a party's social media posts and the mere fact that certain information had been designated “private” did not require a higher or different discovery standard.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Kenneth Epstein and Eric B. Fisher | March 14, 2018
Third-party litigation funding promises to become a more regular feature in bankruptcy litigation, just as it has become more prevalent in general civil litigation. To this point, the Bankruptcy Code has proven flexible enough to address this phenomenon.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Robert L. Hickok and Gay Parks Rainville | March 14, 2018
Earlier this year, a panel of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an opinion in the securities fraud action, Arkansas Teachers Retirement System v. Goldman Sachs Group, 879 F.3d 474 (2d. Cir. 2018), that provides district courts with long-overdue guidance for assessing a defendant's rebuttal evidence at the class certification stage.
By Andrew Cohen | March 14, 2018
Over the past three years, the law has even more strongly reinforced the protection under the work product doctrine of documents created in connection with litigation finance, or produced to litigation finance providers over the course of diligence and investment.
By Colby Hamilton | March 14, 2018
The parents allege the company's publication of the initial story—which was later retracted but not before fueling an online conspiracy theory—made them “collateral damage in a political war to which they are innocent bystanders.”
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Robert Storace | March 14, 2018
A federal judge in Connecticut ruled Monday for five plaintiffs, who sued alleging an artificial inflation of prescription drug costs. The case, which was not dismissed, will now go into discovery phase.
By Jennifer Schwartz, Tammy Marzigliano and Amy Biegelsen | March 14, 2018
Employees must report to the Securities and Exchange Commission to state a retaliation claim under Dodd-Frank, internal reporting alone is no longer sufficient.
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