NEXT
Sign in to follow

The Recorder

In-House Counsel Poll Finds a Quarter Have Used Litigation Finance—Mainly in Tech

The survey also showed that corporate legal departments often drive the decision to use third-party funders, but that many in-house lawyers have ethical reservations.
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

$28 Million Tobacco Verdict Stands for Cancer Victim

Former Norwich resident and smoker Barbara Izzarelli is in line to receive at least $28.1 million in damages against R.J. Reynolds after the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to hear the case.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Sally Yates Joins Civil Rights Activist in Call for Gun Control, Challenge to Administration

Former Acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates and longtime civil rights activist Vernon Jordan Jr. of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld called for serious debate on gun control and urged their audience not to lose heart at the state of the nation.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Vietnamese Refugees' Immigration Fight Started With Atlanta Lawyers

Neither Phi Nguyen nor Jess Davis, the Atlanta lawyers who spearheaded the case, had any experience in immigration law when they got started on a massive national class action on behalf of Vietnamese refugees.
8 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Del. Supreme Court Eyes April Decision in TransPerfect Appeal

The Delaware Supreme Court said Tuesday that it plans to reach a decision in April on Elizabeth Elting's challenge to the Delaware Court of Chancery-ordered sale of TransPerfect to her rival on the company's board.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Alston & Bird Malpractice Verdict May Exceed $1.4M

Each side's lawyers disagree about how much the award should be reduced under apportionment law.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Study Sees More Agency Court Challenges Over Proposed Mergers

It looks as though general counsel and legal departments may be a little more willing to litigate over blocked mergers than they have been in the past.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Feds' Case for Bribery Is 'All Talk, No Action,' Percoco Defense Counsel Argues

In closing arguments on Wednesday in the corruption trial for Joseph Percoco, a former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Percoco's attorney made a final effort to impeach the government's star witness in the case while portraying his client's alleged quid pro quo as attempts to help out friends.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

South Texas Lawyer-Rancher Duels With Government Over Surveillance Camera on His Property

Ricardo Palacios, who has been a member of the Texas bar for nearly five decades and worked with clients in the gas and oil business, said he was driving around his 1,000-acre ranch in November when he noticed a camera strapped to a mesquite tree.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Mick Mulvaney Tells State AGs the CFPB Won't 'Get in Your Way'

"If we think it's a good case, we'll bring it. If not, we're happy to get out of the way and let you all do it by yourselves," Mick Mulvaney, the acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director, told state attorneys general Wednesday in Washington.
4 minute read

TRENDING STORIES

Law Pro Logo

Featured Firms

Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.

(470) 294-1674

Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone

(857) 444-6468

Smith & Hassler

(713) 739-1250

More from ALM

More from ALM

Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what’s happening in the legal industry.

Resources

  • Data Management and Analytics: The Key to Success for Legal Operations

    Brought to you by DiliTrust

    Download Now

  • Small Law Firm Playbook: The Expert's Guide to Getting the Most Out of Legal Software

    Brought to you by PracticePanther

    Download Now

  • Strong & Hanni Solves Storage Woes--Learn How You Can, Too

    Brought to you by Filevine

    Download Now

  • Meeting the Requirements of California's SB 553: Workplace Violence Prevention

    Brought to you by NAVEX Global

    Download Now