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In K.C., consolidation is the watchword
With about 2 million people and a fairly steady economy that leans heavily on agriculture and manufacturing, the Kansas City, Mo., metropolitan area hardly rivals New York, Chicago or Los Angeles when it comes to demand for legal services. Yet the city is home to quite a few sizable law firms ? four of the 250 largest U.S. law firms are based there, with an additional three firms headquartered elsewhere but maintaining a significant presence.Pharma Price-Fixing Case Peters Out at High Court
It's been a tough slog through the courts for a group of pharmacy plaintiffs with antitrust claims against some of the biggest drug companies in the land. Plaintiffs lawyer Joseph Alioto of the Alioto Law Firm has stuck with the case for nearly a decade, including through two trips to the California Supreme Court. Now, he's finally run out of appeals.Nine Cases In Which The Art Of The Defense Prevailed
As these cases show, the best defense is truly a good offense. The attorneys on these cases parried and thrusted their way to the biggest defense verdicts of 2003, oftentimes against seamingly insurmountable odds. From staring down 15 pounds of cocaine in a courtroom to relying on Arabic speaking Muslims to tesitify to a New York jury on the eve of the Iraqi war -- with the chips stacked against them, these defense teams went for broke, and won.Who Killed the Mass Torts Bonanza?
The power of the plaintiffs bar is on the wane in this country, and will be for a long time to come. To be sure, plaintiffs lawyers and mass torts aren't going to disappear. There will always be people injured by the products or actions of big corporations, and there's still money to be made representing them. But the bonanza -- the Wild West era in which mass torts was an unfettered frontier and plaintiffs lawyers seemed to have all the firepower -- is over.Greenberg Traurig loses three partners to other firms
Greenberg Traurig lost three Miami partners in the past week, including Jim Leshaw, longtime state head of business reorganization and restructuring.Tobacco Lawyers To Depose Opponents
An Ohio state court judge is allowing lawyers for Lorillard Tobacco Co. to depose counsel in two asbestos plaintiffs' firms concerning allegedly inconsistent claims they filed relating to the same client's mesothelioma.Bayer IUD Litigation Consolidated in New York
Approximately 40 lawsuits filed over problems associated with the Mirena intrauterine contraceptive device have been coordinated in multidistrict litigation before a federal judge in New York.Trending Stories
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