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Monsanto Sued Over Genetically Modified Wheat
A Kansas wheat farmer has sued Monsanto Co. alleging gross negligence after the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed that the company's genetically modified wheat had escaped containment and been found growing in a field in Oregon.Investigation of Texas Tobacco Litigators Still Smokin'
Texas Attorney General John Cornyn's ethics investigation into how five prominent Texas plaintiffs' lawyers acquired the state's tobacco litigation is coming to a head in state court. Cornyn wants a Houston judge to decide if the AG's office can depose the attorneys -- who were hired by Cornyn's predecessor. Meanwhile, the AG's office is turning up the heat by making public the sworn statements from three other plaintiffs' lawyers.Bingham Partner Admits to Altering Document at Heart of McCourt Divorce
More than just the future ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers is at stake in the extraordinarily nasty divorce of Frank and Jamie McCourt: The reputation of a respected partner at an Am Law 100 firm is on the line, too. The couple's former lawyer, Bingham McCutchen partner Lawrence Silverstein, has come under heavy fire over allegations that he "fraudulently altered" the 2004 marital property agreement at the center of the dispute. Meanwhile, Frank McCourt's lawyers call the change a "drafting error."Texas Judge Upholds $182 Million Verdict Against NL Industries
A Texas judge has upheld a jury verdict totaling more than $182.5 million in damages and interest against NL Industries and its officers. The case concerns a deal negotiated 11 years ago by the plaintiffs to invest in an NL subsidiary that was created to clean up NL's environmental liabilities. The plaintiffs had an option to sell back their stock to NL after seven years. But by that time, they allege, NL had stripped the subsidiary of its assets in an effort to value the stock below what it was really worth.Under cross examination from David Boies, Frank McCourt admitted that key language in a marital property agreement was altered, possibly without his wife's knowledge. He said he doesn't recall if the change was his idea or the idea of Bingham's Lawrence Silverstein, who then represented the couple.
Inside Job: Firm Brings Private Investigators into the Fold
Dallas-based Bickel & Brewer, a 35-lawyer firm, launched its own investigative unit in January. It�s staffed by three former agents and a former training instructor with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.Stars from Shearman & Sterling and Baker Botts Start Litigation Boutique
If there is a firm model built for the dawning post-recession era, it's probably a litigation boutique with low overhead and a flexible billing structure. That model has attracted two new converts: Steven Molo of Shearman & Sterling and Jeff Lamken of Baker Botts have announced that they're leaving their firms to start up MoloLamken, which will have offices in New York and Washington, D.C.The soon-to-be-appointed examiner is scheduled to deliver a preliminary report on Sept. 7. Will we finally find out if there's any substance to the shareholders' oft-repeated claims that WMI's lawyers are letting JPMorgan and the FDIC off the hook too cheaply? And if that's true, what happens to the proposed reorganization plan?
A "scrivener's error" by Bingham McCutchen partner Larry Silverstein may decide the fate of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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