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Notice to the bar.Former Client, Firm Clash Over Contingent Fee
Attempts by a prominent Dallas plaintiffs firm to recover a contingent fee from a client who ended up taking his medical malpractice case to a lawyer outside of that firm were "unconscionable as a matter of law," the 2nd Court of Appeals recently ruled. The decision in Law Offices of Windle Turley v. Robert L. French, et al. stems from an unusual long-running dispute in which clients took a case away from the firm and then tried unsuccessfully to give it back to the firmEx-McDermott, Ex-Dorsey Lawyers Face U.K. Insider Trading Trial
Two U.K. lawyers formerly with McDermott Will & Emery and Dorsey & Whitney will stand trial on insider trading charges. Ex-Dorsey corporate partner Andrew Rimmington and ex-McDermott corporate partner Michael McFall, along with a former Neutec Pharma financial director, were charged in June with insider trading related to Novartis' $589 million acquisition of NeuTec in June 2006. On Tuesday, a Westminster Magistrates Court judge ordered the men to appear on Oct. 28 to enter pleas and discuss case management.Firm, Former Client Clash Over Contingent Fee
Attempts by a prominent Dallas plaintiffs' firm to recover a contingent fee from a former client who took his case to a lawyer outside the firm were "unconscionable as a matter of law," Fort Worth, Texas' 2nd Court of Appeals ruled. The decision stems from an unusual dispute in which the client took a case away from the Law Offices of Windle Turley and then tried unsuccessfully to bring it back to the firm.Bonus Earns Slaughter and May Top Spot in U.K. Associate Survey
Slaughter and May has emerged as the U.K. firm with the most satisfied associates when it comes to salaries and bonuses, according to Legal Week research. Slaughter associates have put the firm at the top of a table grading firms on their combined remuneration packages. The rankings form part of Legal Week Intelligence's 2009 Employee Satisfaction Survey, which gauged the perceptions of more than 4,000 associates at the top 75 law firms in England and Wales and the top 10 U.S. firms in London.Lawsuits of the Rich and Famous -- and Their Two Dozen Law Firms
Can you sue someone for filing a lawsuit, especially if the lawsuit was filed intentionally to sink a deal? In Florida, the answer is no. After ignoring dozens of motions to dismiss Boca Investors Group's suit against residents of tony Fisher Island over spate of suits filed by the residents, allegedly to thwart a deal, a Miami judge finally granted dismissal based on the notion that litigation itself is immune from litigation.Trending Stories
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