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Class Action Processors Accused of Illegally Pocketing Big Share of Awards in ExxonMobil Case
Class members and class counsel Eugene Stearns are claiming that companies that process class action claims are illegally taking a large part of class members' winnings in the $1.1 billion Exxon-Mobil breach-of-contract case. Stearns argues the recovery companies are engaging in the unlicensed practice of law and duplicating work already done by his law firm. Florida federal Judge Alan S. Gold has voided members' contracts with one processing company and Stearns' firm is challenging other contracts.
Court Considers Fourth Amendment Cases
How far can the state invade your privacy when you don't appear to be doing anything illegal -- when, in fact, you appear to be minding your own business? This week the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in two cases addressing that question.U.S. Senate Greenlights Duffey's Judgeship
R. Robin [email protected] U.S. attorney in Atlanta has been named the newest judge on Georgia's federal bench. Late Wednesday, the U.S. Senate confirmed William S. Duffey Jr., U.S. attorney for Georgia's Northern District, as a federal district judge. Duffey replaces U.S. District Judge J. Owen Forrester who, after 23 years, took senior status April 27.Daily Decision Service Alert: Vol. 21, No. 242 – December 14, 2012
Daily decision alert.Padilla Indictment A Sudden End To Years of Detention
With the stroke of a pen, President George Bush transformed alleged terrorist Jose Padilla from an enemy combatant with few legal rights to a criminal defendant protected by the Bill of Rights.Investors should spank banks for betraying trust
Exactly a year ago, I was summoned to ABN Amro Holding NV's London headquarters for a dressing-down. I had sinned by comparing the bank's glossy new derivatives, dubbed constant proportion debt obligations, to a Nigerian banking scam. The newfangled securities made bets on credit-default swaps, which are themselves a gamble on company creditworthiness.Jury Could Decide If GBI Is Responsible for Malicious Prosecution
Steven H. [email protected] federal judge has cleared the way for a jury to hear a malicious prosecution case brought against the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for allegedly withholding evidence in a DUI prosecution.U.S. District Court Judge Charles A. Pannell Jr. last week denied the state's motion to dismiss, stating that the GBI was not protected by sovereign immunity.Lawyers go small, start new firms
Two new firms have spun off from larger Atlanta firms-one handling intellectual property and the other predominantly focusing on medical malpractice defense.The IP boutique, McKeon Meunier Carlin Curfman, opened last week with five lawyers and two patent agents from Fish Richardson and Ballard Spahr. A week earlier, 10 lawyers from Hall Booth Smith Slover broke off to form Bendin, Sumrall Ladner.Trending Stories
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