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Receiver in Alleged $347 Million Ponzi Scheme Sues Holland & Knight for Malpractice
The receiver in an alleged $347 million Ponzi scheme has filed a malpractice lawsuit against Holland & Knight and partner Scott MacLeod, claiming they failed to provide investors with crucial information about the disbarred attorney behind the investments. The suit accuses the firm and its attorney of preparing disclosure documents for investors that failed to mention that Arthur Nadel, who headed the hedge funds, was a disbarred New York attorney who had drained a client's escrow account.U.S. fears financial crisis from abroad
Three years ago, a financial crisis triggered by bad mortgage investments spread from U.S. banks to Europe. Panicky financial markets tanked.Now, fear is running in the opposite direction. Worries about toxic government debt held by European banks have hammered U.S. stocks and threaten to freeze credit on both sides of the Atlantic.Successful Bar Candidates — February 2012 Bar Examination
Notice to the bar.Knowledge of Ailment May Not Start Workers' Compensation Claims Clock
The fact that an employee has received treatment for a work-related health problem doesn't mean the employee has knowledge of the nature of the disability such as would trigger the statute of limitations for workers' comp claims, New Jersey's Supreme Court ruled last week. The justices' 5-0 ruling reinstates a $55,200 workers compensation judge's award to a Johnson & Johnson secretary who developed respiratory and bronchial problems through exposure to a flame-retardant powder used to protect office files.View more book results for the query "White Case"
Senate OKs Bill to Ban Pretexting
After more than eight months in limbo, a bill that would criminalize the practice of lying to obtain the telephone records of private citizens passed the Senate late last week. Support in Congress for an anti-pretexting bill has been near-unanimous, but it was held up by a turf war in the Senate. The American Civil Liberties Union said the proposed bill would pre-empt its legal challenges in at least 10 states to the government's use of private telephone records in its anti-terrorism investigations.Kenneth V. Handal, Computer Associates International
Name and title: Kenneth V. Handal, executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretarySuing with the stars: The Trump-Maher feud and other celebrity lawsuits
Donald Trump announced that he is dropping his $5 million lawsuit against comedian Bill Maher. Here are a few of the notable Hollywood legal battles.11th Circuit Hears Florida Residents' Appeal of Landfill Cleanup Deal
Residents of a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., housing project say they are captives of a deal struck between the city and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to clean up a notorious toxic landfill in their neighborhood. On Wednesday, their lawyer told the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that a federal judge shouldn't have dismissed the residents' suit against the government and city over the Wingate landfill cleanup plan.Failure to Identify Specific Losses Dooms $5.4M Restitution Order
A federal judge has vacated a $5.4 million restitution order against a disbarred Long Island attorney, faulting the Eastern District U.S. Attorney's Office for not identifying specific victim losses and the defendant's lawyer for his failure to protest the assessment.Trending Stories
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