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Montco Firm Blocked From Collecting Fees on Behalf of Defunct Client
A Montgomery County law firm has been blocked, for now, from collecting $42,000 in counsel fees on behalf of a defunct corporation it successfully defended in a civil suit.Fair Value Accounting Leads to Volatility; Volatility Leads to Litigation
Did fair value accounting standards, issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and required to be applied for fiscal years ending subsequent to November 2007, hasten the onset of the current economic and financial crisis?
CHOP Names Hairston New General Counsel
More than six months since the general counsel for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia announced she was leaving after 20 years, the hospital has named her replacement.One Prescription for Medical Device and Drug Law
Congress needs to create a unified medical device and brand/generic drug system that does not draw arbitrary distinctions, upholds FDA authority in design and labeling, and preserves for consumers avenues to seek reasonable compensation for unwarranted harm.A Million Reasons to Quit the Firm
Move over, Stacey Stillman. Associates dreaming of chucking the law for fame, fortune and adventure now have Robert Frisbee and Brennan Swain to look up to. Frisbee and Swain are the $1 million winners of the premier season of CBS' reality TV show, "The Amazing Race." Less than three months ago, however, the dynamic legal duo was sweating away the hours as associates at Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro in Los Angeles.
Ambivalence greets marriage-equality suit
Longtime conservative lawyer Theodore Olson has teamed up with former adversary David Boies to join the fight for same-sex marriage. The eye-catching pairing of two high-powered lawyers from opposite sides of the political spectrum on such a divisive social issue caught many civil rights lawyers off guard. But the two men, representing two homosexual couples in California, said that they had simply found a common cause regarding what they perceive as a violation of fundamental rights.
Top Lawyer Nabbed in Undercover FBI Bribery Sting
In the first large-scale undercover probe into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Justice Department nets 22 executives, including the general counsel of a company that makes military equipment.Firms Search for Deferred First-Years' Public Interest Posts
As more law firms announce deferral dates for incoming associates, questions are piling up about just how the firms will find and manage the volunteer opportunities they're hoping to send their new lawyers off to.Kasowitz Firm Not Entitled to Success Fee, Split Panel Says
A law firm's financial arrangement for representing Duane Reade in terminating its contract with an automated teller machine supplier did not provide for payment of a "success fee" above the $1 million flat fee, a divided state appeals court decided yesterday.Trending Stories
- 1Uber Files RICO Suit Against Plaintiff-Side Firms Alleging Fraudulent Injury Claims
- 2The Law Firm Disrupted: Scrutinizing the Elephant More Than the Mouse
- 3Inherent Diminished Value Damages Unavailable to 3rd-Party Claimants, Court Says
- 4Pa. Defense Firm Sued by Client Over Ex-Eagles Player's $43.5M Med Mal Win
- 5Losses Mount at Morris Manning, but Departing Ex-Chair Stays Bullish About His Old Firm's Future
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