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The Lawyer Who Reined In the Rubber Stampers and Robo-Signers
With a firestorm still raging over revelations that loan-servicing companies used "robo-signers" to churn out affidavits used to foreclose on massive numbers of homes, the origins of the controversy are becoming clearer. The allegations that lenders were using questionable practices began to crystallize after a mostly retired Maine lawyer, Thomas Cox, deposed a GMAC Mortgage employee in June in a foreclosure case for a Portland nonprofit. The Am Law Daily spoke with Cox about the whole robo-signing mess.
Ex-rapper Campbell wins in copyright-infringement case
Hip-hop music promoter Luther Campbell knows how to win in a court of law. The Miami artist, currently the linebackers' coach at Miami Central Senior High School, won a legal precedent when he took a case to the U.S. Supreme Court and won the right to commercial parody.Nine Vie For Seven YLD Seats In Bar�s Only Contested Race
In what has shaped up to be the only contested segment of elections in this year�s various Philadelphia Bar Association races, nine attorneys in their 20s and 30s are seeking seven seats on the executive board of the association�s Young Lawyers Division.
Practical Advice Regarding Grand Jury Subpoenas
This article offers practical advice for professional people (lawyers included) and business executives who are served with a federal grand jury subpoena.Differing Levels of Immunity Found in Child Removal Suits
New York City lawyers who pursue abuse proceedings to remove children from their parents, like prosecutors in criminal cases, possess absolute immunity from suit, a unanimous panel of the Second Circuit has ruled. However, while affirming Eastern District Judge Brian M. Cogan on that point, the circuit differed with the judge by finding that the caseworkers who investigated the alleged abuse of a 5-month-old thought to be suffering from injuries caused by being violently shaken only are entitled to qualified immunity.BI, Klett Rooney Shareholders Vote Yes to Merger
Buchanan Ingersoll and Klett Rooney Lieber & Schorling have become one after a shareholder vote at both firms this morning gave the merger the go ahead.Lipton Won't Leave NYU Board of Trustees
Although NYU is making some changes in a bid to win over critics, including a faculty group that called on Martin Lipton, a key ally of president John Sexton, to give up his post as chairman of NYU's board of trustees, neither Sexton nor Lipton are going anywhere anytime soon.Trending Stories
- 1McCarter & English Adds Outgoing U.S. Attorney
- 2Chinese Firms Hire Partners from Kirkland and Paul Hastings in Hong Kong
- 3'He Used Some Colorful Language': Yale Defamation Case Survives
- 4Man Charged in Daylong Shooting Rampage in Memphis Is Serving as His Own Lawyer
- 5Counterpoint: FLA Is Committed To the Success of Legal Professionals
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