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Corporate Counsel

Kirkland, Rite Aid's Bankruptcy Counsel, Vilifies Drug Supplier, Says Its Walking Away Would 'Put Millions of Lives at Risk'

The pharmacy chain says McKesson claims to have canceled its drug-supply contract, a move Rite Aid calls a negotiating ploy that uses the well-being of its pharmacy customers as a bargaining chip.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Discovery Goes Forward in Morgan & Morgan Malpractice Suit as Savannah Judge Mulls Arbitration

"This is an important issue," said Richard Robbins of Robbins Alloy Belinfante Littlefield, an attorney who specializes in legal malpractice. "When you have firms like Morgan & Morgan, with a heavy volume of cases, putting arbitration provisions in their agreements, attorneys want to know how that will play out in real life."
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Weir Greenblatt Claims Former Partner Owes Firm Nearly $300,000

Gina Stowe sued the firm earlier this month, seeking the return of her $50,000 capital contribution.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Norfolk Southern Sues All South Warehouse for Breach of Contract

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Good News and Bad for Law Firm Seeking Attorney Fees Through Veil-Piercing

The law firm's award of $83,509 for attorney fees was preserved, but not its bid to collect $117,689 for expenses.
4 minute read

Law.com

Judge Says Law Firm Had No Duty to Notify Third Party About Release of Escrow Funds

"Throughout the entirety of this transaction, defendants Williams and A&G were acting solely as agents of Vetcomm," Senior U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr. wrote. "Thus, even if Williams volunteered in the second email to notify Jones upon request to disburse the subject funds, such a modification would bind only Vetcomm, the principal, and not defendants Williams and A&G, the agents."
5 minute read

Law.com

Law.com Litigation Trendspotter: Lawsuits Target Associates—for Not Being Partners

Two recent lawsuits, both of which have achieved levels of success in court, sought to recoup losses allegedly caused by associates who were either underproductive or out of their depth.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ex-Weir Greenblatt Partner Looks to Sue Firm Over Unreturned $50K Capital Contribution

Gina Stowe said the firm and managing partner Walter Weir did not respond to her request to return the funds nor to an American Arbitration Association offer to arbitrate the dispute.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Federal Judge Voids NDAs for Hundreds of Former Trump Campaign Staffers

The settlement, which a Southern District judge formalized Wednesday, frees any staffer who worked on Donald Trump's 2016 campaign from nondisclosure and nondisparagement clauses in their employment agreements.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Armstrong Contractors Sues Crestline Over $66K in Construction Payment Bonds

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

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