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Company Alleges Locke Lord, 3 Attorneys Maliciously Prosecuted a Patent Case

Locke Lord argued that New Life Ventures did not raise plausible allegations that the firm and its three attorneys acted maliciously, without probable cause, or recklessly.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Discovery Delays Get Countersuit Against Phila. Law Firm Tossed in Fee Row

Philadelphia Judge Gary Glazer ruled last week that counterclaims raised by Nabil Kassem and NMK Resources needed to be dismissed on a judgment of non pros because the parties raising the countersuit repeatedly violated the court's discovery orders by failing to timely and fully respond to the requests.
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Litigation Daily

Discovery Delays Get Countersuit Against Phila. Law Firm Tossed

Philadelphia Judge Gary Glazer ruled last week that counterclaims raised by Nabil Kassem and NMK Resources needed to be dismissed on a judgment of non pros because the parties raising the countersuit repeatedly violated the court's discovery orders by failing to timely and fully respond to the requests.
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Daily Business Review

Outgoing Florida Judge Denies Controversial Litigator's Motion for Attorney Fees During Contentious Hearing

Circuit Judge Karen Gievers rejected Tallahassee attorney Phillip Timothy Howard's motion just two days before her mandatory retirement. Howard, who is feuding with a South Florida litigator, was named in a complaint filed by the Florida Bar on March 26.
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Daily Business Review

Old Dominion Insurance May Get Attorney Fees in Sinkhole Claim Lawsuit

The insurance company won an appellate court reversal on the timing of a settlement proposal.
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Texas Lawyer

Texas Supreme Court 'Strongly Encourages' Billing Records to Prove Up Attorney Fee Awards

“General, conclusory testimony devoid of any real substance will not support a fee award,” said the April 26 opinion in Rohrmoos Venture v. UTSA DVA Healthcare. “Billing records are strongly encouraged."
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Texas Lawyer

Houston Man Sues Divorce Lawyers Over Terms, Fees

Three small firm partners and a Duane Morris office leader are facing allegations that they mishandled the divorce and charged too much.
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Texas Lawyer

Tobacco Litigator Seeks to Bring Attorney-Fee Dispute From Texas to Florida

“Howard wants a court in Texas to step into the shoes of a Florida court to pursue jurisdiction over a Florida contingent fee contract involving tobacco cases that can only be filed in Florida on behalf of Florida residents and nowhere else,” former co-counsel J.B. Harris said. “It makes no sense whatsoever.”
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The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Won't Review $230K Judgment Against Lawyer Over $25K Lit Funding Loan

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will not take up an appeal from a Philadelphia attorney seeking to overturn a nearly $230,000 judgment against him for allegedly failing to pay back a $25,000 litigation funding loan.
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The Recorder

Tom Girardi, Husband to 'Real Housewives' Star, Appears in Court Over His Assets

The Los Angeles lawyer, husband to Erika Jayne, a star on "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," faces a lawsuit alleging he failed to repay a $15 million loan to Law Finance Group. The lender wants to go after his assets, including the Pasadena home featured on the Bravo TV reality show.
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