Two of a lawyer’s claims against his former firm for a cut of case settlements after he was fired can move forward, the 7th Circuit has ruled. A unanimous panel revived part of Lawrence Hess’ case against Springfield, Ill.-based Kanoski & Associates, which does personal injury work.

Shrader & Associates has filed a petition in Texas state court alleging a former office manager, who was indicted for allegedly taking more than $200,000 from the firm, provided “confidential, proprietary, and privileged information” from the firm’s computer server to a Houston lawyer and firm.

Houston plaintiffs lawyer George Fleming and his firm, Fleming & Associates, have filed a motion asking for clarification of an order to disgorge 32 percent of the fees they charged 10 fen-phen clients.

In cases involving financial products, it’s pretty tricky to get national class action status. But plaintiffs lawyers going up against Conseco Life Insurance framed their case on behalf of seven policyholders as a breach of contract instead. In doing so, the Gilbert law firm in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco’s Millstein & Associates succeeded in getting national class action status where “many other ‘vanishing premium’ life insurance cases have failed,” said Stephen Weisbrod, a partner with the Gilbert firm.

Citing persistent client conflicts and poor work flow with the U.S.