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Panel Affirms Sanctions Against Attorneys in 9/11 Conspiracy Claim

Master — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:01:19 +0000

Sanctions against two attorneys who insist that former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld caused the Sept.

Lead-off Toyota case selected as group demands NHTSA records

Master — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:20:58 +0000

A California judge has selected the first bellwether case against Toyota in consolidated litigation over sudden, unintended acceleration.

Circuit Faults Use of State Law to Block Chevron Judgment

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:20:55 +0000

Following through on a September ruling vacating a preliminary injunction issued by Southern District of New York Judge Lewis Kaplan, the 2nd Circuit has ruled that New York law and the principles of international comity denied Kaplan the authority to block throughout the world the enforcement of a $17.2 billion environmental judgment secured against Chevron in Ecuador.Related story: For more on the case, see Where the 2nd Circuit Leaves Chevron

Train crash victims take bid to exceed limit on damages out of court

Master — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:39:09 +0000

Lawyers for victims of a 2008 commuter train crash that killed 24 people in L.A. are pushing for a compensation fund not unlike the one BP started after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Switch in Arbitrator Permissible Where NAF No Longer Competent, Circuit Says

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:22:48 +0000

Courts may appoint a substitute arbitrator where the one designated in a contract clause — the National Arbitration Forum — is not able to hear the case, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held in a case of first impression.

Report: Client Conflict Leads Hogan Lovells Partner Bennett to Drop Megaupload Assignment

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:57:22 +0000

Prominent trial lawyer Robert Bennett, who said last week that he would defend the operators of file-sharing website Megaupload against charges that they had violated federal copyright and online piracy laws, has reportedly dropped the case due to a client conflict involving his firm.

Comments at Attorney Meeting Privileged; Slander Case Tossed

Master — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:47:34 +0000

Some harsh words shared between opposing attorneys at a meeting to discuss a case did not rise to defamation, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled, because the meeting was a privileged part of the judicial record in the case.

R. Allen Stanford?s Houston criminal-defense attorneys want to withdraw from the case

Master — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:39:07 +0000

In fight with homeowners, EPA takes heat from high court

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:26:19 +0000

The EPA faced a generally hostile Supreme Court this week in a case involving a landowner’s fight to build a home on an alleged wetland. “If you related the facts of this case to the ordinary homeowner,” that homeowner would say, “‘This doesn’t happen in the United States,’” said Justice Samuel Alito Jr.

In fight with homeowners, EPA takes heat from high court

Master — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:26:19 +0000

The EPA faced a generally hostile Supreme Court this week in a case involving a landowner’s fight to build a home on an alleged wetland.

Federal Circuit upholds $4.7M fee award to Cordis over MarcTec’s litigation misconduct

Master — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:39:06 +0000

A Federal Circuit panel has upheld a lower court’s award of nearly $4.7 million in attorney and expert fees to patent defendant and Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Cordis for its opponent’s litigation misconduct, holding that the district court did not err in finding the case exceptional.

Pressing Bar Admission Fight, Notorious Fabulist Stephen Glass Hires High-Profile Appellate Team

Master — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:39:05 +0000

Stephen Glass, the disgraced former journalist fighting to be admitted to the California State Bar, has brought in new appellate lawyers to make his case to the state’s highest court. They’re making that case aggressively, accusing the State Bar of committing ethical lapses and putting Glass in an unfair catch-22.

Ohio Judge Ejects Robbins Geller Lawyer from Shareholder Derivative Suit

admin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:03:55 +0000

A group of plaintiffs lawyers in a shareholder derivative suit over executive pay at Cincinnati Bell managed to avoid possible sanctions and dismissal of their case late last month. But lead plaintiffs counsel is now off the case, and the rest of the plaintiffs team is still struggling to avoid dismissal.

New York Attorneys Take on Capital Cases in South That Last Decades

Master — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:31:35 +0000

Two men who have spent a combined 44 years on death row in Southern states have some reason for hope in the new year. Attorneys for the men, including members of the New York Bar who have donated hundreds of hours to their cases, finally have persuaded appellate courts to overturn their convictions. Related story: For more background on the case, see Intellectual Property Attorney Faced Unfamiliar Challenges in Death Case

N.J. Court Spares Attorney Who Misused Certification Seal but Warns Others

Master — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:12:34 +0000

A New Jersey lawyer whose website wrongfully displayed the seal of the Board of Attorney Certification has escaped discipline.

Patent Plaintiff WebXchange Can’t Hold onto Its Lawyers in Suit Against FedEx and Dell

admin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:12:24 +0000

Six sets of lawyers from Kasowitz Benson, Grant & Eisenhofer and other firms have fled WebXchange’s infringement suit against Dell and FedEx, citing irreconcilable breakdowns in attorney-client relationships. Now a judge has had enough of the game of musical chairs and is threatening to dismiss the case.

Verbal notice to clerk not sufficient to vacate transfer order, Federal Circuit rules

Master — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:24:06 +0000

The Federal Circuit has ruled that a party’s verbal notice to the court clerk’s office of a settlement of an infringement case was not sufficient to support withdrawal of an order directing the case’s transfer.

Judge Recuses From Foreclosure Involving His Lender

Master — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:24:05 +0000

A judge whose widely publicized decision to cancel a homeowner’s mortgage was overturned has now recused himself from the case, with public records showing he holds a mortgage through the same lender.

Amid Antitrust Fight, AT&T Drops T-Mobile Deal

admin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:53:11 +0000

AT&T has announced that the company is abandoning its planned $39 billion acquisition of rival T-Mobile USA, a decision that comes just days after asking a federal judge in Washington, D.C., to postpone antitrust proceedings.Related story: For more background on the case, see AT&T’s Bid for T-Mobile Is Officially Dead

Cleary Team One Step Closer to Winning Ex-Death Row Inmate’s Freedom

Master — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:58:47 +0000

A Tennessee appellate court has vacated the 1985 felony murder conviction of a former death row inmate and remanded his case for a new trial, due in large part to new evidence turned up by a pro bono Cleary Gottlieb team that over the past 15 years has spent at least 15,000 hours on the case.

Howrey Bankruptcy to Bring in Local Counsel

admin — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:31:51 +0000

With collections slowing and contingency fee cases back East not showing much immediate promise, Howrey’s trustee is pushing to set San Francisco collections litigator Joel Adler loose in the case. Adler earned high marks recently for bringing $6 million into the Heller estate.

Discovery Order Relieves Party of Review of 65 Million E-Documents

Master — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:37:03 +0000

A federal judge has excused compliance with a discovery agreement that would have required the plaintiff to produce an estimated 65 million documents, finding it would cost too much to screen them for privilege and saying the case “highlights the dangers of carelessness and inattention in e-discovery.”

Defendant’s Wife Dying, But No Trial Delay

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:07:02 +0000

A federal judge has rejected a California man’s bid to postpone his imminent New York trial on antitrust and fraud charges or to have his case severed from his co-defendants because his wife of 26 years — the mother of his seven children — is dying of cancer.

Attorneys vying for piece of $123 million pie in Bank of America overdraft settlement

Master — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:38:13 +0000

A major battle is shaping up over some $123 million in attorney fees in the massive Bank of America overdraft class action. An Argentinian law firm is asking a federal judge to allow it to intervene in the case, while plaintiffs attorneys want their bid for fees to be decided in Florida state court.

Trial Begins in Virginia Tech’s Challenge to $55K Fine for 2007 Shooting

Master — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:43:32 +0000

In the first trial of its kind, Virginia Tech is challenging a $55,000 fine levied by the Department of Education over its handling of the April 2007 massacre that left 33 people dead. Any precedent set in the case could affect a pending review of Penn State in the wake of its sexual abuse scandal.