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A doctor urged the Georgia Court of Appeals on Tuesday to order a new trial in a $16.4 million wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a man who died by suicide after being prescribed an antidepressant that can cause suicidal tendencies, particularly after the consumption of alcohol.
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared noncommital on Tuesday while grappling with what constitutes a "prevailing party" for the purpose of awarding attorney fees in civil rights lawsuits, a question that has broad implications for both government agencies and legal advocacy groups.
Former employees of the U.S. Marshals Service say that while judicial security has never been more urgent, finding trends is nearly impossible: The way threats against federal judges are tracked has varied so much from year to year, the data is essentially meaningless.
US Airways has renewed its bid for more than $139 million in costs for a long-running case accusing Sabre of monopolizing ticket distribution systems after a jury awarded the airline just $1 in damages following a second trial on antitrust claims.
Bressler Amery & Ross PC has regained a former litigator who worked at the firm before embarking on a 16-year judicial career in the New Jersey state trial courts, which included several stints as a presiding judge.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP is expanding its Midwest team, announcing Tuesday it is bringing in a Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Employee Retirement Income Security Act litigator and a Chapman and Cutler LLP finance expert as partners in its Chicago office.
Spencer Fane LLP has bulked up its litigation and dispute resolution practice group with a partner in Houston who came aboard from Texas boutique Burford Perry LLP.
A three-judge Ninth Circuit panel on Monday upheld a lower court's decision to cut more than $2 million from plaintiff's firm Cooper & Kirkham's $3.45 million fee award in a multidistrict litigation settlement over alleged cathode ray tube price-fixing litigation.
A Texas magistrate judge was wrong to recommend dropping litigation funding companies from a suit alleging a law firm deceptively advertised to hurricane victims, with a proposed class of storm victims arguing the funders must have been aware of the scheme when they loaned the firm $20 million.
An Atlanta-area real estate law firm urged the Georgia Court of Appeals Tuesday to stand by a trial court's decision to kill a lawsuit filed by two property owners who lost to the firm in court some 17 years ago.
A former partner at Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP rejoined the firm in Sarasota, Florida, after a short stint as an in-house counsel at a development company and as special counsel at Adams and Reese LLP.
Attorneys representing a class of purchasers who sued several canned tuna producers have asked a California federal judge for nearly $20 million in fees and costs associated with their recently inked $64 million settlement, saying the award is fair considering the effort the case took to prosecute and the complexity of the deal.
The Georgia Court of Appeals said it won't hear a challenge to a Fulton County judge's decision to disqualify a lawyer from a property dispute after it was revealed the attorney advised one of the defendants to carry out alleged property destruction central to the case.
A top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee announced Monday he introduced legislation to require the disclosure of parties receiving payments in civil lawsuits, a phenomenon known as "third-party litigation financing," in order to prevent abuses in the legal system.
The U.S. Trustee's Office on Monday objected to a Chapter 11 trustee's attempt to file under seal a deal with a law firm in the sprawling $374 million bankruptcy of convicted Chinese exile Miles Guo, saying voluminous case law prevents shrouding such settlements with secrecy.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced Monday that it has hired a former senior Federal Trade Commission attorney to bolster its antitrust and competition practice group.
A California judge granted over $11 million in attorney fees Monday to a man who prevailed in a 20-year legal battle with his brother over a real estate empire when a jury awarded him and his other brothers a $10 billion verdict, granting the bulk of the request.
Holland & Knight LLP announced Monday that a former U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee has come aboard in Nashville, Tennessee, as a partner, boosting the firm's healthcare regulatory and enforcement practice.
A Florida state court judge Monday ordered a woman who uncovered a house-flipping scheme allegedly run by the husband of a former Miami city attorney to produce documents in the case, including communications with journalists, in an attempt to show whether any misconduct occurred over the course of the investigation.
Teny Geragos and Marc Agnifilo were already known for winning acquittals for high-profile, and frequently loathed, defendants before launching their own criminal defense boutique in March, but their biggest challenge might be ahead of them as they gear up to represent Sean “Diddy” Combs in a likely explosive criminal trial.
Litigation boutique Freedman Normand Friedland LLP announced Monday that it has acquired Kaye Spiegler PLLC, an art law-focused firm launched in 2021 by two attorneys known for their work recovering centuries-old stolen paintings and representing stakeholders to famous works.
A proposed class of disabled attorneys lacks standing to pursue civil rights claims against Michigan alleging courthouses were inaccessible, the state has told a federal judge, arguing it is not responsible for local facilities and is otherwise protected by sovereign immunity under state disability laws.
Former attorney Lin Wood pushed back Friday on his former partners' allegations that he concealed a $4 million asset and lied about being unable to post a cash bond during his appeal of the $3.75 million defamation verdict against him, saying they "fundamentally misunderstand the facts."
An assistant vice president and counsel to W.R. Berkley Corp., a commercial lines property and casualty insurance holding company, left his in-house role to become a partner with Akerman LLP in New York, the firm announced Monday.
Intellectual property lawyer John Mills, a co-founder and former IP group chair at Ambrose Mills & Lazarow PLLC, said Monday that he has launched his own Reston, Virginia-based boutique law firm.