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03-02-2011

Firm Ordered to Pay Partner Placement Company over $350,000

A magistrate judge from Houston has ordered the Los Angeles-based firm Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP to pay $353,150 to CB Legal, a Houston-based company that places partners at law firms.....[more]
02-22-2011

Music Mogul/ Rapper Wins Latest Round in Trademark Battle

Iconic rapper and music mogul Jay-Z has come out victorious in the most recent ruling over his legal battle with British chef, Terry Miller, who operates a catering business under the name ''Rockafella.''....[more]
02-22-2011

N.Y. State Senators Outraged Over Legal Costs Incurred by Expelled Senator

Amidst a nationwide budget crisis, taxpayers in New York are learning that over $370,000 dollars of their tax dollars went towards expelling Hiram Monserrate, former state senator, after he assaulted his girlfriend in 2008.....[more]
02-22-2011

Google Requests Re-Examination of Patents amidst Lawsuit

Last year, Oracle, a software company, sued the search-engine giant Google for patent and copyright infringement, claiming that Google's use of Java in its Android operating system was an infringement.....[more]
02-15-2011

Illinois Law Firm Accused of Aiding Financial Exploitation of Elderly

The law firm of Przybylo and Kubiatowski, in Cook County, Illinois, is facing accusations that the firm drew up legal documents signing over the assets of elderly women to caretakers accused of financial exploitation.....[more]
02-15-2011

Patton Boggs Names Gibson Dunn as a Co-Conspirator

Patton Boggs has named Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a co-conspirator in a suit against Chevron, stating that attorneys at Gibson aided their client Chevron with an intimidation campaign meant to prevent Patton Boggs from representing the Ecuadorian citizens that are suing the oil company.....[more]
02-15-2011

European Commission Sued By Italian Energy Trader

The Milan-based energy trader The Cube Srl, is suing the European Commission in order to recover over 200,000 allowances it had stolen last November. The company asked for up to $135,000 a day from the EC, according to their lawyer, Laurent Arnauts, head of the Brussels-based firm, Arnauts.....[more]
02-08-2011

Egypt's Special Envoy May Have Conflict Of Interest

The Obama Administration sent out the law firm of Frank Wisner last week as a special envoy to Egypt. Now the firm is being accused of conflict of interest, with various sources claiming they have previously worked with the Egyptian government. Managing partner at Patton Boggs, Ed Newberry, told Sal....[more]
02-08-2011
02-08-2011

Dodger Owner Frank McCourt Replaces Bingham McCutchen

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Frank McCourt has replaced Bingham McCutchen with a New York attorney to represent the Los Angeles Dodgers as outside counsel. This comes after McCourt's former attorney with Bingham, Larry Silverstein, admitted in court that he had altered the pre-nuptial agr....[more]