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Bankruptcy law firm files for Chapter 11 after losing advertising dispute
A bankruptcy law firm in Minnesota has filed for Chapter 11 protection after losing a legal dispute with a competitor.
The LifeBack Law Firm filed…
Dentons and Boies Schiller face $300M racketeering suit after client loses international arbitration
A Massachusetts businessman has filed a $300 million racketeering lawsuit against Dentons and Boies Schiller Flexner alleging that the law firms failed to inform him…
Mother’s Day and the changing face of family dynamics and custody arrangements
Since I founded my firm, the Moore Family Law Group, in 2008, I’ve witnessed the evolution of American family dynamics. I’ve also seen firsthand how…
Federal judge reprimanded for handcuffing teen spectator in scared-straight approach
A federal judge who ordered a defendant’s daughter handcuffed to warn her about the consequences of drug use has been reprimanded by the judicial council…
Lawyer whose firm sued Boeing finds emergency slide that fell from company’s plane near his home
An emergency slide that detached from a Boeing 767 plane on Friday washed up on the beach near the New York home of a lawyer…
Judge should be censured for street brawl, conflict of interest, New York judicial conduct commission says
A New York judge should be censured for engaging in a street brawl with his neighbors and for participating in matters involving an attorney who…
District attorney ‘humbled by my own stupidity’ after failing to stop for police, calling officer name
A district attorney for a county that includes Rochester, New York, issued a video apology Sunday night after she failed to pull over for…
Black retired judge who flew first class says flight attendant ordered her to use coach restroom
A Black retired judge from Chicago said she was flying first class when an American Airlines flight attendant accused her of slamming the first-class restroom…
Immigration law firm will expand nearly 10% with addition of Seyfarth Shaw team
About 90 lawyers and staff members are moving from Seyfarth Shaw to Berry Appleman & Leiden, expanding the immigration law firm’s head count by almost…
Clark Hill was ‘duped by an obvious scam,’ costing its client $1.1M, suit alleges
Hackers posing as a client persuaded law firm Clark Hill to send $1.1 million from a lawsuit settlement to the wrong bank account, according to…
New US citizens sworn in 100 feet underground
Twenty-nine immigrants from 12 countries were sworn in as U.S. citizens Thursday in an underground ceremony at the Mammoth Cave National Park.
Mammoth Cave Park Superintendent…
ABA should consider impact of rape-disclosure questions on bar applications, 3 senators tell association
The ABA should study the prevalence of bar admissions questions that require the disclosure of campus sexual misconduct complaints and requests for orders of protection,…
Lawyer shot while allegedly trying to rob armored car
An Arkansas lawyer was taken to the hospital Wednesday after he was allegedly shot by an armored car employee during an attempted robbery, according to…
Lawyer suspended after he’s accused of plying teens with alcohol and touching one of them sexually
The Ohio Supreme Court has suspended a lawyer who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault after being accused of touching his stepdaughter’s 18-year-old friend in a…
‘Oh, shoot, I’m still streaming,’ judge says, after telling staffer ‘we all know’ murder defendant is guilty
A Texas judge recused herself in two cases involving a murder defendant Wednesday, after she was caught on a hot mic outside the presence of…
Lawyer disbarred for destroying his computer, altering metadata before ethics hearing
A New Hampshire lawyer has been disbarred based on allegations that he destroyed his computer before an ethics hearing and altered metadata to make it…
With addition of 17 lawyers, Baker McKenzie picks up most of this firm’s corporate team
Baker McKenzie has added 17 corporate and tax lawyers from Munger, Tolles & Olson, including nine partners from the Los Angeles law firm.
The defection amounts…
How to rid house of leavened products during Passover? Mormon law prof has contracts for that
A professor at the William & Mary Law School was acting as a “friendly gentile” when he helped draft contracts to purchase unused leavened foodstuffs…
Supreme Court won’t hear lawyer’s challenge to anti-bias ethics rule
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in a challenge to a Pennsylvania ethics rule that bars lawyers from knowingly engaging in conduct…
Both sides denied sanctions in Boies Schiller sex-trafficking suit
Neither Boies Schiller Flexner nor the lawyers representing its legal opponents are entitled to sanctions in a sex-trafficking case, a federal judge in New York…