February 27, 2026
Ballard Spahr LLP does not have a valid claim to roughly $237,000 in unpaid legal fees it sought from a Wisconsin-based gem and fine metal investment fund that went through bankruptcy, the Seventh Circuit said Friday.
January 27, 2026
Two Seventh Circuit judges on Tuesday pressed a Ballard Spahr LLP attorney to address why his firm didn't secure in writing that an investment fund would foot the legal bills of one of its officers, as the law firm is arguing to the appellate court that it has a valid claim to legal fees in the fund's bankruptcy proceedings based on an oral agreement.