The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. urged the Seventh Circuit to reject a Teamsters pension plan's bid to reinstate a $23 million withdrawal liability bill against a concrete company, asking the court to endorse a methodology giving companies full credit for partial plan withdrawals if they later make a complete exit.
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. urged the Seventh Circuit to reject a Teamsters pension plan's bid to reinstate a $23 million withdrawal liability bill against a concrete company, asking the court to endorse a methodology giving companies full credit for partial plan withdrawals if they later make a complete exit.
The Delaware Chancery Court trial over World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.'s $21.4 billion merger with Ultimate Fighting Championship's parent company has been canceled after the parties reached an agreement in principle to settle the case, according to a minute order from Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster.
Berman Tabacco, Sperling Kenny Nachwalter LLC, Hilliard Shadowen LLP and five other firms have asked a Massachusetts federal judge for $11.55 million in attorney fees from a $35 million antitrust settlement resolving claims that Teva abused patent protections to delay generic competition for its QVAR asthma inhalers.
Oklahoma-based Arnold & Smith Law PLLC on Friday asked a New York federal judge to dismiss a New York attorney's lawsuit accusing the firm of misclassifying employees as contractors to avoid paying benefits, saying there is no reason to believe any of the alleged misconduct happened in New York.
An insurer asked a North Carolina federal court to determine the rightful beneficiary of a murdered woman's remaining $100,000 in life and accidental death benefits, saying it is exposed to competing claims by the woman's children, one of whom is awaiting trial for murder.
Pennsylvania window company Graboyes LLC has filed a Chapter 11 petition citing more than $10 million in liabilities, including $2.1 million in disputed loans and an $876,000 "note payable" to the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 21.
Burford Capital plans to step up minority equity investments in elite law firms in the U.K. and U.S. that already use its litigation finance, as investor appetite for law firm equity increases, the firm's new London-based chief operating officer told Law360.
Fox Rothschild LLP was hit with a proposed class action in Pennsylvania federal court Tuesday accusing the national law firm of failing to adequately protect the "highly sensitive and confidential" personal data entrusted to it from being exposed to a prominent ransomware group in a data breach last month.
A Mississippi federal judge who found herself in the "unusual scenario" of reviewing briefs with artificial intelligence-created errors filed by both parties in a lawyer's fee dispute against a Magnolia State municipality has terminated all four attorneys from the case.
Rob Misey, incoming chair of the American Bar Association's International Ethics Committee, brings a passion for international dialogue to his new role, set to begin in September. Misey discussed his goals of initiating ethics conversations throughout the ABA and with counterparts overseas.
The Federal Circuit eased the line between constitutional and statutory standing last month when reviving A.L.M. Holding Co.'s infringement suit against Zydex Industries Private Ltd., in a decision attorneys say makes standing more accessible and clarifies how patent licensors can maintain their rights.
Five law firms have been disqualified from representing claimants seeking NFL concussion settlement funds for running a scheme that "laundered" questionable Parkinson's disease claims through the system to obtain $95 million, including $20 million in fees, a special masters' report issued Monday says.
Nearly a month after its motion to dismiss a RICO suit filed by Uber and FedEx was denied by a Philadelphia federal judge, personal injury firm Simon & Simon PC has lodged a counterclaim against the companies, saying their complaint is a "frivolous sham."
The Senate voted 51-46, along party lines, on Tuesday to confirm Tony Mattivi, director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, to serve on the bench in the District of Kansas.
