NASCAR can't block a damages expert from testifying at trial about potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in losses supposedly suffered by two teams suing the stock car racing company for alleged antitrust violations, a North Carolina federal judge ruled Wednesday.
NASCAR can't block a damages expert from testifying at trial about potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in losses supposedly suffered by two teams suing the stock car racing company for alleged antitrust violations, a North Carolina federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Workers seeking to pocket a $1.6 million judgment in their wage and hour case against an Apple-affiliated repair company asked a North Carolina federal court to garnish Apple's contract payments, saying that the contractor failed to post bond while it took the case to the Fourth Circuit.
The U.S. government said Camp Lejeune toxic water litigants leaned on "empty accusations of bias" in an effort to exclude an expert witness, telling a North Carolina federal court that the expert has a decades-long track record of using reliable scientific methods.
First Circuit judges skeptically questioned a Planned Parenthood attorney Wednesday as they wrestled with whether Congress illegally singled out the organization in budget legislation that blocks its federal Medicaid funding for a year.
A company that makes elevated stairs on Wednesday lost its appeal at the Fourth Circuit following various rulings against it in a suit it lodged against its co-founder and his son over a soured business venture involving the design of the business's sole product.
The Fourth Circuit on Wednesday scolded a Virginia police officer who testified that he draws his gun when "there's any type of crime committed," saying unwarranted threats of deadly force are dangerous and can violate constitutional rights.
A Texas bankruptcy judge signed an order authorizing solar energy developer Pine Gate Renewables to roll up about $800 million in debt as part of its postpetition funding, after declining an earlier proposal that would have rolled up $1.4 billion on an interim basis.
State supreme court cases from recent years have addressed whether positions taken by attorneys in an underlying lawsuit can be used against them in a subsequent legal malpractice action, providing a foundation to defeat ex-clients’ estoppel claims, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin and Lodgen.
Cultivating a network isn't part of the law school curriculum, but learning the soft skills needed to do so may be the key to establishing a solid professional reputation, nurturing client relationships and building business, says Sharon Crane at Practising Law Institute.
McDermott Will & Schulte on Wednesday acknowledged it is fielding interest from private equity investors, a development that underscores how some of the legal industry's largest players are considering moving to a nontraditional business model.
An ex-associate at Baker McKenzie's Washington, D.C., office has been accused by her former employer of playing a "cat and mouse game" to avoid getting served a defamation complaint filed in October by the office and its managing partner.
The former chair of Prince Lobel Tye LLP's restaurant and hospitality practice has been indicted on charges that she forged liquor licenses for three clients before she was fired last year, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday.
Federal authorities said Wednesday they have created a strike force targeting cryptocurrency-related fraud and scams originating in Southeast Asia, a development announced alongside the addition of a Burmese armed group to a list of entities under U.S. sanctions.
Reed Smith LLP and two of its attorneys are facing claims of improperly facilitating an attempted repossession of an aviation company's plane, purportedly representing the company's lender while actually working for an alternative investment firm angling to seize the plane.
Morgan & Morgan dropped its suit Wednesday against Disney that asked a Florida federal court to declare that an advertisement the firm planned to run featuring elements from the animated short film "Steamboat Willie" does not infringe Disney's intellectual property because the work entered the public domain last year.
President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday three nominees for federal judgeships in Texas, Arkansas and Alaska, which have been anticipated for a few weeks.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is rolling out plans to narrow how it defines and watches out for lending discrimination, even as the Trump administration casts fresh doubt on any plans to fund the agency once its reserves dry up.
An insurance company told a New Jersey state court this week that it should be allowed to proceed with a malpractice suit against Margolis Edelstein because the firm had a duty to represent it in an underlying insurance dispute under state law.
Edelson PC has submitted a "clean and unadulterated" dismissal of its conversion case against two former attorneys from the now-defunct law firm Girardi Keese after an Illinois federal judge took issue with a previous version of the stipulation.
Former Alaska federal judge Joshua Kindred has been disbarred by that state's Supreme Court over multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, including that he had inappropriate sexual relationships with several attorneys who appeared before him.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Wednesday that House Republicans will be introducing stand-alone legislation to repeal a provision tucked into the government funding package the Senate passed Monday that would allow Republican senators investigated by special counsel Jack Smith to sue for damages.
The American Law Institute's restatements of law, widely regarded as influential reference points for judges and attorneys, are typically yearslong projects that are finished quietly and without much controversy, but one for copyright that concluded this year has diverged from that tradition.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins on Wednesday pledged to "draw clear lines" about which crypto transactions the SEC doesn't regulate, but said that coming rules and exemptions for digital assets are "not a promise of lax enforcement at the SEC."
