The National Law Journal is reporting that software company George Sutton & Associates Inc. is suing DLA Piper for allegedly breaching fiduciary duty, unfairly charging more than $200,000 in legal fees and causing George Sutton & Associates to lose a $1 million business deal. In the complaint the company alleges that a DLA Piper associate [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 12, 2010
Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, March 12, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news… The Asian Pacific American Legal Center files a lawsuit against Trinity Law Associates for allegedly defrauding 30 Korean immigrants… King & Spaulding reveals a new pay scale and bonuses… Former U.S. Senators Lott and Breaux are in talks with Patton Boggs… Snell [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, March 9, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news… An Illinois judge refuses to dismiss a lawsuit against Donald Rumsfeld… Former Greenberg Traurig partner Mark McCombs is charged with stealing $1 million from a local community… Former New Jersey state official Karen J. Kominsky joins Cozen O’Connor… Cravath, Swaine & Moore [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, March 3, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news… Revenue is down at Winston & Strawn… DLA Piper forms an alliance with a Brazilian law firm… Former Arnold & Porter chairman Michael Sohn joins Davis Polk… A former secretary sues Drinker Biddle over a pay dispute… Ex Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo hires [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 2, 2010
A former secretary at Drinker Biddle’s Washington office is suing the firm over an overtime pay dispute. Shawn Havrilla worked worked at the firm between 2006 and 2008. In a complaint filed last week at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia she contends that she was required to work over 40 hours [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, February 17, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s stories… Lincoln Fabrics will pay $4 million dollars to settle a lawsuit with the U.S. government… A couple wins a lawsuit against their former stockbroker… Profits are up and revenues are down at Shearman & Sterling… Profits and revenues are up at Irell & [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 7, 2009
A major force in the legal recruiting industry is going against an upstart competitor – in court. A. Harrison Barnes, owner and founder of such companies as BCG Attorney Search and LegalAuthority, is suing Robert E. Kinney of Kinney Recruiting in Texas for anonymously maligning Barnes and his companies online. (Full disclosure: Career Mission, which is affiliated [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 7, 2009
The estate of Heller Ehrman, the San Francisco-based law firm that imploded spectacularly in November 2008, may sue Washington DC’s Covington & Burling, which hired 14 ex-Heller partners last September. Heller contends that the partner defections contributed to the downfall of the firm, by causing banks to freeze firm accounts. The estate is suing Covington and [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Sonnenschein, which brought on three lawyers from Huron Consulting, has been sued by the Chicago-based firm, claiming the attorneys were illegally recruited. Huron seeks $30 million. The three lawyers are Sonnenschein health care managing director Nancy Freeman, compliance director Judy Ringholz, and Linda Robinson. The suit accuses Sonnenschein health care partner Lisa Murtha, a former Huron employee, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 27, 2009
Former employees of San Francisco’s defunct Heller Ehrman, which declared bankruptcy in December, are suing 179 former partners for $32 million. The suit alleges that the firm’s shareholders failed to give the legally required 60 days notice of layoffs. They seek accrued vacation, severance cash, and penalties under the WARN Act. The over 800 ex-employees are represented [...]
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