In more Obamanomination news, the President has nominated three California lawyers to the United States District Court bench. Edward Chen has been nominated for the US District Court for the…
Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: US District Court Judge Bruce Kauffman is stepping down next week, and will join Philadelphia’s Elliott Greenleaf law firm. Kauffman will co-chair…
Two defendants convicted in the Milberg LLP scandal, former partner Steven Schulman and former client Howard J. Vogel, will report to federal prison this week. In 2006, the firm and…
The Legal Times Blog reports that a US district judge has dismissed Ralph Nader’s latest attempt to prove he was the target of a conspiracy by the Kerry-Edwards campaign to keep…
A husband and wife are suing United Airlines for “overserving” alcohol during a flight from Osaka, Japan to San Francisco, claiming wine served on the plane fueled a violent fight…
As we reported earlier today, New York Law School has filed an investor lawsuit against J. Ezra Merkin, one of his funds and its auditor over investments made through Bernard…
Zafar Hasan, a former associate in Foley & Lardner’s Chicago office, can proceed with an employment discrimination suit against the law firm, the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals today…
A judge in US District Court has sided with [Law Firm Name Deleted] in a bizarre and widely ridiculed trademark case against web site BlockShopper.com. This image from the law…
A former law student Robert A. McDonald was sentenced today to a year in a halfway house for possessing child pornography. McDonald, 25, dodged a stiffer sentence in federal court…
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