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 the firm’s executive committee. He is a former Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice. Paul Battaglia joins Williams Kastner in Seattle as of counsel. He handles real estate, leasing, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 13, 2009
The State Bar of California has shuttered three Southern California offices of attorney Mitchell W. Roth, who was recently declared a vexatious litigant by a federal judge in Los Angeles. Roth has been hospitalized due to severe depression since January 23rd. On January 30th, US District Judge Manuel Real of the Central District of California declared Roth, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 8, 2009
US District Judge Samuel B. Kent of the Southern District of Texas, who faces trial on in Houston on three federal criminal charges, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to three additional charges in a superseding indictment. The indictment brings one count of aggravated sexual abuse, one count of abusive sexual contact and one count of obstruction of [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 3, 2009
A federal judge, citing excessive hours and unreasonably high rates, ordered a 20% reduction in fees for a law firm helping to protect the assets of investment company WexTrust Capital. Given a long-established principle that lawyers working in receivership situations should be awarded moderate fees, “the request for fees of $2,147,666 for 20 days of work [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 23, 2008
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 him off the presidential ballot. In October 2007, as much of the country began turning its attention to a new and promising presidential showdown, Nader filed [...]
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