Month: February 2009

Asbestos Trial Begins In Montana

Opening statements began on the case of U.S. vs. W.R. Grace and Co. and five executives of the company. W.R.…

Los Angeles has always prided itself on being a very diverse city. More than one-third of the city’s population was…

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday against a 2005 California law that aimed to ban the…

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to hear the Federal Trade Commission’s appeal against Rambus Inc. In the…

Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand has cut five administrative positions. There is no further information available about these layoffs. If…

Am Law 100 firm Proskauer Rose's profits per equity partner dropped 10% in 2008 to $1.4 million. Revenues increased marginally,…

Chicago's Much Shelist Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein, a business-law firm with about 80 attorneys, will impose a 10% pay cut…

Tipsters tell Above the Law that at least five lawyers were laid off from Kaye Scholer on Friday, including some…

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Cary has ruled that lawyers for the Tribune Company’s bankruptcy case cannot charge hourly fees that…

James L. Connaughton, former chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and former partner in the environmental practice…

The attorney who represented the man accused of killing Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother, and nephew, has withdrawn as…

A criminal defense attorney in San Bernardino, California has been arrested on suspicion that he took drugs and guns as…