By Max Mitchell | August 22, 2017
The registration period for former National Football League players seeking their piece of the $1 billion settlement fund for concussion-related claims ended two weeks ago, but since then the litigation has only intensified.
By Lizzy McLellan | August 22, 2017
A new defense team for Bill Cosby has taken a different approach to the case already, choosing to select a jury from Montgomery County. The comedian's retrial has also been postponed until March at the earliest, to allow the new defense lawyers to get up to speed.
By Lizzy McLellan | August 21, 2017
Bill Cosby has a new lawyer, and he's no rookie to the world of high-profile celebrity criminal trials. Cosby's new lawyers are Tom Mesereau, Kathleen Bliss, and local counsel Sam Silver, spokesman Andrew Wyatt announced Monday. Mesereau, of Los Angeles, is best known for representing Michael Jackson in a 2005 trial over alleged child molestation. Jackson was acquitted of the charges.
By Todd Cunningham | August 15, 2017
Taylor Swift's goal from the start in suing Denver radio DJ David Mueller after he allegedly groped her before a concert performance was to make a statement by stepping into the spotlight and providing straightforward and graphic testimony. To underscore her priorities, the chart-topping singer sought just a symbolic award of $1.
By Todd Cunningham | August 14, 2017
Los Angeles-based Munger, Tolles & Olson has been hired to represent the Hollywood studios and film companies behind a handful of box office blockbusters in several copyright infringement suits brought over their use of the MOVA Contour special effects system.
By Todd Cunningham | August 8, 2017
Attorneys for Robert "Bob" Murray and the Murray Energy Corp. on Monday filed an objection in Marshall County Circuit Court to an amicus brief submitted last week by the West Virginia ACLU in Murray's defamation suit against the late-night comedy show host John Oliver, HBO and Time Warner.
By Scott Graham | August 7, 2017
Three years after the U.S. Supreme Court eased the standard for awarding “exceptional case” attorney fees in patent litigation, the parties in that case are still fighting about—and incurring—fees.
By Todd Cunningham | August 2, 2017
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed an amicus brief in support of John Oliver, HBO and Time Warner, all of whom have been targeted in a defamation lawsuit filed by coal mogul Robert Murray over comments made on the comedian's "Last Week Tonight" late-night TV show.
By C. Ryan Barber | August 2, 2017
Rather than roll the dice in a hazy regulatory environment, the gaming industry is pressing the U.S. Treasury Department for greater clarity about how casinos should handle money connected to the booming legalized cannabis market.
By Tony Mauro | August 1, 2017
With 109 media outlets in the U.S., and outside counsel at the ready at each, Gannett Co. Inc. and its chief legal officer Barbara Wall have plenty of experience working with local law firms.
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