By Scott Flaherty | June 28, 2018
Leicester Bryce Stovell had some time in the limelight while pursuing lawsuits that claimed he was NBA star LeBron James' father. Now, he's been disbarred.
By Scott Flaherty | June 26, 2018
Eight of the nine leading professional liability insurers in a newly released survey said they've participated in legal malpractice payouts of at least $20 million.
By Scott Flaherty | June 20, 2018
A $214 million legal malpractice case brought by billionaire Ira Rennert against his former Kaye Scholer lawyers appears to be on its way toward settling.
By Scott Flaherty | June 19, 2018
Manhattan's Blue Dog restaurant group was less-than-satisfied with the work of Seyfarth Shaw in a landlord-tenant dispute and is now in bankruptcy court looking to make the firm pay.
By Dan Packel | June 11, 2018
The global firm and its Brazilian affiliate stand accused of putting a $3.18 billion settlement in jeopardy by adding a lawyer still employed as a federal prosecutor to a conglomerate's defense team.
By Scott Flaherty | May 23, 2018
After a magistrate judge gave Carlton Fields a dressing down in an acrimonious antitrust case, the firm's former client is now suing for alleged malpractice and seeking damages of more than $15 million.
By Scott Flaherty | May 18, 2018
A former acquaintance-cum-business partner of notorious corporate raider Victor Posner has sued Akerman, alleging the firm gave shoddy advice to the person who took over as curator of Posner's estate some 13 years after he died.
By Scott Flaherty | April 20, 2018
Ahead of an upcoming Dallas trial, Proskauer's defense team filed a notice on Thursday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit as part of an effort to escape claims from an official committee of investors who lost money in R. Allen Stanford's massive, long-running Ponzi scheme.
By Christine Simmons | April 13, 2018
NextEra Energy Inc. claimed it was damaged in the form of legal fees paid to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and trial and appeal fees "amounting to millions of dollars."
By Roy Strom | April 12, 2018
What the fast greens of the nation's most historic golf course can teach us about the pace of legal industry change.
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