By Miriam Rozen | August 11, 2017
Plaintiffs in a 2-year-old lawsuit against Philadelphia's Duane Morris filed an amended petition that ups their damage calculations to over three-quarters of a billion dollars, according to Houston lawyer Tony Buzbee, who represents the investor group behind the suit.
By R. Robin McDonald | August 4, 2017
Wells Fargo & Co. has agreed to settle a 12-year-old whistleblower case accusing the bank of cheating veterans by charging them illegal fees when refinancing their home loans.
By CHRISTINE SIMMONS | July 27, 2017
A massive Wells Fargo customer data breach was not the work of a hacker, but of the bank's own lawyer who failed to review the bank's entire set of discovery documents, including information about the bank's wealthy customers, before it was shipped to a litigation adversary.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | July 11, 2017
A disbarred Buckhead lawyer was indicted Tuesday on 32 counts of theft and forgery and accused of misusing hundreds of thousands of dollars in client funds, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard Jr. announced.
By Greg Land | July 10, 2017
The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit came more than seven years after high-flying Florida lawyer Scott Rothstein pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from a scheme that defrauded hundreds of investors.
By Ross Todd | June 14, 2017
The way SunTrust's in-house legal team initially responded to the Jane Doe plaintiff plays a role in the complaint.
By Jonathan Ringel | June 5, 2017
Since he joined the company in 2014, David Clifton has been involved in the purchase of among many targets, including the New York Stock Exchange.
By Karen Sloan | May 24, 2017
A decade-old program that forgives the federal student loan debt of those who work in public service jobs for 10 years would be eliminated under President Donald Trump's proposed budget.
By Greg Land | May 10, 2017
A man involved in a dispute over his efforts to collect about $160,000 by garnishing his debtor's retirement payments must wait until another lawyer—who formerly represented the debtor—has collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees.
By Cogan Schneier | May 9, 2017
Citing his handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server, President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired FBI Director James Comey. His actions may weigh heavy on his future employment prospects, as big law firms may be wary of questions that would accompany his hiring. Still, as a prominent attorney with high-level experience in government and business, he may find a home at a law firm, as some other former FBI directors have.
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