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Rival Firms Pick Up Foreclosure Cases From Baum Collapse
Free With Registration: New York's largest and most controversial foreclosure law shop may be going out of business, but attorneys from the firm are forming new alliances and their former competitors see opportunity to expand their own practices.Judge Enforces $1M Settlement of Police Chief's Whistle-blower Suit
Large settlements and verdicts in New Jersey.McGuireWoods, Ex-Partner Wrestle Over Lead Role in $49 Million Class Action
McGuireWoods and former partner Eliot Disner aren't wasting time before duking it out over control of a $49 million class action against BAR/BRI, the nation's leading bar review company. Less than two weeks after Disner says disagreement over strategy led to his ouster from the firm, the lawyer has asked a judge to name him "co-lead counsel" in the BAR/BRI litigation. McGuireWoods has fired back, arguing that Disner, already in line for a 30 percent cut of the attorney fees, should have no role whatsoever.The USERRA Obligations of Returning Veterans' Employers
A question many employers will be asking in the months and years to come is: "What obligations do companies have to members of the armed services returning from war or military training?"Daily Decision Service Alert: Vol. 21, No. 71 - April 11, 2012
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Behind the Win: Showing Jurors Merck's Good Side
Dechert's Diane P. Sullivan, the lead lawyer who won a defense verdict for Merck & Co. in the second Vioxx case last week, said her trial team's success lay in letting the New Jersey jury see "the kind of people Merck's scientists and doctors really are." Sullivan made news throughout the trial for her reportedly fiery demeanor in court with both the bench and co-counsel. "I like to try to consider myself passionate in the defense of the client I represent," she said.
N.J. Judge in Ethics Pickle for Help to Girlfriend, Her Children
A state court judge is facing ethics charges for intervening on behalf of his then-girlfriend, now his wife, in matters affecting her children and their father.
Shareholder Lawsuit Against Diamond Foods Dismissed Under McWane Doctrine
The Delaware Court of Chancery invoked the McWane doctrine last week when it dismissed with prejudice a shareholder lawsuit against Diamond Foods Inc. because the plaintiffs filed lawsuits alleging similar claims in both California state and federal courts prior to pursuing litigation in Delaware. In dismissing the plaintiffs' claims, the Chancery Court held that their lawsuit cannot proceed in Delaware because they had first chosen to litigate in California.Trending Stories
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