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• Court orders lawyers from Eaton Peabody and Baker & Hostetler to reduce fees

  Apr 06 2012 A US court has ruled that that lawyers from Eaton Peabody and Baker & Hostetler overcharged for legal work, inflating their charges with overstaffing and redundant... more

• US discrimination laws apply to some partners, says NY Supreme Court

  Dec 19 2011 US workplace anti-discrimination laws generally apply to employees, while leaving partners to fend for themselves. But a new decision handed down by the New York... more

• Kodak switches advisors in struggle to avoid bankruptcy

  Dec 06 2011 Photography company Kodak has switched legal advisors in the middle of its struggle to avoid bankruptcy, trading in Jones Day’s restructuring practice in favour... more

• Court orders that ‘Solicitors From Hell' website be taken down

  Nov 22 2011 The controversial website ‘Solicitors From Hell; has been removed from the internet after a court ordered that the site administrator take it down. The decision... more

• ‘Perjury is rampant’: Ram Jethmalani on Indian courts and the art of cross-examination

  Nov 18 2011 Legally India has posted an interview with senior counsel and BJP parliamentarian Ram Jethmalani, addressing the art of cross-examination, Adam & Eve and why political... more

• Former Stroock partner sues firm for retirement benefits

  Aug 11 2011 A former litigation partner from US firm Stroock & Stroock & Lavan is suing the firm for allegedly denying him retirement benefits to which he believes he is entitled.... more

• Criminal law barristers under pressure in the UK

  Apr 21 2011 Interesting article here from the Guardian, which takes a look at compensation for criminal barristers. The article points out that only a tiny proportion of... more

• Bayer goes down the wrong road on Indian patent protection litigation

  Dec 06 2010 The Supreme Court has dismissed German drug-maker Bayer’s appeal against the Delhi High Court’s decision to dismiss their suit Mumbai based Cipla, whom Bayer claims is... more

• Court Increases Jury Award in a Snowmobile Accident Case

  Nov 11 2010 Recently, the judge in a snowmobile accident case in Morris County increased the jury verdict 10 times. Superior Court Judge Robert Brennan increased to $1 million a... more

• Indian government plans to create 15,000 additional judges’ posts

  Nov 08 2010 Law Minister, Veerappa Moily’s ambitious plans of reducing the pendency of court cases in India and creating 15,000 additional judges’ posts in India seems to be... more

• US firm Adorno & Yoss loses founding partner to suspension

  Nov 02 2010 Adorno & Yoss, one of South Florida’s largest law firms, will be changing its letterhead, after co-founder Hank Adorno was suspended from practice and resigned from... more

• Chief Justice of India refuses to mention Bar Exam matter before Court vacation

  Nov 02 2010 The options for the petitioners against the All India Bar Exam (AIBE) seem to be running out, after yet another setback. The options for the petitioners against the... more

• Singhvi in a soup: Lawyers to tow political party lines or do they have an independent practice?

  Oct 06 2010 Abhishek Manu Singhvi, National Spokesperson of the Congress Party and Senior Advocate has found himself in a soup and is presently juggling dual roles. It is a... more

• Two Recent Appellate Court Decisions

  Oct 04 2010 There was a recent Appellate Division case not approved for publication 23 – 2 – 9553 Rashabov v Alfuso, whereby the plaintiff appealed from a trial court order for... more

• Ayodhya: Allahabad High Court's verdict expected any time; Summary of the case so far

  Oct 04 2010 A 3 Judge Bench at the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court today passed the verdict in the controversial 60 year old Ayodhya title suit case. Over 70 counsels... more

• Justice Aftab Alam replaces Sirpurkar in Dinakaran probe panel

  Sep 29 2010 The Dinakaran probe panel has got itself a new head after Justice V.S. Sirpurkar recused himself following pressure from the Forum of Judicial Accountability. The 3... more

• The billable hour isn't going anywhere soon

  Aug 30 2010 The billable hour is seen as rewarding inefficiency, putting intense and unhealthy pressure on associates and undermining the culture of law firms and the profession.... more

• New Chief Justice appointed to the Jharkhand High Court

  Aug 24 2010 The President has appointed Justice Bhagwati Prasad as the Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court, according to a PIB release. Justice Bhagwati was previously a... more

• Satyam’s Raju gets bail: Media's tirade against Raju's bail unwarranted says Jethmalani

  Aug 20 2010 The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday finally granted bail to Ramalinga Raju after 17 long months. Raju, ex-CEO of Satyam and chief perpetrator of the Rs. 7000... more

• Madras High Court set to hear case against foreign law firms in India

  Aug 20 2010 The case of A.K. Balaji against foreign law firms was listed before the Madras High Court today, ahead of meetings by the Bar Council over the weekend that will decide... more

• Indian Supreme Court says live-in for a long period equivalent to marriage; children born out of live-in, not illegitimate

  Aug 18 2010 A live-in which has been long lasting, will be considered as marriage according to the Supreme Court of India. Children born out of live-in are not illegitimate. more

• French court ruling may expose firms to large liability

  Aug 12 2010 A new court ruling may expose law firms with offices in France to millions of dollars in liability. Allen & Overy was ordered to pay redundancy benefits to a former... more

• UK firms may be required to pay more tax in India

  Jul 21 2010 UK firms may be required to pay more tax in India, according to a new ruling by the Mumbai bench of Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal. The order, issued on July 16,... more

• SC stays death sentence of American Centre attack accused

  May 27 2010 The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the death sentence handed out by a lower court to one of the main accused in the 2002 terrorist attack on the American Centre in... more

• Winners on and off court: OCI sportspersons v. Government

  Apr 30 2010 The cases of Karm Kumar and Sorab Singh Gill have caused a frenzy of activity in the hallowed halls of sporting glory. more

• Ex-Mayer Brown partner Collins gets 7 years over Refco

  Jan 15 2010 Joseph P. Collins, a former Mayer Brown partner, was sentenced yesterday to serve seven years in prison for helping Refco Inc. executives defraud investors of $2.4... more

• Can a judge have Facebook friends?

  Dec 16 2009 A recent legal ethics opinion concerning Florida judges stated that judges may not "friend" lawyers who may appear before them on social networking sites such as... more

• Italian jury finds U.S. student guilty of murdering British roommate

  Dec 07 2009 After a 10-month trial in Perugia, Italy, a jury has found American student Amanda Knox and her Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito guilty of murdering British... more

• Google offers legal research tool

  Nov 19 2009 Google has announced it is adding a new search function that will find full-text legal opinions from federal and state courts. Users can go to the Google Scholar... more

• Undisclosed Risk Nixes Pepper Hamilton’s $10M Excess Insurance in Malpractice Case

  Oct 22 2009 Two excess insurers for Pepper Hamilton don't have a duty to indemnify the law firm and a partner in a malpractice case. That's because they didn't disclose a known... more

• Allen & Overy ordered to re-employ German associate

  Sep 29 2009 Allen & Overy has been ordered to rehire an associate in Frankfurt who had been laid off earlier this year. A German labour court ruled that the dismissal did not... more

• EU court opinion: Google keywords don't violate trademark

  Sep 23 2009 Advocate General Poiares Maduro of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), European Union's top court, backed Google on Tuesday in a row with luxury goods maker LVMH over... more

• Jones Day claims Barclays sale was based on 'inaccurate record'

  Sep 17 2009 Jones Day, the law firm which represents the Lehman estate, claims Barclays and certain Lehman executives offered a record that was "inaccurate due to mistakes,... more

• Blogger charged with threatening US judges released

  Sep 15 2009 A U.S. District court has released right wing blogger Hal Turner who was arrested in June for declaring in an online posting that three Chicago-based federal judges... more

• Stanford investors file $7bn class action against Proskauer Rose

  Aug 31 2009 Investor client of Stanford Financial Group have filed a class action against US law firm Proskauer Rose and its partner Thomas Sjoblom in the U.S. District Court for... more

• Weil Gotshal wins SINGULAIR patent dispute for Merck

  Aug 21 2009 The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has ruled in favor of pharmaceutical company Merck in a patent infringement suit against Teva Pharmaceuticals.... more

• New group: Foreign law firms in India

  Jul 18 2009 After a Bombay High Court ruling in 1995, foreign law firms were barred from practicing in India. Under the newly enacted Limited Liability Partnership Act 2008,... more

• Law firm founder Marc Dreier sentenced to 20 years in prison

  Jul 15 2009 Marc Dreier, founder of 250-lawyers firm Dreier LLP, was sentenced to 20 years in prison yesterday after pleading guilty to defrauding investors and clients of $700... more

• Georgia Chief Justice Sears to join Schiff Hardin

  May 14 2009 Leah Ward Sears, Georgia’s first female Supreme Court Chief Justice, will join Schiff Hardin LLP in Atlanta as a partner in the firm's litigation group in October when... more

• Law firm founder Dreier faces life in prison after pleading guilty

  May 12 2009 New York law firm founder Marc Dreier, who turned 59 today, might face life in prison after pleading guilty to fraud charges. Dreier is accused of defrauding hedge... more

• Anheuser-Busch loses 'Budweiser' trademark battle with Czech rival

  Mar 26 2009 A EU court has rejected an effort of US brewery giant Anheuser-Busch InBev to register the trademark "Budweiser" in the EU in the latest round in a 100-year old... more

• Freshfields gets order silencing Guardian on Barclays

  Mar 19 2009 On behalf of Barclays bank, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer successfully sought a temporary UK court order precluding release by the Guardian newspaper of internal... more

• Madoff to appeal bail determination to 2d Circuit

  Mar 16 2009 Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's lawyers filed a request on Friday in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to stay US District Judge Denny Chin's order... more

• Judge cuts Dewey & LeBoeuf's "excessive" fees by 20 percent

  Jan 06 2009 The Natonal Law Journal reports that a New York federal judge cut Dewey & LeBoeuf's fees for its work on a securities receivership case by 20 percent to $1.7 million,... more

• Judge rules that nonhire pacts in law firm merger cannot be enforced

  Sep 24 2008 A ruling in a partner poaching dispute between Nixon Peabody and French law firm Taylor Wessing highlights a significant problem with pacts not to hire each other’s... more

• Former Arnold & Porter partner Cinquegrani admits tax fraud shelter

  Sep 12 2008 Peter Cinquegrani, a former partner in the U.S. law firm Arnold & Porter, pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiring to commit tax fraud and tax evasion on behalf of... more

• Florida Supreme Court judge Cantero to join White & Case

  Aug 27 2008 Florida Supreme Court Justice Raoul G. Cantero III will join the Miami office of White & Case in October. Cantero, who became the first Cuban-American justice on... more

• Judge Allows N.Y. Law Firm’s Defamation Suit Against Lawyer

  Aug 27 2008 A lawyer accused of defaming Long Island law firm Galasso, Langione, Catterson & LoFrumento during his defense of its bookkeeper has failed to win dismissal of the... more

• Associate's Sex Discrimination Claims Proceed Against Law Firm

  Aug 05 2008 A federal judge in New York City has allowed sex discrimination claims to proceed against Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane, an intellectual property law firm that... more

• UK judges reject proposals to bring in non-peer appraisals

  Aug 01 2008 The UK’s top judges have backed away from proposals that would have seen them appraised by court users, despite strong support from senior City litigators. more

• Former client hits Linklaters with $55m negligence claim

  Jul 03 2008 Magic circle firm Linklaters is preparing for a 20-day trial in the High Court next January after a $55m negligence claim was brought by a former client, Baltic... more

• U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Handgun Ban

  Jun 27 2008 The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday overturned the District of Columbia's 32-year-old ban on handguns. In a 5-4 decision, the justices ruled that Americans have a right... more

• Court Sides with Bingham Lawyer on Guantánamo Detainee

  Jun 25 2008 In a major win for Bingham McCutchen partner and "Guantánamo bar" member Sabin Willett, a federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Pentagon must release a prisoner... more

• Attorney Weiss gets 30 months prison in kickback scheme

  Jun 03 2008 Melvyn Weiss, the co-founder of a law firm known for securities class-action suits, was sentenced Monday to 30 months in prison for his role in a lucrative lawsuit... more

• Yoko Ono’s Injunction Against “Expelled” Producers Denied

  Jun 03 2008 he Fair Use Project of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society today announced that Yoko Ono’s attempt to enjoin Premise Media’s documentary, “Expelled:... more

• Supreme Court upholds child-pornography law

  May 23 2008 The Supreme Court gave prosecutors a powerful tool Monday to attack the spread of child pornography online, ruling that people who send messages over the computer... more

• A&O faces costs post-mortem after BlackBerry judgment

  Apr 22 2008 BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) is set to scrutinise the details of the £5m-plus bill that Allen & Overy (A&O) presented it with following a patent... more

• Supreme Court Upholds Kentucky's Use of Lethal Injections

  Apr 17 2008 The Supreme Court upheld Kentucky's use of lethal injection executions Wednesday. The justices, by a 7-2 vote, turned back a constitutional challenge to the procedures... more

• Heather Mills' Proves The Problems Of Acting For Yourself

  Mar 26 2008 She claimed it was the “power of one” that did it — and that it saved her more than £600,000 in legal fees. But was Heather Mills’ decision to act for herself a... more

• Supreme Court Sides With Texas in Dispute With Bush

  Mar 26 2008 In a landmark decision at the intersection of state, federal and international law, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that neither the World Court nor President... more

• Scalia Says 'Living Constitution' Reduces Democracy

  Mar 06 2008 American democracy has been weakened by a shift toward a so-called "living Constitution" that gives judges more power and lawmakers less, Supreme Court Justice Antonin... more

• Lawyer and Client Sanctioned Over Client's Conduct, Use of 'F Word' During Deposition

  Mar 05 2008 A federal judge has levied sanctions of more than $29,000 on a lawyer and his client after finding that a deposition was a "spectacular failure" because of the... more

• European judges thwart attempts to deport foreign terrorist suspects

  Mar 02 2008 Britain’s efforts to deport terrorist suspects including the radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada were dealt a serious blow by the European Court of Human Rights... more

• EBay Agrees to Buy Patents From MercExchange, Settling Long-Running Dispute

  Feb 29 2008 EBay Inc. has settled a seven-year patent dispute with MercExchange LLC that prompted an important intellectual property ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court. The... more

• German Law on Online Searches Ruled Unconstitutional

  Feb 28 2008 A German law authorizing online searches of personal computers is unconstitutional, the country's top constitutional court ruled, narrowing Interior Minister Wolfgang... more

• Free Online Access to U.S. Court Decisions

  Feb 19 2008 Carl Malamud invites you to enhance your federal case law library by downloading millions of pages of decisions stretching back more than 250 years, all free of... more

• Court fines Ryanair for racist passengers

  Feb 09 2008 Five members of a steel band have been awarded over £1000 each after being thrown off a Ryanair flight after another passenger decided they might be terrorists.... more

• Federal Judge's 'Top 10' List Takes On Supreme Court's Sentencing Decisions

  Jan 29 2008 One way to get a rise out of usually reticent federal judges is to ask them about the sentencing mess -- and particularly, the Supreme Court's role in muddying the... more

• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Reverses Decision Blocking Verizon-MCI Merger

  Dec 30 2007 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has reversed a lower appellate decision that blocked the merger of telecommunications companies Verizon and MCI. The Supreme Court said... more

• Court Rejects Billionaire's Bid to Obtain Milberg Weiss Work Product

  Dec 28 2007 A Manhattan appeals court has rejected a billionaire investor's bid to obtain the work product of three plaintiffs firms, led by Milberg Weiss, which he claims settled... more

• N.Y. High Court: No LLP Shield in Disputes Among Law Firm Partners

  Dec 22 2007 The New York Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that partners in a law firm operating as a limited liability partnership are not shielded from personal liability in... more

• Judge Rules Lawyers Should Get $4 Million In Wisconsin Microsoft Case

  Nov 29 2007 A Wisconsin circuit court judge said Monday that lawyers from a Minneapolis law firm should get $4.2 million in fees and expenses to resolve a nearly yearlong dispute... more

• Aer Lingus files EU lawsuit seeking removal of Ryanair as its top shareholder

  Nov 20 2007 Aer Lingus Group PLC filed a lawsuit Monday in the European Union's second-highest court in hopes of forcing its main rival, budget airline Ryanair, to sell its shares... more

• Judge dismissed after saying sheikh should 'depart on his flying carpet'

  Nov 15 2007 A High Court judge who allegedly told a sheikh involved in a multimillion pound divorce battle that he could choose to “depart on his flying carpet” has been ordered... more

• Dresdner Kleinwort Wins Race-Discrimination Case Against Banker

  Nov 02 2007 Allianz SE's Dresdner Kleinwort won a race-discrimination case filed by a former investment banker who sought 10 million pounds ($21 million) over claims he was fired... more

• Black lawyers still rare at US Supreme Court

  Oct 29 2007 Coming soon to the U.S. Supreme Court: a rare appearance by a black lawyer. More than a year has passed since a black lawyer in private practice stood at the lectern... more

• California Supreme Court ruling let law firms off malpractice hook

  Oct 24 2007 The Golden State's lawyers copped a big break from the California Supreme Court in a legal-malpractice ruling last month, writes a prominent U.S. law firm. In its... more

• EU Court Overturns 'Volkswagen Law'

  Oct 24 2007 A European court on Tuesday ruled that a German law shielding car maker Volkswagen AG from hostile takeovers is illegal, clearing the way for Porsche AG to increase... more

• EU Court Set to Rule on 'VW Law'

  Oct 23 2007 A ruling Tuesday by the European Union's top court on a law shielding Germany's Volkswagen AG from takeover will set the boundaries on how far national governments can... more

• Mumbai HC hearing on working of foreign law firms in India

  Oct 08 2007 The final hearing on a petition questioning the operation of foreign law firms in India will begin in the Bombay High Court on Monday. The petition was filed by... more

• Indian Judge Ordered Back to Law School

  Oct 06 2007 New Delhi's High Court justices, annoyed with lower court judges who issue problematic rulings, have decided to send one of them back to law school. In an order issued... more

• Supreme Court Faces an Array of Divisive Cases

  Oct 01 2007 The Supreme Court has so many polarizing cases on the docket for its new term that the deep ideological divisions that characterized the last term are all but certain... more

• EU Court: Attorney-Client Privilege Does Not Apply To Communications Between Companies and In-House Counsel

  Sep 23 2007 Highlighting the differences between American law practice and international law practice, the second-highest court in the European Union ruled today that... more

• Wrongly accused lawyer back in court over USA Patriot Act

  Sep 11 2007 The lawyer whom the FBI wrongly accused in the 2004 Madrid terrorist bombings was back in court Monday to argue the merits of the USA Patriot Act's provisions for... more

• Iowa Same-Sex Marriage Ruling On Hold

  Sep 09 2007 On Thursday, a judge in Polk County, Iowa issued a decision striking down an Iowa state law which declares that "only a marriage between a male and a female is valid,"... more

• Quetta lawyers launch anti-Musharraf drive

  Sep 09 2007 Announcing September 10 a countrywide “black day” to protest President General Pervez Musharraf’s re-election plans and policies in the province, lawyers in... more