The general rule of a closed federal appellate record is not absolute. There are 3 general exceptions which are discussed in this...
It is abundantly clear the Burkes are well within their legal rights to cite the documents and web links which they included...
The attorney-client privilege is narrowly construed and protects disclosures necessary to obtain informed legal advice. Threats of violence do not count.
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was taken into custody in connection with a $60M bribery scheme allegedly involving state officials and associates.
Petrobras relies on a Fifth Circuit opinion to support that the district court should have considered the public policy issue. This cannot...
If you are defending a foreclosure action and have the case dismissed, there is no bar to the bank continuing legal action...
Civil rights lawyers have once again asked a federal judge to hold Orleans Parish Magistrate Judge Harry Cantrell in contempt of court...
BODA has just repealed Tex. Disciplinary Rules of Prof'l Conduct R. 8.03 (a) and overturned Texas Supreme Courts own precedent in Comm'n...
Compensatory damages, based on plaintiff’’s loss, and restitution of unjust enrichment, based on defendant’s gain, are fundamentally distinct. Each kind of claim...
These results are highly relevant in today’s climate Diamond said. There are huge, long-term harms of foreclosure that have not been on...
Lawyers at Freshfields decided to hijack the search recruiting consultancy (ESA) introduction of Attorney Klingsberg to unfairly deprive ESA of its fee....
Buried: In this case, the convicted felon lawyer has consented - how noble - to a conveniently backdated suspension. He is not...
This complaint is against an attorney registered with the Florida State Bar. The lawyers’ name is Catalina Azuero and she works for...
This is a GOOD case example where the Florida Supreme Court issued an opinion in an underlying case and sent the case...
Sabrina Rose-Smith is a Member of Goodwin's Consumer Finance Litigation practice group, focusing on consumer lending and class action defense.
When she wasn't rocking it with her husband, Alexis Coll-Very was making a lot of noise for all the wrong reasons in...
In 1996, the Supreme Judicial Court held in In the Matter of Fordham that fee agreements are not simply pure matters of...
An arbitrator has found the law firm Goodwin Procter overcharged a real estate client by more than $540,000, e.g. 55% overbill. Unprecedented...