Law Firm Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young Sued by Sovereign Bank
On Monday, Sovereign Bank, a former client of Philadelphia-based law firm Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, sued it over alleged…
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Miss Pennsylvania Turning This Way and That
Miss Pennsylvania, Sheena Monnin is being called a ‘poor loser’ by organizers of the Miss USA contest after she resigned,…
Prosecutors Want 230 Years for Allen Stanford – Defense wants 44 months
Calling Allen Stanford a “ruthless predator” who organized one of the worst Ponzi schemes in U.S., prosecutors urged the court…
New York Judge Finds Defense of Marriage Act Unconstitutional
On Wednesday, a federal judge in New York found the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional as it defined ‘marriage’ as…
Chinese Official Scoffs at the Super-Stealth Ship of U.S. Navy
While the U.S. Navy is pinning its hopes to counter China’s increasing naval power on the futuristic DDG-1000, its future…
Quinn Emanuel Strengthens Its Pharma Patent Team
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP announced on Tuesday that it had added three top litigators in Pharmaceutical related matters…
Maurer School of Law Introducing JD with Minor in Education Policy
Looking forward at the saturation of options for lawyers and the increasing interests of law students in non-lawyer career options,…
Teachers Who Physically Beat Students, Not Entitled to Legal Representation on Taxpayers’ Money
On Tuesday, a divided appeals court held that the New York City need not cover the legal costs of school…
Filings Say Bank of America Hid Merrill’s Losses from Shareholders before 2008 Vote
Papers in a class-action litigation filed on Sunday night show that top executives at Bank of America Corp hid the…
Kevin Costner and Stephen Baldwin Face Each Other in Court
On Monday, actors Kevin Costner and Stephen Baldwin faced each other in a trial over Baldwin’s claims that Costner cheated…
New York Decriminalizing Possession of Small Amounts of Marijuana
On Monday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced new legislation that would be decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of…
Law Firms Position Themselves around Stakeholders in the Death of Dewey
The bankruptcy proceedings of Dewey & LeBouef can drag on for years and groups of stakeholders are appointing lawyers to…