US Reviews Botox Lawsuit Against Allergan
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday revived a shareholder lawsuit against Allergan Inc over allegations that the company improperly marketed and labeled the cosmetic drug Botox....
View ArticleRopes & Gray Act in $20 Million Investment in Black Duck Software
Ropes & Gray represented a coalition of investors including General Catalyst Venture Partners in a $20 million investment in Black Duck Software, a Burlington, Mass.-based open source software...
View ArticleLawsuit Against Law Firm Over Law Work Outsourcing
Outsourcing legal work – or any work – is something law firms are doing with increasing frequency. The biggest firms – think Clifford Chance in India – are doing it and now Jacoby & Meyers are...
View ArticleA New Remedy for Defamation Victims?
A decision from the Texas Supreme Court may have provided those victims of defamation on the Net a new remedy. Maybe. The Court set a precedent by ruling that the author of defamatory content may be...
View ArticleIs Laughter the Best Medicine for Law Students?
Using humor to teach law is something prescribed as one of the best forms of medicine by a law professor who believes using the “pedagogical power of laughter” can be a hugely underestimated tool when...
View ArticleCentral Florida Residents Arrested for Medicaid Fraud
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, the Apopka Police Department, and the Winter Springs Police Department today arrested Anayanzi Carrington-Simpson, Danyel...
View ArticleMutimillion Dollar Alternative Energy Scam Defendant Convicted
LOS ANGELES, Friday, Sept. 5 –A Ventura, California man has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges for his involvement in an $8 million investment scheme that lured investors with false promises...
View ArticleThe Woman Helping To Fix Revenge Porn
The hacking of Jennifer Lawrence nude pictures along with other celebrities is one thing, but revenge porn, where disgruntled partners and others publish nude pictures of others is a growing problem....
View ArticleBig Melbourne Property Deal Acted on By Norton Rose Fulbright
A multidisciplinary team based in Melbourne has acted for The GPT Group (GPT), a leading Australian real estate investment trust, and the GPT Wholesale Office Fund on their joint purchase of CBW for...
View ArticleLawyers Hitting Out of the Court With Martina Navritalova
Tennis ace Martina Navratilova scored a win with Squire Patton Bogg’s Birmingham office when she appeared at a client breakfast to discuss diversity issues. The firm has adopted a diversity initiative...
View ArticleSpinal Surgery Compensation – A Slater & Gordon Case Study
Slater & Gordon – The Claimant’s claim against the Defendant arose out of an operation for degenerative lumbar spine disease on 17th February 2010. The Claimant sustained a blunt injury to his...
View ArticleLaw Firm Investigates Potential Securities Claim Against Hyperion...
The Rosen Law Firm, P.A. announces that it is investigating potential securities claims against Hyperion Therapeutics, Inc. HPTX, -6.22% resulting from allegations that the Company may have issued...
View ArticleEdwards Wildman Palmer Has New Insurance Law Partner
September 8, 2014 (New York, NY) – The law firm of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP is pleased to announce that Robert Underhill has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s Insurance and Reinsurance...
View ArticleWould Lawyers Ever Provide “Satisfaction Guaranteed” Deals?
Patrick Lamb is a founding member of Valorem Law Group, a litigation firm representing business interests. Valorem helps clients solve their business disputes and cope with pressures to reduce legal...
View ArticleTinder Dating Lawsuit Settlement
A Tinder date was never like this. Co-founder of the dating site, Whitney Wolfe, has settled a sexual harassment suit filed last June where she claimed that co-founders Justin Mateen and Sean Rad...
View ArticleQuarter Billion Dollar “Old Quest” Tax Scam Defendant Pleads
With Recent Pleas, 53 Linked to Massive Scheme have been Convicted SANTA ANA, California – A licensed tax return preparer has pleaded guilty to filing more than $41 million worth of false...
View ArticleDLA Names New Managing Partner in Philadelphia
Sept. 8, 2014 – DLA Piper announced today that Carl Buchholz has been named managing partner of the firm’s Philadelphia’s office. Buchholz succeeds Jim Brogan, who was recently named co-chair of the...
View ArticleCravath Act on $3 Billion Cruise Line Deal
On September 2, 2014, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., a leading global cruise operator, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Prestige Cruises International, Inc., the...
View ArticleAnti-Bribery and FCPA Defense and Compliance
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and affiliates (“Skadden”) has extensive experience and a deep history in advising and defending clients in matters involving the U.S. Foreign Corrupt...
View ArticleThe DUI YouTube Clip: SUV v. Mobility Scooter
There are DUI law cases everyday, but one that caught a DUI effort from a California woman made its inevitable way to YouTube, just before the woman was charged with DUI offences after running over her...
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