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Skadden Sued by Contract Lawyer for Overtime

The giant New York City based law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is being sued by a contract attorney for...

Dying Single Mom Leads Suit Asserting Calif. Law Allows Aid in Dying

Compassion & Choices filed suit on Friday, May 15, on behalf of three Californians with terminal or advanced diseases and a physician asserting...

Israeli Lawyer Wins $2.9M Pay Claim against Orthodox Church

An Israeli court has ordered the Greek Orthodox Church to stump up $2.9 million in fees owed to a local lawyer for cases...

“Change is Good – Adoption of the UBE in New York” An Interview with NYS Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman

Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman of the State of New York has been instrumental in many bold reforms in the judicial system of the...

Magna Carta Remembered on 800th Anniversary at Law Day Ceremony in Brooklyn

On Wednesday, May 6, the central jury room at Kings County Supreme Court at 360 Adams Street in downtown Brooklyn was filled to...

Academic Highlight: The Influence of the Supreme Court Clerk

Marquette Law School recently hosted the first academic symposium devoted to the role of the law clerk, with a particular focus on the...

BDS Movement Infiltrates the Virginia State Bar

For just more than a month now, the Virginia State Bar (VSB)—which, it should be not-ed, is a state body working with the...

‘Burned Alive’: Lethal Injection Gets Day in Supreme Court

Absence of correct execution method 'might show that death penalty is not consistent with 8th Amendment' A lethal-injection "cocktail" at the center of...

New Israel Fund Critics See BDS Lawsuits in Wake of Israeli Supreme Court Ruling

Lawsuits may soon be coming. A stunning new Israeli Supreme Court decision has upheld most of a 2011 Israeli law enabling civil recovery...

Federal Court Dismisses Palestinians Civil Claims against 5 Top US Charities

In a short one-page opinion filed one week after the appeal was orally argued before three federal judges, the US Court of Appeals...

BNP Paribas Bank Sentenced to Forfeiture of Nearly $8.9B in Penalties

On Wednesday April 15, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. announced the sentencing and final resolution of the criminal investigation into BNP...

Israel’s High Court Rules that Boycotts are ‘Political Terrorism’

In a ruling that The Jerusalem Post declared “one of its most important decisions of the era,” Israel’s High Court of Justice recently...

Rig Milberg LLP: Target Data Breach Consumer Privacy Suit Settlement

The United States District Court for the District of Minnesota has granted preliminary approval to a $10 million settlement reached in the In...

Rigrodsky & Long, P.A. Announces Investigation of Buyout

Rigrodsky & Long, P.A. announces that it is investigating potential legal claims against the board of directors of Revett Mining Company, Inc. ("Revett"...

US Court Rules that Seattle Buses Can Ban Anti-Israel Ads

A US court ruled on Wednesday, March 18, that Seattle- officials did not violate free speech by prohibiting local buses from displaying anti-Israel...

Bernstein Liebhard LLP Announces a Class Action Filed Against Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc.

Bernstein Liebhard LLP announced on March 20, that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the District...

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