Courtesy of Howard Bashman at How Appealing, the most recent issue of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Bar Association's journal, "Circuit Rider" is available at this link. The issue contains a very interesting piece on legal writing in which the author urges brief writers (and others) to adopt what Judges Posner and Easterbrook ...
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Diller Beats Malone
Courtesy of the WSJ's Law Blog earlier this evening came the news that Barry Diller has prevailed in his litigation with John Malone's Liberty Media concerning Diller's plan to split internet company IAC into 4 separate pieces. Neither guy is all that likeable, but when two new media kingpins square off in court its ...
Southern Appeal Rises Again
In a not necessarily litigation related vein, I am very pleased to pass along the news that Feddie, the publisher of the Southern Appeal blog, has decided to resume blogging, nearly a year after shutting Southern Appeal down for a hiatus. Hope everyone will check in and see what Feddie's got on his mind ...
Bonds’ Grand Jury Testimony Unsealed
An American judge ordered Barry Bonds' grand-jury testimony to be unsealed and asked prosecutors to re-write the perjury case against Major League Baseball's home-run king, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday. Judge Susan Illston ordered ...
Prosecutors Build Case Against Pellicano
The manager of a billion-dollar hedge fund, the billionaire head of a buyout firm, and the ex-wives of a television actor and a major real estate developer all will be crucial witnesses at the racketeering trial beginning next week for Anthony Pellicano, the infamous Hollywood private eye.The four will testify that they paid Mr. Pellicano ...
Supreme Court OK’s Individual Lawsuits By 401(k) Participants
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that individual participants in the most common type of retirement plan can sue under a pension protection law to recover their losses. The unanimous decision has implications for 50 million workers with $2.7 trillion invested in 401(k) retirement plans. James LaRue of Southlake, Texas, said the value of his stock market holdings ...
Duke Lacrosse Players File Suit
The fallout from the fraudulent prosecution of three former Duke University men's lacrosse players on bogus rape charges continues. The Associated Press reports that today, 38 of the unindicted members and former members of the squad filed a federal lawsuit against Duke, the City of Durham and a host of other entities and individuals. ...
NatWest 3 To Be Sentenced
Three British bankers are to be sentenced Friday for their roles in a fraudulent scheme involving collapsed U.S. energy company Enron.David Bermingham, Giles Darby and Gary Mulgrew each face up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.In November, the three men each pleaded guilty to one count ...
Blaming Denny Crane
The February 19 edition of The Recorder contains an article that reports on a recent panel American Bar Association panel discussion on lawyers and television during which at least one of the participants speculated that television shows such as "Boston Legal" have contributed to the low esteem in which ...
Covington’s Clemens Conflict
When Roger Clemens appears before Congress this morning to testify about steroid use, one of the many dark suited men with him will be Lanny Breuer, a partner at the Washington law firm Covington & Burling. What makes this especially interesting is that Covington represents Major League Baseball. In essence, then, Covington is representing a ...