Dick Grasso claims that his legal tab in the bitter litigation that he is engaged in with the State of New York over his compensation during his tenure as head of the New York Stock Exchange may have topped $100 million already, reports Bloomberg News. No joke. Now, I love Williams & Connolly, which represents…
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More on Regan vs. Murdoch
Yesterday’s New York Times included an interesting story on the brewing litigation between pubslishing diva Judith Regan and her former employer, Rupert Murdoch’s NewsCorp. The article includes the interesting news that Regan’s lawyer, Bert Fields, is considering filing a libel claim against NewsCorp. As the author of the Times article correctly points out, libel cases…
Appellate Court allows prosecutors access to baseball steroid test results
In a ruling that is bad news for Major League Baseball in general, and Barry Bonds in particular, the federal 9th circuit court of appeals has ruled that a district court judge erred when he ruled that prosecutors could not be allowed access to the results of baeball’s steroids tests in connection with the BALCO…
Martha, Martha, Martha
Joan Heminway, a law professor at the University of Tennessee, has written a book entitled “Martha Sewart’s Legal Troubles,” that is due to be published in a week or so. You can order a copy here.
Judge Kaplan Refuses to Split KPMG Trial
The federal district judge overseeing the Justice Department’s prosecution of the KPMG criminal tax case against 18 defendants (16 of them former KPMG employees) yesterday refused the Government’s request to split the defendants into two groups and hold two separate trials. After the beating that the Government, through its proxy KPMG, took from Judge Kaplan…
The Donald vs. Rosie
Evidently Donald Trump is preparing to file a lawsuit against Rosie O’Donnellfor unspecified reasons. I don’t usually watch “Access Hollywood,” but watch the video that is linked on this page from their site. Donald’s take down is hilarious.
Stupidity is Not an Excuse for Discovery Abuse
Many, if not most, lawyers play cutesie when responding to discovery requests, and will readily resort to tortured readings and ridiculous wordplay semantics to avoid turning over harmful (or even not so harmful) material. This is, in my view, shameful and one of the more disgraceful elements of litigation practice. This story, however, about the…