Legal fees from the court dispute pitting Mattel Inc. against MGA Entertainment Inc. over the rights to the Bratz doll line have eclipsed $90 million. MGA has accumulated $63 million in legal bills since the lawsuit was filed in 2004, while Mattel has racked up about $30 million in the first half of this year, […]
As a white-collar criminal, the now-deposed king of the plaintiff bar was supposed to serve his sentence at a minimum-security prison camp. Instead, William Lerach is getting a taste of hard time. Earlier this summer, Lerach was placed in administrative segregation — locked down for 23 hours a day — after he allegedly offered a
Jerry Clements has been running the show at Locke Lord since spearheading the merger of Texas-based Locke Liddell & Sapp with century-old, Chicago-based Lord Bissell & Brook. The complicated deal, which included 10 domestic offices and one in London, was completed last October, with the firm’s nerve center in the Chase Tower There are days
A month after the F.B.I. declared that an Army scientist was the anthrax killer, leading members of Congress are demanding more information about the seven-year investigation, saying they do not think the bureau has proved its case. In a letter sent Friday to Robert S. Mueller III, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
This presidential election has HR executives quaking in their boots. Regardless of which party wins the White House, there will likely be an onslaught of legislation that could have a profound impact on HR — from unions to sick leave to ergonomics. If the Democrats pick up seats in the House and Senate, as expected,
Jack Abramoff, the onetime flamboyant lobbyist who amassed a fortune by showering gifts on Congressional and executive branch officials while bilking Indian tribes of millions of dollars, was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison. Judge Ellen S. Huvelle of Federal District Court here ordered that Mr. Abramoff serve the time for corruption and tax
Just two weeks after merger talks between Baker & McKenzie and Heller Ehrman broke down over conflicts issues, Heller has entered into talks with Mayer Brown. News of the discussions was broken by Legal Week’s sister title The American Lawyer last week, with sources close to both firms revealing that California-based Heller is aggressively pursuing
Womble Carlyle takes its Web site very seriously. With 50 blogging attorneys, an Internet marketing manager, and a Web site facelift expected to go live by mid-September, Womble Carlyle sees its Web efforts as central to its vast marketing push. “We regard [the Web site] as the most important communications tool that we have,” says
A unit of Grupo Mexico SAB, Mexico’s biggest mining company, intentionally harmed creditors of Asarco LLC by stripping the company’s stake in Southern Copper Corp., a judge ruled. Americas Mining Corp. is liable for the “actual fraudulent transfer” of a 54 percent stake in Southern Copper away from Asarco, a separate Grupo Mexico unit that
The lawyer representing two Britons accused of having sex on a beach in Dubai said today that DNA and medical tests failed to prove they had intercourse. Vince Acors, 34, of Bromley, south-east London, and 36-year-old Michelle Palmer, of Oakham, Leicestershire, deny allegations of unmarried intercourse and public indecency on July 5. Following today’s adjournment
