LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Action Movie Star Steven Seagal is suing his former law firm for what he regards as excessive legal fees, over $1 million, when he used the firm for an extortion trial in 2002. In a lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Seagal claims he happily paid […]
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WEST HARRISON, N.Y.–LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Flaherty Financial News announced the start up of its all electronic newsletter of the same name. Edited by legendary financial editor Bob Flaherty, the first issue is devoted to an overview of the bitter seven-year bear raid at Pre-Paid Legal Services (NYSE:PPD-70.63). Flaherty’s conclusion: the secret short
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Dear CNN, Well, the week is over — and still no apology, no retraction, no correction of your glaring mistakes. I bet you thought my dust-up with Wolf Blitzer was just a cool ratings coup, that you really wouldn’t have to correct the false statements you made about “Sicko.” I bet you thought I was
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CHICAGO–LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – In an order issued July 12, 2007, Judge Trauger of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee granted class certification in a case against Caterpillar for retiree health insurance benefits. Plaintiffs will represent a class of more than 4,000 retirees and surviving spouses who have
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Like many other defendants in the recent wave of corporate crime trials, Canadian press baron Conrad Black was convicted Friday despite assembling a dream team of legal talent costing millions of dollars. The boom in white-collar prosecutions in the past decade has produced a bonanza for attorneys sparing no expense to mount defenses on behalf
LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – With a Saturday midnight deadline looming for controversial new Internet royalty rates to take effect, webcasters and the music industry continued to negotiate Friday afternoon to reduce the fee hike webcasters claim will be ruinous. Royalties and fees owed by online radio stations will increase substantially Sunday, the first
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LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – LawFuel’s lead story, from London’s ‘Times’ reports that Freshfields is one of the most successful law firms in the world. It also faces an embarrassing, negative-publicity-rich lawsuit from a former employee who claims he was forced to retire because of pension reforms undertaken by the firm. Check Lawfuel.com for
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Its partners earn millions of pounds a year advising clients on employment and benefits issues, but Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer omitted to check that changes to its own pension scheme were legal, it emerged yesterday. The admission was made by Guy Morton, joint senior partner, during cross-examination in an age-discrimination claim brought by a former employee.
Thousands of Cashiers, Clerks, Grocery, Baker, and Deli Workers Allegedly Forced to Work “Off-The-Clock” And Denied Overtime Pay NEW YORK–LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Piper Hoffman of Outten & Golden, LLP and Rachel Geman of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP announced that New York State Supreme Court Judge Herman Cahn entered an Order
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NEW YORK, July 13, 2007 LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire — The following statement was issued today by Squitieri & Fearon, LLP. A class action has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Bioenvision, Inc. If you wish to discuss your rights, please contact Lee Squitieri
