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Scott Flaherty, based in New York, covers the business of law with a focus on legal ethics, lawyer misconduct, conflicts-of-interest and litigation involving law firms. He can be reached at [email protected]. On Twitter: @sflaherty18
January 27, 2015 | Litigation Daily
Chiquita's lawyers at Covington & Burling say Terry Collingsworth may have proposed paying former Colombian paramilitaries to give false testimony. Collingswoth maintains that the plaintiffs did nothing wrong, and that Chiquita just wants to postpone a reckoning of its conduct in Colombia's bloody civil war.
By Scott Flaherty
1 minute read
January 26, 2015 | Litigation Daily
A rising tide may lift all boats, but a rising stock market may be helping to sink the fortunes of the securities class action plaintiffs bar.
By Scott Flaherty
1 minute read
January 26, 2015 | Litigation Daily
The court is poised to hear two appeals this week stemming from a rash of class actions brought by disgruntled unpaid interns. The outcome could determine whether the litigation was just a flash in the pan for the interns' enterprising lawyers—or if it's just getting started.
By Scott Flaherty
1 minute read
January 25, 2015 | National Law Journal
If Standard & Poor's Rating Services were to grade its own legal risk, it might give itself a BB: "Faces major ongoing uncertainties."
By Jenna Greene and Scott Flaherty
1 minute read
January 25, 2015 | Litigation Daily
Courtroom setbacks for Sirius XM Radio spawned a fresh wave of copyright lawsuits last week. But Sirius could begin to reverse the plaintiffs' momentum if a California appeals court grants the company's pending plea for intervention.
By Scott Flaherty
1 minute read
January 23, 2015 | Litigation Daily
Backed by business groups, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and its lawyers at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher fired their opening shots this month in a federal appeal over shareholder efforts to challenge Wal-Mart's sales of guns and other "offensive" products.
By Scott Flaherty
1 minute read
January 22, 2015 | Litigation Daily
Barring a reversal, Wednesday's ruling signals the successful conclusion of a three-year patent battle for the two automakers, which were represented by lawyers at Latham & Watkins and the boutique firm Erise IP.
By Scott Flaherty
1 minute read
January 22, 2015 | Litigation Daily
Jay scored a key patent victory for Teva at the U.S. Supreme Court, reversing a loss for his client and persuading the court once again to rein in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
By Scott Flaherty
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January 21, 2015 | Litigation Daily
Handing a win to appellate specialist Thomas Goldstein of Goldstein & Russell, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a group of bond purchasers can't be forced to wait to appeal a ruling dismissing antitrust claims over alleged manipulation of the Libor interest rate.
By Scott Flaherty
1 minute read
January 21, 2015 | Litigation Daily
Standard & Poor's agreed Wednesday to suspend part of its business and to fork over nearly $80 million to federal and state regulators. But S&P's lawyers still have their work cut out for them in government actions stemming from the financial crisis.
By Scott Flaherty
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