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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines May 8, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, May 8, 2009l

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Lawsuit alleges Chadbourne overcharged for computerized legal research

"Consumer protection attorney Patricia Meyer filed a suit against New York's Chadbourne & Parke on March 2 for allegedly overcharging J. Virgil Waggoner, a Texas businessman, by several thousands of dollars for computerized legal research. His bill was roughly $20,000 for the research, she said, but it should have been closer to $5,000."

 

Two more firms sued in suit over alleged Western Ponzi scheme

"A court-appointed receiver seeking to recover money for investors victimized by an alleged Ponzi scheme operator sued Western law firms Lionel Sawyer & Collins and Woodbury & Kesler several weeks after filing a similar suit against two major national law firms. The lawsuits filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah follow a similar March complaint against Fulbright & Jaworski and Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker."

 

Study projects 5% growth in corporate legal spending for next six months

"A new study projects growth of roughly 5% in corporate legal spending over the next six months, but corporate lawyers say that fixed legal budgets preclude most increases and that any higher legal spending that is tied to the economic crisis is temporary and unsustainable"

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on May 11, 2009 (boomark / email).