Litigation

Regulator's First Enforcement Action Relating To Mortgage-Backed Securities Is Just The Beginning
The recent enforcement action by FINRA (the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) against two brokers from a now defunct small brokerage firm normally might have come and gone with little fanfare...

CyberCemetery Offers Defunct Government Web Sites
From Bev Butula's Wisconsin Law Journal blog: Looking for documents from a defunct government agency? You might dig it up at the CyberCemetery. This website is a collaboration of the University of North Texas and the GPO...

No Discipline Against Defunct Firm, No Suspension For Lawyers
An order entered yesterday by the Supreme Court of New Jersey reviewed a Disciplinary Review Board report that had censured a defunct law firm for violations of supervisory responsibilities, fee sharing, improper compensation for employment recommendations and failure to report...

Silver & Freedman adds 8 attorneys from defunct firm
Eight attorneys from a defunct Los Angeles firm joined Silver & Freedman's L.A. office. Attorneys Darin Margules, William Holcomb, Leon Katz and Jeffrey Lee joined the office as partners and Tara Hitchcok, Leah Phillips, Kathryn Tyler and Jonathan Wolf joined...

Speculations About Multilateral Patent Reforms of the Future (Cont'd).

FTC Reaches Settlement With Investigators Involved In The HP Spy Scheme
The FTC reached an agreement on Wednesday for $600,000 in settlements and judgments against several private investigators others involved in the Hewlett-Packard Co. boardroom scandal...

Paxil Lawsuit
Paxil Claims, Lawsuits, and Injuries

PTDS class action
Veterans Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Class Action

ASMP and Other Visual Artists File Class Action Lawsuit Against Google
Google Faces Class Action for Copyright Infringement

Settlement Reached in Female Athletes' Class Action
Slippery Rock University Settles Discrimination Class Action

GE Reitrement Class Action Settled
GE $40 Million Settlement Agreed in Retirement Class Action

Environmental Class Action to Proceed Against DuPont
DuPont New Jersey Drinking Water Contamination Class Action to Proceed

Class Action Filed Over Incontinence Briefs
Arizona Health Care Faces Federal Class Action over Incontinence Briefs