Plaintiffs Firms
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Disability Law, New York Times, Plaintiffs Firms, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: He Does Have a Point
Plaintiffs' attorneys are going bananas with ADA lawsuits in New York City... -
American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools, Plaintiffs Firms
BREAKING: Class Action Lawsuit Against New York Law School Dismissed
The class action lawsuit filed by Team Strauss/Anziska against New York Law School over its allegedly deceptive employment statistics has been dismissed. - Sponsored
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Law Schools, Plaintiffs Firms, Venable
The Law School Lawsuits Go to Court: How Did Team Strauss/Anziska Fare Against New York Law School?
On March 12, Team Strauss/Anziska went to court to argue against New York Law School's motion to dismiss. A day later, everyone wants to know if any rulings were made in this closely watched and hotly debated case....
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Job Searches, Law Schools, Media and Journalism, Plaintiffs Firms, Student Loans, Unemployment
The Latest News in the Law School Lawsuits
The litigation against law schools made the front page of Metro, New York's big commuter paper, this morning. What's the latest news? -
Abortion, Biglaw, Deaths, Free Speech, Mergers and Acquisitions, Morning Docket, Plaintiffs Firms, Privacy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, United Kingdom / Great Britain, Videos
Morning Docket: 02.13.12
* Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg thinks Roe v. Wade was a mistimed ruling, saying things would be different today if the court had been more “restrained.” Well, wire hanger sales would be up, that’s for sure. [CBS News] * Bait and switch of the day: personal injury firms are enticing plaintiffs to sue with promises […]
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Biglaw, Facebook, Letter from London, Plaintiffs Firms, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Letter from London: U.K. Law Firms Set to Cash in Facebook-style
History is littered with examples of Aussies sticking it to the Brits: from early convict rebellions to the time Rupert Murdoch bought our favourite tabloid newspaper, The Sun, and had a photo of a topless woman placed on its inside page each day — a tradition that continues to this day (semi-NSFW link). Last week […] -
Asians, Crime, Drinking, Guns / Firearms, Jury Duty, Law Schools, Litigators, Plaintiffs Firms, Temple University, James E. Beasley Law, Trials, Violence
DiDonato v. Ung: The Temple Law Shooter Gets Hit -- With a Civil Suit
Eddie DiDonato Jr., a former lacrosse star at Villanova and the son of a prominent partner at the Fox Rothschild law firm, has filed a civil lawsuit against Gerald Ung, the Temple Law School student who shot DiDonato in January 2010 in the Old City section of Philadelphia. Ung isn't the only defendant. DiDonato is suing a half dozen other parties, relying on various theories of liability. Let's think of this as a Torts final exam: Who else might DiDonato be suing besides Ung? What causes of action can you see? -
Accounting / Accountants, Drugs, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Music, Plaintiffs Firms
Inside Straight: Learning Who To Hate
Cops learn to hate people. Basically everyone they encounter is a criminal, so cops soon come to believe that everyone is a criminal. Litigators — or perhaps litigators who are repeat players in a particular field — learn to hate people. Personal injury insurance defense counsel come to believe that all plaintiffs are lying fakers. […] - Sponsored
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Brett Kavanaugh, Conferences / Symposia, Federalist Society, Litigators, Money, Plaintiffs Firms, Ted Frank
Attorneys Fees in Class Actions: Too Low, Too High, or Just Right?
Plaintiffs’ lawyers in class action cases: are they heroes, or villains? Do they make too much in fees, leaving the classes they represent high and dry? Or could it be argued that they make too little for the work that they do? Let’s discuss…. -
Contracts, Document Review, Litigators, Plaintiffs Firms, Technology, Trials
Prominent Plaintiffs' Attorneys Ordered to Pay Up After Losing Breach of Contract Trial
Last week, more than a dozen high-profile mass torts attorneys lost a San Francisco jury trial against a small technology company. The jury decided the attorneys had illegally breached a document review contract during the high-profile Chinese drywall class-action litigation. Tempers are still running hot, and we've got more from both sides of the dispute…. -
Plaintiffs Firms, Ridiculousness, Rudeness, Small Law Firms, Utah, YouTube
Hey Everybody, Don't Call the 'Guy in the Suit' a Lawyer!
In a highway accident in Utah, motorcyclist Brandon Wright was dragged under a burning vehicle and trapped. Wright could have been killed, but a group of bystanders lifted the car and pulled Wright to safety. Well, we should correct that account: almost everyone in the group of bystanders helped to lift the car so Wright could be pulled to safety. One guy, a man who shall forever be known as the "Guy in the Suit," was standing around and watching. It figures that someone claiming to be a small firm personal injury lawyer came forward as the Guy in the Suit.... -
Boutique Law Firms, Plaintiffs Firms, Small Law Firms
Size Matters: Does Skadden Do Personal Injury?
I recently met Ray Zolekhian at a wedding. He went to Harvard Law School, worked as an associate at Skadden in Los Angeles, and started his own law firm with a friend, Robin Hanasab. As soon as I heard Zolekhian’s background, I immediately guessed that he started a personal injury firm. Isn’t that the most […] -
Litigators, Money, Plaintiffs Firms, Small Law Firms
Size Matters: Some Small Firm Lawyers Are Worth Big Bucks
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Size Matters, one of Above the Law’s new columns for small-firm lawyers. When I was in sixth grade, my teacher, Mrs. Johnson, asked all of her students to write an essay on who we admired most. My best friend Marni wrote about President George Bush, Sr. She […]
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Career Alternatives, Feminism, Gender, Non-Sequiturs, Plaintiffs Firms, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Securities Law, Women's Issues
Non-Sequiturs: 03.25.11
* Who are the top plaintiffs firms in securities class-action litigation, ranked by 2010 total settlement value? [RiskMetrics / SCAS via WSJ Law Blog] * Protip: if you go to a meeting at Deutsche Bank’s New York offices, avoid the men’s room. [Dealbreaker] * This lawyer has an assistant with an unusual name. [Abuse of […] -
Airplanes / Aviation, Disasters / Emergencies, Litigators, Plaintiffs Firms, Tort Reform
Will the Great Blizzard of 2010 Lead to a Storm of Lawsuits?
Here in New York City, the headquarters of Above the Law, we’re still dealing with the aftermath of the Great Blizzard of 2010. Check out our slideshow for some images (like the one at right). Although the snowstorm ended on Monday, and it’s now Wednesday night, many streets remain unplowed and many sidewalks uncleared. Mayor […] -
Career Alternatives, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Plaintiffs Firms, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Non-Sequiturs: 12.20.10
* Looking for a last-minute gift idea for the civil-liberties-loving lawyer in your life? Kash recommends this underwear. [Forbes] * Actress Zooey Deschanel is suing footwear maker Steve Madden. Does her lawsuit have legs? [Fashionista] * Law professors might not excel at practicing law, but “they often are pretty good at the enterprise of being […] -
Plaintiffs Firms, Quote of the Day, Vermin / Rodents / Pests, Washington Post
Quote of the Day: Finally, A Practice Area That's Growing
Potential clients keep contacting me, almost daily. I’m going to have to take my number off our Web site. — Maryland lawyer Daniel Whitney of Whitney & Bogris, aka “the bedbug attorney,” in an interview with the Washington Post. -
John Edwards, Musical Chairs, Plaintiffs Firms, Washington Post
Musical Chairs: Cate Edwards Follows in Her Father's Footsteps
No, she didn’t cheat on a cancer-stricken spouse through an affair with a trashy “videographer”; Cate Edwards, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Edwards, isn’t married. Rather, the 28-year-old Harvard Law graduate has become a plaintiffs’ lawyer, like her father before her. As reported today in the Washington Post’s Reliable Source column, Edwards recently became […] -
Boutique Law Firms, Gay, Labor / Employment, Lawsuit of the Day, Plaintiffs Firms, Sex, Sexual Harassment, Small Law Firms, Weirdness
Lawsuit of the Day: Pass the Wooden Dildo, Please
We first mentioned this lawsuit, which was filed back in August, last month (second item). But so many of you have emailed us this AOL news story that we’ve decided to provide more detailed coverage. It’s a lawyer versus lawyer lawsuit, usually the ugliest kind of litigation. But the allegations made here are perhaps more […] -
Affirmative Action, Bad Ideas, Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Federal Judges, Minority Issues, Plaintiffs Firms, Racism, Securities Law
Racial Quotas? So Ordered! (Or, Judge of the Day: Harold Baer)
We’ve come a long way from the days when federal courts issued orders banning racial discrimination. Now federal judges hand down orders mandating, or at least encouraging, race-based discrimination. As reported in the American Lawyer, earlier this week Judge Harold Baer (S.D.N.Y.) issued an unusual order. On Monday, Judge Baer directed two firms serving as […]