Entertainment Client Can't Recoup Costs of Winning Appeal over Fee Dispute with Lavely & Singer Law Firm
November 30, 2015Stan Soocher
A appeals court permits a med-mal suit based on failure to follow the law.
November 30, 2015ljnstaff | Law Journal Newsletters |Does a home birth disqualify a child from receiving state funds? Analysis of a case from New York.
November 30, 2015ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |A look at a case out of California in which a former DEA agent was sentenced for extortion, money laundering, and obstruction of justice.
November 30, 2015ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has reported that bankruptcy cases filings in the federal courts have fallen by nearly 11% overall for the fiscal year 2015 ' the 12-month period ending Sept. 30, 2015.
November 30, 2015ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |This article outlines essential elements for the calculation of child support under the statutory schemes in New York, Florida, Pennsylvania and Washington. Each section includes a calculation of child support for one child assuming the residential or custodial parent earns an income of $50,000 and the non-residential parent earns $100,000.
November 30, 2015Charles McEvily, Rebecca Palmer, Marcela Poole, Llewelyn Pritchard and Julia SwainThe difference between pricing legal work the way law firms have always done it and strategic pricing is simple: The former looks at the price tag from the law firm's point of view, focusing on revenue and profitability. The latter focuses not on how much clients can be convinced to pay, but on perceived bang for the buck... .
November 30, 2015Pamela WoldowMany California employers are hit with costly wage and hour claims and lawsuits by their employees, as well as the Labor Commissioner's own enforcement agency. Some of these claims are legitimate, some are not, but employers must defend against all such claims, often incurring hefty attorneys' fees in the process.
November 30, 2015George F. CamerlengoThis article highlights a variety of lease provisions that are particularly germane to restaurant tenants.
November 30, 2015David P. ResnickWhile recent years have seen a rash of decisions rejecting civil settlements between the SEC and corporate defendants, United States v. Fokker Services B.V. represents the first time that a federal court has rejected an agreement in the criminal context.
November 30, 2015Doreen Klein and Stanley A. Twardy, Jr.