ConAgra Salmonella litigation continues

ConAgra Salmonella litigation continues Posted on August 10, 2007 by Bill Marler Today's Daily Report, an Atlanta-area legal journal, ... is Seattle attorney William D. Marler, who has built his reputation by successfully litigating ... states that the Seattle attorney eventually settled the White Water claims for “millions of dollars [more...]

Date: 2007-08-11 01:26:40
Blog: Food Poisoning Lawyer &...

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The ‘Silent’ 9/11 Settlement

Four of the comparatively few families who declined to participate in the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund have settled ... was flown into the Pentagon. The families assert that they opted for litigation to learn ... by attorney Kenneth Feinberg, had to agree to not sue the airlines. Feinberg was appointed by Attorney [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 13:16:14
Blog: The Moderate Voice » Do...

Asset Protection - CAN AN ORCHESTRATED DIVORCE BE USED AS AN ASSET PROTECTION DEVICE

My good friend, Howard Young, is a seasoned and brilliant lawyer. His firm, Weisman Young Schloss and Ruemenapp, P.C. is a group of highly respected business, transaction, and litigation attorneys. The bad news is he works on the opposite side of the table from me. Amongst his specialties (and he has many), is helping people hide their assets [more...]

Date: 2007-09-12 15:28:13
Blog: Michigan Collection La...

The Mortgage Mess: A Friday Morning Roundup

Scooter? Gonzales? Rupert? These boldfaced names are distant memories, at least for now, ... us announcing the formation of a “cross-practice subprime mortgage group” made up of bankruptcy lawyers, real estate attorneys and litigators. By our count, that’s the third BigLaw franchise to use [more...]

Date: 2007-08-10 13:28:28
Blog: Law Blog - WSJ.com ...

Bishop Weeks to contest divorce

Bishop Weeks to contest divorce September 12th, 2007    Hat Tip: Black America’s Web, Associated Press ATLANTA - (AP) ... , are family law attorneys with the Atlanta-based firm Kessler, Schwarz and Solomiany, who have litigated high ... of the Dallas Cowboys and attorney Willie Gary. The divorce petition was filed Monday in Ware County [more...]

Date: 2007-09-13 00:28:58
Blog: Skeptical Brotha...

Advice Needed To Negotiate w/Attorney

I posted this under CA..sorry for the double post, but looking for as many 'eyes' on this as possible...thanks. My friend went through a bad, bad, bad divorce. Is there any other kind? Let's hope so. She spent over 2 years in litigation and the attorney bill is over $100,000.00 [more...]

Date: 2007-09-28 02:41:56
Blog: Legal Forum – LawInfo: ...

Talk of the LexBlogosphere: September 3 & 4, 2007

... : Steve Jakubowski at the Bankruptcy Litigation Blog provided an epic piece on good faith bankruptcy claims. In the Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog, Fox Rothschild attorney Francis [more...]

Date: 2007-09-04 18:18:23
Blog: Real Lawyers Have Blogs...

Nifong and HRES 590

The following article was written by David Heleniak. David Heleniak is a civil litigation attorney in New Jersey and Senior Legal Analyst for the True Equality Network. The Nifonging of the three lacrosse players from Duke University did [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 16:30:12
Blog: Pardon My English: Cons...

Law Firms - Thought-Leadership Branding

"Is the 'China Problem' going to get bigger?" That's what I called Bill Marler of Seattle-based Marler Clark Law Firm about three months ago ... thought-leadership brochure "Practice Perspectives: Product Liability & Tort Litigation ... of you know, is the lead attorney for Sherwin-Williams in the infamous lead paint public nuisance saga. But [more...]

Date: 2007-09-11 03:18:57
Blog: Law And More...

Tactics and Collision Investigations

October 13, 2007 (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com is a website that lists over 770 state and local police officers who have written books ... in 1992, David  Casteel worked for the San Diego City Attorney’s Office as a litigation investigator [more...]

Date: 2007-10-14 18:03:54
Blog: Police Command Online...

Tactics and Collision Investigations

October 13, 2007 (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com is a website that lists over 770 state and local police officers who have written books ... , David Casteel worked for the San Diego City Attorney’s Office as a litigation investigator [more...]

Date: 2007-10-14 16:58:02
Blog: Police Officer Writer...

Friday’s Mini-Report

Today’s edition of quick hits. * The right has responded to Al Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize with the kind of class and dignity we’ve come to expect ... poison the well’ for ‘outside groups attempting litigation on the issue.’” Said one former attorney [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 21:30:22
Blog: The Carpetbagger Repor...

Quit Your Day Job: The Caribbean

Unless you were born with one of those silver spoons, you likely work a day job, ... Michael Kentoff is a civil litigation attorney at a law firm in D.C. To get a sense of the kind [more...]

Date: 2007-09-12 22:10:33
Blog: stereogum...

Cash Money

Perhaps you saw this story in the New York Times today, on how Google auctions ad space? ... search terms, anything related to asbestos litigation is pure gold. Interesting, huh? You may ... attorney risk treatment personal injury lawyer. And then I’ll report back on whether I see any kind [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 19:21:37
Blog: The Bellows...

Sony BMG's head lawyer says ripping CDs is "stealing"

Filed under: Portable AudioThere's one of them RIAA lawsuits going down in Duluth this week, and Jammie Thomas, ... . Yesterday her attorneys called Jennifer Pariser, Sony BMG's head of litigation, to testify before the jury ... , counselor. Disclaimer: Although this post was written by an attorney, it is not meant as legal [more...]

Date: 2007-10-04 13:18:14
Blog: Engadget...

What is Testing without Holding?

What is Testing without Holding? Posted on September 2, ... , a Seattle attorney who specializes in food poisoning litigation. Marler argues that ultimately [more...]

Date: 2007-09-02 16:50:58
Blog: Food Poisoning Lawyer &...

United States: Post-Travelers Decisions Continue The Debate Regarding The Allowability Of Unsecured Creditors’ Claims For Postpetition Attorneys’ Fees - Jones Day

Recently, in Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of America v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co., the U.S ... Circuit’s Fobian rule, which dictated that attorneys’ fees are not recoverable in bankruptcy for litigating issues “peculiar to federal bankruptcy law.” [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 12:58:25
Blog: Welcome to Mondaq -15 O...

Bloggers chase top blog innovator title

The Inman Innovator awards will be presented Aug. 1 at Real Estate Connect in San Francisco ... Mortgage Fraud Blog is written by Rachel Dollar, an attorney and Certified Mortgage Banker who handles fraud recovery litigation for lenders and secondary market investors nationwide. She is a nationally [more...]

Date: 2007-06-29 23:25:59
Blog: Connect SF 2007 Blog...

Democracy's dying in the U.S.

And Scott Horton is maintaining his vigil with stellar writing, as usual. Recall that post I did a while back asking whether Bush et al ... . The litigation, entitled Beam v. Gonzales, questions the actions of former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales ... of the justice system by these creatures. From the update:In civil litigation connected [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 09:52:09
Blog: Impolitical...

Nonsense Lawsuit Further Evidence of iPhone Hunger

Between the cat and mouse game being played by Apple, AT&T and hackers around unlocking the device and a new civil lawsuit filed in California, ... . But that’s all hearsay. Regarding the newly filed litigation, according to an AFP report, “The lawsuit, filed by attorney Damian Fernandez on behalf of a California man, accuses Apple of creating [more...]

Date: 2007-10-10 13:53:46
Blog: ...

15% alcohol in gasoline = damage

R56 MC, filled at a station I'd not been to before. Within a short period of time, the engine would miss and stall below ~1500 RPM, "check engine" ... I may recover litigation costs, including expert witness costs. Time to find an attorney. Moral ... signs. There are no signs regarding alcohol content. State law says they are liable for a civil fine [more...]

Date: 2007-10-09 12:48:13
Blog: MINI2 - Fuel For Your M...

19 California lawyers face sanctions

US Magistrate Judge Barbara Major is considering sanctions against 19 attorneys who represented Qualcomm in a patent lawsuit the cell phone ... patent litigation case with Nokia. The judge said she was struggling to understand how Qualcomm ... attorney William Boggs called the failure to produce the thousands of documents an unintentional [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 05:46:55
Blog: MobileMonday Global: In...

Top 10 Blawgs

Top 10 Blawgs I've been tagged in a meme ... . He discusses the litigation system from the perspective of a New York plaintiff's attorney ... to offer thoughtful posts regarding criminal justice issues and more. 4. New York Civil Law--Matt [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 14:13:21
Blog: Sui Generis--a New York...

"By today's tort standards, 'Thomas' would not be such a big case," explains prominent defense attorney

Is "Thomas" really that BIG? That's my question.  So, I begged a prominent defense attorney not associated with either this trial nor with the lead paint litigation in general to explain to me why some experts are claiming "Thomas" to be everything from "the hinge upon which the door of public nuisance swings" to "not up there with Rhode Island [more...]

Date: 2007-09-28 01:23:54
Blog: Law And More...

Baum's Lawyer, a Veteran of Clinton Probes

Baum's Lawyer, a Veteran of Clinton Probes Monday, 08/20/2007 12:27 PMTags: Politics, Eliot Spitzer, Rich Baum, ... to his company bio, Reich “specializes in white collar criminal and complex civil litigation matters.” ... ’s office, the state Ethics Commission and the Albany District Attorney’s office. A source [more...]

Date: 2007-08-20 18:36:08
Blog: The Politicker | The Ne...

Big Music Wins File-Sharing Jury Trial

The Recording Industry Association of America won a critical battle in the fight against digital piracy on Thursday ... . The defense did not call any witnesses to the stand. Brian Toder, Thomas' attorney, tried to cast doubt ... Handler, vice chair of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice at Foley & Lardner, a firm [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 14:37:17
Blog: Sci-Tech Today...

Talk of the LexBlogosphere: August 9, 2007

The big talk among bloggers in Seattle this week is the upcoming Gnomedex Conference taking place at the Bell Harbor Conference Center ... attorney Mark Zamora points out in the Trial Lawyer Resource Center. In the Chicago IP Litigation Blog ... background checks and drug tests for school bus drivers. Hughes & Luce attorney Cliff Hutchinson [more...]

Date: 2007-08-09 18:55:01
Blog: Real Lawyers Have Blogs...

$6.1 million verdict in McDonald's strip-search case

I'm going to have much much more to say about this case, but for now, ... out of court, and first noted the potential for litigation in April 2004, days before the actual incident ... the criminal defense attorney was able to impeach the witnesses by noting their financial stakes [more...]

Date: 2007-10-06 00:21:14
Blog: Overlawyered...

CAFC: No Sua Sponte Summary Judgment; No Baseless Suit Without Claim Construction

EON-Net v. Flagstar Bancorp (Fed. Cir. 07-1132) (non-precedential) ... boutique — for filing the “baseless” litigation. link Sua Sponte Summary Judgment: A summary ... steps.” Sanctions: Normally, an attorney is required to perform a “reasonable pre-filing inquiry” [more...]

Date: 2007-10-10 10:35:09
Blog: Patent Law Blog (Patent...

ACLU Urges Wisconsin Supreme Court to Bar Municipalities from Becoming Parties to Lawsuit Seeking Domestic Partner Health Insurance

MADISON, WI – In an appearance before the Wisconsin Supreme Court today, ... to the lawsuit, which is already being vigorously defended by the state's attorney general ... -workers. "The lawyers behind this move have already stalled this litigation for over two years, barring [more...]

Date: 2007-10-03 21:15:56
Blog: gay news blog...

RIAA wins key victory, accused file sharer must pay $220,000

UPDATE (8:46 p.m. PT): A Minnesota woman must pay $220, ... . of America (RIAA) have avoided litigation by agreeing to pay a few thousand dollars. Thomas ... , a copyright attorney and longtime music industry executive. Castle said the Web makes it simple to hide [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 01:51:12
Blog: Tech news blog - CNET N...

RI - Riding Lead Paint to Higher Political Office

Lead paint litigation has been good to Rhode Island pols, at least so far. Former state Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse, who brought the landmark suit to RI ... go at the public nuisance litigation, easily was elected back into office. Now, just like Eliot Spitzer [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 15:06:00
Blog: Law And More...

A Turnabout: Client Malpractice?

Client hires attorney. Attorney works on case, very hard, and does a good job? Other problems arise, such as criminal investigations of client. Client drops case. Attorney loses contingent fee. Can attorney sue client for lost fee? Here ... the complex calculus about whether to pursue litigation and “mock the idea of client control.” [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 10:43:25
Blog: Legal Malpractice Attor...

On The Rise: Shukura Ingram

ALTHOUGH WELL GROUNDED in all sorts of criminal law, Shukura Ingram acknowledges that her nascent career venture into the civil litigation realm holds ... served as a valued member of the Fulton County District Attorney’s Major Case Unit—is buoyed [more...]

Date: 2007-08-27 10:27:09
Blog: Daily Report...

2007 - Not a Good Year for Tobacco Defendants (Part 1)

After years of scorched earth litigation tactics and many successes, the tide appears to be turning ... . This ruling is important not only to those engaged in tobacco litigation, but also with regard ... the tobacco companies," said Edward L. Sweda, Jr., senior attorney for the anti-smoking Tobacco [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 11:57:55
Blog: Tampa Bay Florida Perso...

More on USA v. Scruggs

With yesterday's post on this case, I didn't include the appendix to the prosecutors' filing. I should have ... State Farm in litigation. In February 2006, the Rigsby sisters secretly met with Dickie Scruggs ... ' him as their attorney; thereafter involving the privilege to shield their conversations." Interesting use [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 06:43:23
Blog: Portland, Oregon Insura...

Not likely that anything will come from this case, but it is good that people still believe that law will help uncover the 911 crime

insert bold tags"font-weight:bold;">9/11 Scholar files "Qui Tam" lawsuit against NIST by Jim Fetzer Madison, WI (OpEdNews) ... is suing on behalf of the United States of America because the U. S. Attorney for the Southern District ... Tam” lawsuit, Fetzer said. With the case unsealed, steps in the litigation now can be reported [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 13:08:45
Blog: Weazl's Revenge...

HICKENLOOPER: Mayor Names David Fine as New City Attorney

(DENVER) Mayor John Hickenlooper today announced his appointment of Denver attorney David Fine to the position of City Attorney ... , aDenver law firm that focuses on public policy, civil advocacy, family law and alternative dispute ... , employment litigation, constitutional law and election law,” Hickenlooper said. “ [more...]

Date: 2007-10-03 21:16:28
Blog: Cherry Creek News - Hom...

Are standardized angel contracts a good idea?

Are standardized angel contracts a good idea? I was reading Paul Graham's (of YCombinator) insightful and interesting startup predictions ... ever find their way into litigation. I think it would be quite a stretch to call the contract unenforceable, but a careful attorney will probably look closely.... By Michael Rice on October 14 [more...]

Date: 2007-10-14 22:42:29
Blog: Coderights ...

OMG: RIAA wins, woman has to pay $220k

This article has been published at RLSLOG.net - visit our site for full content ... by the Recording Industry Assoc. of America (RIAA) have avoided litigation by agreeing to pay a few ... won’t protect them from lawsuits, said Chris Castle, a copyright attorney and longtime music [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 09:15:43
Blog: Releaselog | RLSLOG.ne...

Speaking of Willy Loman....selling to the jury.

In the Winter 1986 edition of the ABA's Litigation magazine, respected Washington. D.C. trial lawyer and wordssmith Jacob Stein wrote an article called "Willy Loman, Attorney and Counselor-at-Law", and it began: He was the man who knew the importance of being well liked [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 18:50:12
Blog: What About Clients?...

Duke Lacrosse Players File Civil Rights Suit

Evans v. City of Durham, No 07-CV-00739; get used to hearing about it ... , three of the wrongly accused Duke lacrosse players, against ex-District Attorney Mike Nifong ... be a rich teaching tool--about pleading and what goes into a complaint, constitutional litigation [more...]

Date: 2007-10-06 05:38:15
Blog: Sports Law Blog...

Permanent link to

Environmental Foundation Wins Air Pollution Litigation 3rasia.org Text By Susitha R. Fernando http://www.dailymirror.lk/2007/10/13/front/02 ... .asp Sri Lanka Supreme Court yesterday directed the Attorney General to involve relevant parties... Jump to the top of this page [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 15:47:44
Blog: Kottu ...

Digital Piracy of the State-Sponsored Variety

This is to my mind maybe the most interesting news story for libertarians in a very, very long time: DULUTH, Minnesota — Jammie Thomas, ... and services. “This is what can happen if you don’t settle,” RIAA attorney Richard Gabriel told ... the majority of them settling while others have been dismissed or are pending — the RIAA’s litigation [more...]

Date: 2007-10-09 01:52:13
Blog: Positive Liberty...

Kick 'em out. But drug them first.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion to stop immigration authorities forcibly drugging deportees as they are put on commercial flights ... attorney Ahilan T. Arulanantham said. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Lauri Haley would not comment about the pending litigation, but said forced medications were rarely given [more...]

Date: 2007-10-10 11:13:39
Blog: Prairie Weather...

aclu: gov't forcibly gives deportees psychotropic drugs

from azcentral: The American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion to stop immigration authorities forcibly drugging deportees as they are put on ... suggested," ACLU attorney Ahilan T. Arulanantham said. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Lauri Haley would not comment about the pending litigation, but said forced medications [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 17:52:08
Blog: media monarchy...

Corporatism in the Age of Bush: Kiss Up, Kick Down

Corporatism in the Age of Bush: Kiss Up, Kick Down October 15, 2007 – 8:43 pm ... ). This is a notice from a litigation office at the bank that has my money. It seems that an old creditor ... a court or an attorney arrived, nor any further letters or even a single phone call, I assumed [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 00:43:25
Blog: Loving the Collapse...

NHLPA recommends Kelly for hire

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=220618&hubname=nhl Quote: .. ... is the former U.S. assistant district attorney who tried to have NHLPA founder Alan Eagleson extradited ... centre. Kelly ,who specializes in white-collar crime, litigation and labour corruption cases [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 12:15:19
Blog: ChompBoard.com - San Jo...

Switching sides in the BP case

Prominent Texas attorney Ronald Krist represented four clients who filed claims against the oil giant over the 2005 Texas City explosion, ... in Texas Lawyer, messy litigation is underway over the whole episode, with none other than John [more...]

Date: 2007-10-03 04:05:13
Blog: 潐湩潴䱦睡挮浯簠䤠普牯慭楴湯愠摮漠楰楮湯漠桴...

Gov’t Plan to End Illegal Labor Nixed

AP | Oct 11, 2007 By JULIANA BARBASSA SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ... will evaluate the “modest legal obstacles” presented by the judge, addressing them in litigation [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 03:46:04
Blog: Aftermath News...

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