Justice Department Opposes New Google Book SettlementThis posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.Despite the substantial progress reflected in the proposed amended settlement agreement in The Authors Guild Inc. et al. v. Google Inc., the U.S. Department of Jus ...

If you or a loved one has suffered a serious personal injury in the last 10 years and been subjected to our current health care system, the need for reform is probably obvious to you. We here at Legal blog have written extensively on how health care reform is necessary and how it will benefit injury ...

Maybe Toyota should take a lesson from Bingham McCutchen: don't try to cut corners when producing a hybrid. Back in October, Bingham announced that it would be adopting a new "merit-lockstep" hybrid approach to associate compensation. The plan came with the stamp of approval from Bingham partners a ...

Earlier today, President Obama made a surprise appearance at the daily White House press briefing. (Watch it and read the full transcript on DKTV or view it at the bottom of this post.) Here's a brief summary of some of the major topics he covered: Bipartisanship: During the briefing, President Ob ...

Opponents of the plaintiffs' bar stepped up their rhetoric today with the release of a report trying to detail the lawyers' influence in Washington. The report is part of a series called Trial Lawyers Inc., produced by the New York-based...

Below is a Reuter’s article about the first Bear Stearns High Grade Fund arbitration case won by an investor. John Rich and Ross Intelisano of Rich & Intelisano, LLP were lead trial counsel and Jake Zamansky and Ted Glenn of Zamansky & Associates were co-counsel. "Investor in Defunct Bear Fund Win ...

An 86-year-old woman was arrested in Fort Meyers, Florida for missing a court date stemming from a charge of leaving the scene of an accident with property damage. Jeanne Marie Owens-Libby had a warrant for her arrest issued after missing her court date for the alleged hit and run. She was booked in ...

It was bad enough that Toyota had recalled hundreds of thousands of newer models of their best-selling Camry and the Corolla and Tundra and certain Lexus models for sudden uncontrolled accelleration. That recall, blamed by Toyota executives as being caused by defective rubber floormats, ...

On Monday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asked California's largest for profit health insurance provider, Anthem Blue Cross, to send a letter detailing what she termed an "extraordinary" rate hike proposed for California customers. Blue Cross is owned by parent company Well P ...

According to a feature article in this month's InsideCounsel one consultant who helps clients structure alternative fee arrangements "estimates that only about 2% of total legal billings currently are being done on alternative basis - but he contends it’s an increasing trend." That c ...