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Cooley Skirts WARN Act, Offers Severance Packages Benefitting Junior Associates Over Seniors and Staff
The law firm offered three months of severance pay to all associates and a minimum of one month for staff after laying off a combined 150 employees earlier this month. Click Here To Read The Full Article
'Seek a Voluntary Dismissal With Prejudice': Attorney Threatening Criminal Prosecution in Bankruptcy Matters Agrees to Reprimand
“‘If you would like to save your client form our asking for criminal sanctions for filing a false claim and sanctions for my fees and costs for further litigation after you became aware that fraudulent pleadings were filed in this case then I suggest that you seek a voluntary dismissal with prejudice,’” Kimberly A. Chandler […]
Ex-Coal Baron and Political Candidate Struggles to Show 'Malice' Evidence in Defamation Appeals
“The word ‘felon’ is the least of it. If they wanted him to look bad they’d talk about the mine explosion that killed 29 people,” said Williams & Connolly attorney Kevin Baine in his defense against former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship’s civil claims. Click Here To Read The Full Article
'Quite a Stretch': 9th Circuit Panel Skeptical of Judicial Misconduct Allegations in RICO Case Against Wynn Resorts
In a hearing Tuesday, Ninth Circuit Judge Bridget Bade said arguments that Wynn Resorts influenced the judicial process with surreptitious payments were “extremely attenuated.” Click Here To Read The Full Article