Recent Updates
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Law Firms Feel Pressure From New Breed of Competitors
Headline News 10/26/2010The legal industry is falling apart. Not in the sense pundits meant when they gave that diagnosis in 2008 as firms were hit with the harsh reality of the recession. Rather, the industry is moving away from a monolithic provider of legal services -- t...
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Law firm gears up to defend U.S. bank foreclosures
Headline News 10/21/2010A major law firm has formed a special task force aimed at defending lenders and mortgage loan servicers as legal challenges to questionable foreclosure practices mount.Global law firm K&L Gates LLP said on Tuesday it has assembled a team to help ...
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Lawyer stole $500K from Greenberg Traurig
Headline News 10/20/2010Metro Atlanta attorney Michael Shaw pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing more than $500,000 from Atlanta law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP.Shaw, a 37-year-old resident of Mableton, Ga., worked as an associate attorney at Greenberg Traurig, specializing ...
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Judge clears AG subpoena of Stern firm
Headline News 10/15/2010Broward Circuit Judge Eileen O'Connor cleared the way Thursday for a state attorney general's office subpoena to obtain foreclosure records from the Law Offices of David J. Stern in Plantation, which has filed foreclosures with the courts by the thou...
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Ex-Detroit mayor strikes out at appeals court
Headline News 10/07/2010The Michigan appeals court says it won't review the prison sentence of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who's in prison for violating probation in a criminal case.The decision means Kilpatrick will remain in prison at least until next summer un...
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DANIEL BURKE SELECTED FOR LEADERSHIP CLAYTON
Headline News 10/05/2010Armstrong Teasdale lawyer Daniel J. Burke has been selected for the 2010-2011 class of Leadership Clayton, a development program sponsored by the Clayton Chamber of Commerce. A total of fifteen individuals have been accepted into this year’s program....
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Court won't hear appeal from Adelphia founders
Headline News 10/04/2010The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a father and son who built Adelphia Communications into a cable television powerhouse and were convicted of fraud after it collapsed into bankruptcy.The high court refused on Monday to hear an appeal from J...
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Nelson Mullins law firm renews lease
Headline News 09/14/2010Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough has renewed its lease for 7,500 square feet of office space in Winston-Salem, according to an announcement.The law firm is located in the 380 Knollwood Street building owned by Highwoods Properties. Nelson Mulli...
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Abused Women Win Parole After Three Decades of Imprisonment
Headline News 09/13/2010For over 30 years, Carlene Borden, 65, and Vicky Williams, 55, have been incarcerated for the murders of their abusive husbands. Their sentences, life without the possibility of parole for fifty years, were handed down without any evidence of their a...
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Judgment Sought Against Mason City Law Firm
Headline News 09/08/2010A former Mason City Mayor is facing a lawsuit over a business deal.A Michigan company that creates what they call "laser printed focused collection letters" is seeking a $105,000 judgment against Thomas Jolas and Associates.Focus 1 of Dearborn claims...
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Attorney: Great Lakes waterways a 'carp highway'
Headline News 08/24/2010Five states are asking a federal judge in Chicago to take emergency action to close two shipping locks and install barriers to prevent Asian carp from overrunning the Great Lakes via a "carp highway."At the first hearing in the case Monday, Judge Rob...
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Shapiro & Fishman accuses McCollum of grandstanding
Headline News 08/23/2010Law firm Shapiro & Fishman has accused Attorney General Bill McCollum of pre-election grandstanding and “abuse of power” in connection with McCollum’s recent announcement that his office is conducting a foreclosure fraud investigation into that f...