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  1. June 07, 2024

    Baker Donelson Can't Ax Ponzi Scheme Suit, Receiver Says

    A federal receiver has urged a Mississippi federal judge to reject Baker Donelson's summary judgment bid seeking a pretrial win on civil conspiracy claims the firm allowed a nine-figure timber business Ponzi scheme to unfold,

  2. February 16, 2024

    Baker Donelson Won't Owe Profits To Ponzi Scheme Victims

    A Mississippi federal judge has limited certain damages Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC may have to pay in a federal receiver's suit claiming the firm allowed a Ponzi scheme to unfold in one of its offices, but left the door open for other types of damages.

  3. December 06, 2023

    Investors Slam Baker Donelson's Discovery Bid In Ponzi Suit

    A federal receiver who sued Baker Donelson, accusing the BigLaw firm of allowing a Ponzi scheme to unfold in its Jackson, Mississippi, office, is attempting to fight a sweeping discovery request the firm entered last month, arguing there is "no precedent for the broad, invasive victim discovery" the firm seeks.

  4. August 02, 2023

    Baker Donelson Fights To Cap Damages In Timber Ponzi Case

    Facing a potential jury trial over allegations it allowed a nine-figure Ponzi scheme to play out under the nose of its Jackson, Mississippi, office, Baker Donelson is asking a federal judge to limit potential compensatory damages to investors' net losses of principal, arguing that "there are no recoverable profits in a Ponzi scheme."

  5. January 02, 2023

    Legal Ethics Cases To Watch In 2023

    The professional responsibility bar will benefit from a long winter's nap as we head into a busy 2023. On deck is a slew of ethics cases for election "big lie" lawyers and a U.S. Supreme Court case addressing the attorney-client privilege. Here, Law360 looks at these and the other big legal ethics cases to watch in the coming year.

  6. July 11, 2022

    Ex-Baker Donelson Lobbyist Wants Timber Scam Counts Axed

    A former Baker Donelson lobbyist charged in an immense timber-industry Ponzi scam asked a Mississippi federal judge Friday to throw out two securities charges he faces along with a firm partner.

  7. February 01, 2022

    Baker Donelson Timber Scam Suit Restarted In Miss. Court

    A Mississippi federal judge has restarted a civil fraud suit against Baker Donelson, which has been accused of lending legal expertise to — and profiting from — a massive Ponzi scheme that also triggered criminal charges against a former Baker partner and a lobbyist.

  8. July 01, 2021

    Baker Donelson Pauses Timber Scam Suit Amid Criminal Case

    A Mississippi federal judge has agreed to pause civil litigation against Baker Donelson over its alleged role in a timber industry Ponzi scheme while criminal charges against a Baker Donelson partner and former firm lobbyist are resolved.

  9. June 21, 2021

    Timber Scam Case Built On Falsities, Baker Donelson Says

    A receiver for a multimillion-dollar timber business Ponzi scheme exaggerates the scam's impact on victims and unfairly blames Baker Donelson for the actions of an "unaffiliated" investment fund headed by two law firm employees, the firm recently told a Mississippi federal judge.

  10. June 11, 2021

    Baker Seeks Pause On Timber Scam Suit Amid Criminal Case

    Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC wants a civil suit it's facing in Mississippi federal court over its alleged role in a huge timber-industry Ponzi scheme put on the shelf while a Baker Donelson partner and a former firm lobbyist work out related criminal charges they're facing.

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