November 04, 2025
Baker Donelson has moved for summary judgment against claims the firm allowed a timber company's nine-figure Ponzi scheme to unfold under its nose, with other defendants and the receiver also seeking rulings in their favor in the Mississippi federal suit.
February 20, 2025
Baker Donelson is pushing back on a request for documents in a lawsuit alleging the firm allowed a timber company's $164.5 million Ponzi scheme to unfold.
October 02, 2024
A Mississippi federal judge has denied Baker Donelson's effort to escape civil conspiracy claims alleging the firm allowed a timber company's $164.5 million Ponzi scheme to unfold, with the judge stating he was "not persuaded" by the firm's argument, as it was based on the Eleventh Circuit's interpretation of Florida law.
June 07, 2024
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,
February 16, 2024
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.
December 06, 2023
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.
August 02, 2023
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."
January 02, 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.
July 11, 2022
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.
February 01, 2022
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.