The American Arbitration Association, an arbitrator and several AAA employees have been hit with a $5 million lawsuit accusing them of malicious prosecution and infliction of mental distress for allegedly trying to force a manager for TikTok's most-followed influencer to arbitrate a dispute over a soured endorsement deal with Skechers.
The American Arbitration Association, an arbitrator and several AAA employees have been hit with a $5 million lawsuit accusing them of malicious prosecution and infliction of mental distress for allegedly trying to force a manager for TikTok's most-followed influencer to arbitrate a dispute over a soured endorsement deal with Skechers.
White & Case LLP has now effectuated its withdrawal from a long-running case in which former Yukos Oil Co. shareholders are looking to enforce more than $50 billion in arbitral awards against Russia, more than three years after the firm initially sought to halt its representation of the country.
Chevron Corp. and a Venezuelan drilling company told a Texas federal judge in court-ordered briefs that they agree that the state's and Venezuelan laws apply to different parts of their $24 million contract dispute, although Chevron denies a valid agreement exists.
Alternative dispute resolution provider JAMS has brought on a Frost Brown Todd LLP partner in its Atlanta office, strengthening its panel with an attorney experienced in regulated industries like healthcare.
Federal courts have been inundated with a flood of cases stemming from the Trump administration's revised approach to the detention of unauthorized immigrants, with judges routinely ruling against the government as immigration attorneys scramble to keep up.
Several clients asked the leader of Baker McKenzie's Washington, D.C., office to stop handling work for them after he was accused of sexual assault, according to a new filing in a defamation case against the former firm associate who made the allegations.
The top outside accountant handling tax returns for SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein and his law firm said Tuesday that Goldstein wasn't forthcoming about his gambling records and that he firmly believed the former U.S. Supreme Court attorney knew what was in his allegedly false tax returns when they were filed.
After decades on the bench of the Santa Clara County Superior Court, Judge Erica Yew began to regard the future of courtroom evidence with some trepidation, as the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence made it easier to falsify documents, photos and videos.
A Kansas federal judge has issued sanctions against a group of lawyers representing a technology company in a patent dispute and has referred one attorney for disciplinary action over case citations hallucinated by ChatGPT appearing in a legal brief.
The killing of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen and lawful gun owner, by federal immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis last month brought to the fore a long-standing tension between two constitutional rights that the U.S. Supreme Court has never resolved, legal experts say.
The relatives of a Minnesota intensive care nurse killed by ICE agents have secured legal representation from a former federal prosecutor who helped secure the conviction of an ex-police officer in the killing of George Floyd, and a criminal defense attorney coming off a high-profile murder case.
The U.S. government has asked a Texas federal judge to reject a bid for pretrial release from a currently detained attorney charged with cyberstalking other attorneys at BigLaw firms.
The former longtime head of Queens Defenders copped to a count of fraud conspiracy in Brooklyn federal court Tuesday after prosecutors said she diverted over $100,000 intended for indigent residents and used the money for a lavish lifestyle.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has seen sweeping changes under Director John Squires and Deputy Director Coke Morgan Stewart, ranging from pro-patent owner policies at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to employment shake-ups that have prompted departures from the agency.
