September 4 roundup
Hush up with those jokes, now: Lerach Coughlin lawyer hailed as hero after jumping from his BMW to save pregnant woman attacked by pit bulls [ABA Journal] The “murky area between zealous advocacy and...
View ArticleHoward Hughes “Mormon Will” case, thirty years later
Thirty years after a jury ruled against his claims to be the inheritor of a fractional share of the reclusive tycoon’s wealth, Melvin Dummar still hasn’t given up. In a 19-page opinion, the Tenth...
View Article“Millionaire’s mistress battles his kin over estate”
Family disputes between a wife and the mistress over a will are probably one of the few times when the “not about the money” saying really is true. But after a two-week trial and two trips to the...
View ArticleAmerica’s Cup litigation
The prolonged yachting-world dispute is the “sporting world’s equivalent of Kramer v. Kramer.” [Hallman, AmLaw Daily] Tweet Tags: Jarndyce redux, sports America’s Cup litigation is a post from...
View ArticleTrademark case drags on after nearly 25 years
TTABlog reports on the oldest pending case before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Tweet Tags: Jarndyce redux, trademarks Trademark case drags on after nearly 25 years is a post from Overlawyered...
View Article“Fair wards of court have faded into mothers and grandmothers”
An appellate court in New York has ordered parties to “proceed to an immediate trial” in the case of Lance International v. First National City Bank, which has been pending in court since 1966 [John...
View ArticleIn New Jersey, an “epic” business partnership lawsuit
“There is no reason in the world for a case to be tried 20 years after it was filed,” said Judge Deanne Wilson, who said she knew of nothing matching the case in the New Jersey courts. The judge was...
View ArticleConnecticut: you can’t sue opposing lawyer for fraud
On the other hand, it seems to be open season on opponents in the Nutmeg State: lawyers will continue to enjoy “absolute immunity” from being sued by their opponents on charges of fraud. “Donna Simms...
View ArticleDOJ closes FCPA investigation of drugmaker without filing charges
And it only took 11 years [WSJ] Related: never mind what DOJ’s criminal fraud chief wrote, says Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch, we’ll tighten screws further on FCPA [David Baumann] Tags:...
View ArticleA shared-driveway neighbor war
“Thus passed another tense moment in what local officials say has become the town of Chevy Chase’s lengthiest, costliest, and most litigious neighborhood spat in recent memory. What began as a...
View Article“93-year-old judge grows weary of 44-year-old housing bias case”
Only 44 years? By then a good case is just getting warmed up, right? Sixth Circuit Senior Judge Damon Keith has been hearing the Hamtramck, Mich. litigation since his days on the U.S. District Court,...
View ArticleThe mills of justice grind slowly, cont’d
Report from the Washington, D.C. courts: “A woman who sued the Washington, D.C., Department of Corrections for sexual discrimination is still awaiting the final resolution of her lawsuit 27 years after...
View ArticlePakistan Supreme Court rules on 100-year-old case
“The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday gave its verdict in a 100-year-old property inheritance case that had started in a court in Rajasthan in 1918.” The Indian state of Rajasthan, like Pakistan,...
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