The former chief counsel for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia testified on Monday that church officials lied to him about a secret list of 35 priests suspected of abusing children. The list is at issue in the trial of Msgr. William Lynn, accused of allowing priests suspected of abuse to continue in their ministries, report the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Associated Press, the Allentown Morning Call and CNN. Lawyer Timothy Coyne was suspended from his job as chief counsel a few weeks after the list surfaced. "Everyone I spoke to said they didn't know where it was, and…

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Gevo commented on the lawsuit filed today by Butamax Advanced Biofuels, LLC alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 8,178,328. “The claims in the ‘328 Patent are virtually identical to the claims in Butamax’s ...

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A charity that takes care of more than 1,000 retired racehorses told a court Monday that its herd is doing well, its finances are sound and that a lawsuit by New York's attorney general should be dismissed.The ...

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After speaking with legal experts, Oppenheimer reports that the experts think that Minnesota's case against Accretive Health is relatively weak, and that the two sides are likely to settle. The firm suggests ...

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Citizens United v. FEC was initially a case about a video critical of Hillary Clinton and whether a campaign finance law regulating TV advertising barred its on-demand broadcast before elections. The issue was one of statutory interpretation. “There did not seem to be a lot riding on the outcome,” the New Yorker reports. “After all, how many nonprofits wanted to run documentaries about presidential candidates, using relatively obscure technologies, just before elections?” That changed when Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. asked a question during oral arguments in March 2009, according to the New Yorker. The Wall Street Journal Law Blog has the highlights of…

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Citizens United v. FEC was initially a case about a video critical of Hillary Clinton and whether a campaign finance law regulating TV advertising barred its on-demand broadcast before elections. The issue was one of statutory interpretation. “There did not seem to be a lot riding on the outcome,” the New Yorker reports. “After all, how many nonprofits wanted to run documentaries about presidential candidates, using relatively obscure technologies, just before elections?” That changed when Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. asked a question during oral arguments in March 2009, according to the New Yorker. The Wall Street Journal Law Blog…

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Citizens United v. FEC was initially a case about a video critical of Hillary Clinton and whether a campaign finance law regulating TV advertising barred its on-demand broadcast before elections. The issue was one of statutory interpretation. “There did not seem to be a lot riding on the outcome,” the New Yorker reports. “After all, how many nonprofits wanted to run documentaries about presidential candidates, using relatively obscure technologies, just before elections?” That changed when Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. asked a question during oral arguments in March 2009, according to the New Yorker. The Wall Street Journal Law Blog has the highlights of…

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An Indiana diocese asked a federal court on Monday to reject a lawsuit by a former parochial school teacher who claims she was fired for violating Roman Catholic doctrine by using in vitro fertilization ...

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As lawyers from Dewey & LeBoeuf flood the job market, there are fewer positions available for others in the job hunt. The New York Law Journal interviewed recruiters about the impact. One spoke of a “massive disruption” in the lawyer job market in New York. Firms sorting through Dewey lawyers are putting off hiring decisions for other applicants, they said. Meanwhile, some Dewey lawyers will have a harder time finding jobs than others. Service partners without large books of business will encounter difficulties, as will senior associates, according to Joel Berger, president of Meridian Legal Search. Firms are more interested…

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A lawyer couple who say police punched and arrested them when they objected to the beating of a drug suspect have settled their civil suit against the city of New York. Michael and Evelyn Warren settled the case for $360,000, report Reuters and the New York Daily News. They say the agreement represents vindication, while a spokesperson for the city law department say the couple’s allegations were never proven. Michael Warren represents defendants in police misconduct cases and Evelyn Warren is a civil rights lawyer, according to Reuters. They say they were driving in Brooklyn in 2007 when they saw…

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Dinsmore & Shohl partner James Beyer recently finished his 30th marathon with a third-place finish in the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati. And he has no plans to slow down. Beyer, 44, is ranked in the top five nationally in his 40-44 age group, though he started running marathons just five years ago. An intellectual property partner in the firm’s Dayton office, Beyer says the exercise helps him deal with stress. He answered questions about his hobby by email. Here is an edited version of his responses: ABA Journal: When did you start running marathons? Was this something you took…

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In New York, U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel refused to delay the approval process for a controversial $20M settlement between Bank of America Corp. (BAC) directors and shareholders who accused the bank ...

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Sitting or walking under an aging tree can be dangerous, lawsuits reveal. The case of Alexis Handwerker illustrates the hazards, the New York Times reports. She was seated on a bench beneath an elm in Manhattan’s Stuyvesant Square Park in 2007 when a tree limb 30 feet above broke off and fell on top of her. She received a $4 million settlement in February after her lawyers found evidence that park workers missed indications the tree was rotting. In the last 10 years, New York City has faced at least 10 lawsuits over death or injuries from older trees, the…

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A federal judge in New York on Monday refused to delay the approval process for a controversial $20 million settlement between Bank of America Corp directors and shareholders who accused the bank of overpaying ...

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A federal judge on Monday refused to delay the approval process for a controversial $20 million settlement between Bank of America Corp directors and shareholders who accused the bank of overpaying for ...

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More than 50 lawyers from Dewey & LeBoeuf, the ailing U.S. law firm on the verge of closure, jumped ship to rival Greenberg Traurig on Monday. The defections, which include the bulk of Dewey's Warsaw office ...

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Influence peddling and money laundering allegations haven't been enough to topple Argentina's vice president, Amado Boudou. On Monday, illegal enrichment accusations were added to the mix when a federal ...

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Former American International Group Inc Chief Executive Maurice "Hank" Greenberg said New York's attorney general should be barred from invoking a 91-year-old state law in a fraud case over two ...

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Lawyers for a French pharmaceutical group suspected in the deaths of at least 500 people argued Monday that a trial against their client should be halted as two separate cases should be rolled into one ...

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Authorities say a longtime security supervisor at the Newark, N.J., airport has been arrested on a charge he was using the identity of a New York City man murdered 20 years ago.The 54-year-old illegal ...

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