August 8, 2023
U.S. Fifth Circuit Rejects First Amendment Claims by Lawyer whose Criticisms of Judge Were Removed from the Judge’s Facebook Page
Written by Steve Herman
August 8, 2023
U.S. Fifth Circuit Reverses Fee-Shifting and Other Sanctions Against Plaintiffs and Counsel for Attempting to Prosecute Voting Rights Act Claims
Written by Steve Herman
August 8, 2023
The Federal Circuit Holds Patent Troll and its Counsel Jointly Liable for Costs and Fees of Defending Frivolous Appeal
Written by Steve Herman
August 8, 2023
Judge Chhabria, in the Northern District of California, Sanctioned Facebook and Gibson Dunn over $925,000 for Discovery Abuses
Written by Steve Herman
August 8, 2023
Mississippi Bar Association Opinion Prevents Defense Counsel from Insisting that the Plaintiff’s Attorney “Approve” of or “Agree” to Release
Written by Steve Herman
August 8, 2023
Magistrate in the Eastern District of Louisiana Recommends that Plaintiff be Precluded from Offering Evidence of $837,286.87 in Claimed Damages where Pre-Surgery Requests and an Order for an IME were Disregarded by Arnold & Itkin Attorneys
Written by Steve Herman
August 8, 2023
Delaware Chancery Court Rejects “Maga-Fund” and “Declining-Percentage” Approaches in Favor of a 26.7% Award out of $1 Billion Settlement under the “Stage-of-Case” Method
Written by Steve Herman
December 19, 2022
Louisiana Supreme Court Reverses Sanction Against Attorney for Attempting to Act for Interdict in a Temporary Interdiction Proceeding
Written by Steve Herman
December 19, 2022
In 368-Page Opinion, Northern District of Georgia Judge Strikes Defendant’s Answer and Sanctions Defense Counsel as “Willing Accomplices and Enablers” in Defendant’s Bad Faith and Contumacious Behavior
Written by Steve Herman
December 10, 2022
U.S. Fifth Circuit Finds Louisiana Rule of Professional Conduct 1.5(e) “Ambiguous” When Applied to Fee-Sharing Between Successive Attorneys
Written by Steve Herman