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McCarter & English LLP partner Mark D. Giarratana testified in Connecticut federal court Friday that over the course of 23 years, he "never" informed an ex-client in writing that the hourly rates it was expected to pay were rising, but the bills were always settled up without complaint until the ex-client was slammed with a multimillion-dollar judgment.

Mark D. Giarratana, a partner at McCarter & English LLP, testified at the start of a Connecticut federal trial on Thursday that a former client received more than $1.5 million in discounts on its legal bills connected to a trade secrets lawsuit, but asked for an even steeper cut before failing to pay in full.

Opening statements are scheduled for Thursday morning in Connecticut federal court in a civil dispute between law firm McCarter & English LLP and a former client that was ordered to pay more than $2.4 million in an underlying Kentucky trade secrets suit.

The Connecticut Supreme Court declined Tuesday to increase the $15,000 in damages awarded to a complainant who alleged that her neighbor violated her civil rights through racist taunts and threats, finding that its precedent did not establish an acceptable range for emotional distress claims.

CTA journeys are about to get more arduous for commuters heading to the Illinois Medical District, students heading to UIC and travelers connecting to Amtrak at Union Station. CTA Blue Line tracks between the West Loop and the Illinois Medical District are set to temporarily close this summer, as work gets underway to remove some of the slow zones that plague the Forest Park branch of the ...

Young Thug's attorney Brian Steele filed a motion to the Fulton County Court in Georgia for the dismissal of certain charges.

A Second Circuit panel has rejected an antitrust challenge to Major League Baseball's decision in 2020 to shrink its farm league system, noting in a summary order on Tuesday that the Sherman Act does not apply to professional baseball under controlling case law.

The president of Yale University testified in federal court Thursday that he took a deep interest in the success of the employee retirement plan when he sat on the committee tasked with overseeing it in 2012, and he disagreed with the idea that a major fund consistently underperformed for a decade prior to his service.

An art museum in Hartford did not violate the free speech rights of an employee who claims she was fired for questioning its diversity efforts, it said in a new court filing that also accused the plaintiff of recording phone calls in violation of the law.

Ald. Jeanette Taylor said Chicago Housing Authority CEO Tracey Scott should be ousted because the agency has failed to deliver on its fundamental mission — and the same goes for Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter Jr.