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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 ...