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BOSTON – A former Massachusetts attorney and his wife pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with various mortgage fraud schemes.
A federal appeals court has affirmed a federal judge’s nonmonetary sanction against Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, imposed for its incomplete description of a fee study.
The First Circuit on Wednesday left intact a Massachusetts federal judge's sanctions against Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP in a fees spat, finding that the lower court didn't abuse its discretion in punishing the firm for misrepresenting a study regarding fee awards in similar cases.
Taiwanese pharmaceutical company PharmaEssentia avoided sanctions and a default judgment on Friday when a Massachusetts federal judge ruled that a previous order for the firm to pay attorneys fees for Austrian pharmaceutical company AOP Orphan during their fight over a €142 million arbitral award had already addressed PharmaEssentia's withholding of discovery.
A First Circuit panel told Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP on Tuesday that a Massachusetts federal judge may simply double down if the appeals court rules he unfairly dinged the firm for defending a fee award that was later slashed amid overbilling allegations.