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Credit reporting law firm Stein Saks PLLC headed up a nationwide scheme to "extort" Experian into settling "sham" lawsuits by consumers through creating fake credit denial letters in order to inflate damages and bolster their consumers' suits, according to a federal lawsuit filed by the credit reporting agency.
Ethnically diverse hires at Top 200 law firms have grown by about 22% since 2019, but 64% of diversity professionals say two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions that struck down long-standing affirmative action policies in higher education will make their job more difficult, according to a new report out Tuesday from Leopard Solutions.
A Connecticut lawyer replied to a statewide grievance committee email about a trust account overdraft by saying he was too busy eating "delicious" fish he caught on vacation and telling authorities they weren't a priority in his life, triggering an audit, according to a presentment filed Thursday in Connecticut state court.
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder smiled at his supporters as he was led away in handcuffs Thursday after being sentenced to the maximum 20 years in prison for his role in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme.
A New York federal judge has ruled the friend of an ex-FBI trainee who secretly traded nonpublic information he stole from his BigLaw associate ex-girlfriend is liable for his role in the scheme, permanently enjoining him from committing insider trading or otherwise violating the Securities Act.