U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Alabama Aircraft v. Boeing - trade secrets, misappropriation, contractual limits - USA v. O’Steen - public official, extortion, currency disclosure - Grippa v. Rubin -...more
The recent case of Edelson, P.C. v. Girardi, et al.[i] shows what can happen when a fee-sharing agreement goes bad. Edelson, P.C. claims that it acted as Illinois local co-counsel for California law firm Girardi Keese under...more
Scot Vandenberg v. RQM, LLC, 2020 IL App (1st) 190544 - Brief Summary - An Illinois appellate court affirmed the adjudication of a firm's attorney's liens down to zero, where the discharged firm failed to provide any...more
Hance v. Super Store Indus., 44 Cal. App. 5th 676 (2020) - The attorneys who represented the employees in a class action filed a motion with the trial court for approval of a settlement of the action and also for an award...more
Hance v. Super Stores Industries, 2020 Cal. App. LEXIS 60 (Cal. App. Ct. Jan. 23, 2020) - A pair of plaintiffs' class action attorneys, who were seeking court approval of a settlement agreement in their case, had a...more