"Law Firm" tagged Cases and Lawsuits

CaseCase FiledLast Document
Grochocinski v. Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP et alOctober 10, 2006November 6, 2007
Plaintiff as Chapter 7 Trustee for the bankruptcy estate of CMGT, Inc. filed suit against Mayer Brown Rowe and Maw, LLP, Ronald Given and Charles W. Trautner for legal malpractice. Plaintiff alleged that Mayer Brown advised CMGT not to respond to Spehar Capital's motion for TRO. As a result, Spehar obtained a TRO and later a default judgment against CMGT for $17 million. Spehar then used the $17 million default judgment to file an involuntary petition for bankruptcy against CMGT.
Gainor v. Sidley, Austin, BrowJuly 12, 2006October 9, 2007
Plaintiff alleged that defendant Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, LLP committed legal malpractice when it issued a "more likely than not" opinion letter to indicate that the deductions arising from a tax saving strategy would be upheld when in fact such strategy should instead have been registered as a potentially abusive tax shelter.
EEOC v. Sidley Austin Brown.January 13, 2005October 5, 2007
Plaintiff EEOC alleged that defendant Sidley Austin Brown & Wood violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) by maintaining and implementing an age-based retirement policy and by downgrading or expelling a class of attorney employees age 40 years or older on account of their age in or about October 1999.
Foley & Lardner, LLP v. Nathoo et alSeptember 4, 2007October 2, 2007
GROSS v. AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLPFebruary 26, 2007September 27, 2007
Plaintiff served as Senior Counsel to defendant Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. He asserted that defendant terminated his employment on the basis of his age in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the D.C. Human Rights Act.
Dagnea Teshome v. O'Melveny & MyersMay 17, 2005September 24, 2007
Paul Hastings Janofsky and Walker LLP v. Allison LomasAugust 14, 2007September 20, 2007
Gilmore v. Fulbright & Jaworski, LLPDecember 5, 2006September 19, 2007
Plaintiff, a legal secretary employed by defendant Fullbright & Jaworski, LLP, alleged that defendant failed to make reasonable accommodations for her and terminated her because of her disability.
DZIAMINISKI v. KIRKPATRICK & LOCKHARTMay 8, 2007September 11, 2007
LATHAM & WATKINS LLP v. EVERSONApril 6, 2007August 27, 2007
Mobile Billboards of America, inc., California Mobile Billboards, et. al. v. Paul, Hastings, Janofsky and Walker, LLP.August 2, 2007August 10, 2007
Jacquelin Davis v. O'Melveny & Myers LLPFebruary 27, 2004August 10, 2007
Snyder et al v. Greenberg Traurig, LLP et alMay 10, 2007August 6, 2007
Jung v. Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom, LLP et alApril 29, 2005June 22, 2007
Latham & Watkins LLP v. United States Environmental Protection AgencyFebruary 6, 2007June 7, 2007
International Strategies Group, LTD v. Greenberg Traurig, LLP et alSeptember 15, 2004April 19, 2007
Kilkenny v. Greenberg Traurig, LLP et alJuly 20, 2005December 1, 2006
Immunocept, LLC, et al v. Fulbright & JaworskiMay 6, 2005July 26, 2006
Gordon v. Greenberg Traurig, LLP et alApril 28, 2006June 23, 2006
JONES DAY v. SCRUSHYMarch 13, 2006June 19, 2006
Microsoft Corporation v. Ronald Alepin Morrison & Foerster et alMarch 3, 2006May 1, 2006
Microsoft Corporation sought an authorization to serve subpoenas to International Business Machines Corporation, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and Maurits Dolmans regarding communications or correspondence between the parties and the European Commission relating to interoperability information.
LANICE v. HOGAN AND HARTSON LLPMay 13, 2005April 21, 2006
Norkin v. DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary L.L.P.October 26, 2005March 31, 2006
Plaintiff David Norkin alleged that Defendant DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, LLP committed professional malpractice and breached its fiduciary duty to him and Britestarr by operating under an undisclosed conflict of interest when it (1) provided him with advice in connection with his personal bankruptcy proceeding, and (2) recommended that Britestarr file for bankruptcy and that Norkin resign as its president.
Roberts v. Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, LLPSeptember 16, 2005March 27, 2006
STECHLER et al v. SIDLEY AUSTIN BROWN & WOOD, L.L.P. et alJuly 12, 2005January 24, 2006
Plaintiffs claim that defendants unlawfully developed and fraudulently induced plaintiffs to engage in a tax shelter, known as the Digital Options Strategy, by intentionally lying, hiding crucial information and also by assuring them that the strategy would pass IRS scrutiny if they were ever audited.
Davis v. Kirkpatrick & Lockhart L.L.P.November 19, 2004January 9, 2006
Paul Eric Antoine v. Latham & Watkins et alMay 10, 2005July 25, 2005
Seippel v. Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, LLPJune 13, 2005June 23, 2005
Angulo Capital Corp. et al v. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLPApril 23, 2004May 9, 2005
Hogan and Hartson v. J P LipsonApril 26, 2004January 24, 2005
Greenberg Traurig LLP v. Gale Corp.August 2, 2007 
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP v. Mariner Health Care IncMarch 28, 2006