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Lawyers need to balance their clients’ legal interests with the need to respond to media inquiries, a panel of legal and media veterans said last month. For example, if federal prosecutors announce charges, the panel encouraged the lawyer for the ...

As the life expectancy for Americans lengthens and the country grows grayer, trusts and estates lawyers say they’re seeing the demographic impact in the world of estate planning. Donna R. Bashaw, who practices in Laguna Hills, Calif., had a client ...

A ruling last week by a three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is not the final word as to how Oklahoma provides health-care services to its poorest children, the head of a plaintiff group in the ...

Equinox fitness cleaners sue over alleged sex acts Five workers employed by Equinox Holdings, an operator of health clubs, claim they were forced to watch patrons have sex and to clean up after them. In a complaint filed Dec. 29 ...

Doug Sorocco, attorney with Dunlap, Codding and Rogers, specializes in intellectual property law and has an award-winning patent blog called PHOSITA. Photo by Jennifer Pitts/Dolan Media Newswires From patent trolls to the legal tussle over which city gets to call ...

Children are the future, and in the case of large law firms around the state, youth is becoming increasingly vital to sustaining a successful practice. For the estimated 120 million people nationwide labeled Generation X and Generation Y, legal opportunity ...

Average recoveries for shareholders in class action fraud suits reached record highs in 2006, a year when new cases dropped to a 10-year low, according to a study released this week. The settlements in 2006 included four of more than ...

Seminole tribe, rank group sued over Hard Rock sale The Seminole Tribe of Florida, which agreed to acquire the Hard Rock Cafe chain last month for $965 million, and Rank Group, the chain’s seller, are being sued for alleged collusion ...

Two labor unions sued the U.S. Labor Department to force it to require employers to pay for protective equipment used by their workers. The AFL-CIO and the United Food and Commercial Workers on Wednesday asked a federal court in Washington ...

BP paid all delinquent medical bills for three workers injured in a 2005 explosion at its Texas refinery, winning a delay in a trial over claims the company reneged on a settlement. The oil company faced a trial next week ...

Jackson Hewitt plans to pay $5 million to end litigation over its Money Now program. The tax preparer was accused of using deceptive marketing to push high-interest tax refund anticipation loans to low-income people in California. Photo by Noah Berger/Bloomberg ...