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Painful lawsuit with huge settlement

One of the lawyers I once worked for took on really agonizing cases, the kind of cases I think few lawyers would wade into, for several reasons. The specific laws and precedence did not suggest a good outcome, and even … Continue reading

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Today’s lawsuit: $400 million battle over wills

I’ve been pining for a decent lawsuit to announce and here it is! Remember Huguette Clark, the weird rich lady who collected dolls and lived as a hermit in a hospital room for quite a while before her death? You … Continue reading

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Preliminary Investigation: Spying on your enemy, a footnote

In the October 24, 2011 New Yorker, I found a paragraph in an article by Ken Auletta, about New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson, that adds emphasis to my previous reasoning about investigating your enemy: In [Jane Mayer and … Continue reading

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