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Is my dad my lawyer? Pa. case raises unique question
Pennsylvania Record
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Is my dad my lawyer? Pa. case raises unique question

  • John O’Brien
  • Jan 16, 2026

HARRISBURG – A Pennsylvania judge will need to find out if a fired doctor felt his father was acting as his dad or his lawyer when helping him…

Judge: Lawyers owe Walmart $683K for wrongful avocado oil class action
Southern California Record

Judge: Lawyers owe Walmart $683K for wrongful avocado oil class action

  • Michael Carroll
  • Jan 9, 2026

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge in Los Angeles has called on two plaintiff attorneys to pay Walmart nearly $624,000 in attorney fees as a result…

Lawyers must pay Walmart $624K for failed avocado oil lawsuit
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Lawyers must pay Walmart $624K for failed avocado oil lawsuit

  • Daniel Fisher
  • Dec 29, 2025

LOS ANGELES - Plaintiff lawyers who pursued a class action over supposedly adulterated avocado oil must pay Walmart $624,000 in legal fees aft…

No ‘good behavior credit’ for electronic monitoring violators
Madison-St. Clair Record
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No ‘good behavior credit’ for electronic monitoring violators

  • Scott Holland
  • Updated Dec 16, 2025

SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court says criminal defendants who are sentenced to jail as punishment for violating the terms of their pre…

Judge: CHA lawyers must pay $59K for citing ChatGPT-created cases
Cook County Record
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Judge: CHA lawyers must pay $59K for citing ChatGPT-created cases

  • Jonathan Bilyk
  • Updated Dec 11, 2025

CHICAGO - Lawyers who defended the Chicago Housing Authority in a case that resulted in more than $32 million in judgments to two families who…

Heavyweight plaintiffs firm faces possible DOJ criminal probe
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Heavyweight plaintiffs firm faces possible DOJ criminal probe

  • John O’Brien
  • Dec 3, 2025

PHILADELPHIA – A prominent law firm that brought baseless birth-defect lawsuits is now in the crosshairs of the U.S. Department of Justice, as…

Pa. employment lawyer disbarred for routinely missing deadlines
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Pa. employment lawyer disbarred for routinely missing deadlines

  • John O’Brien
  • Nov 17, 2025

PHILADELPHIA – A plaintiffs lawyer punished by judges around the state who admitted he “bit off more than I can chew” after leaving his old fi…

Fight in South Carolina asbestos court escalates in France
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Fight in South Carolina asbestos court escalates in France

  • Daniel Fisher
  • Updated Sep 25, 2025

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A prominent South Carolina lawyer is facing a potential $34 million in sanctions by a French court for interfering in the ope…

Weak birth-defect lawsuits have Hagens Berman facing penalty
Pennsylvania Record

Weak birth-defect lawsuits have Hagens Berman facing penalty

  • John O’Brien
  • Updated Aug 8, 2025

PHILADELPHIA - A prominent plaintiffs law firm is on the defensive, as it now must explain why its actions in a failed group of lawsuits shoul…

Law firms must pay $31K for AI brief with fake case cites
Southern California Record

Law firms must pay $31K for AI brief with fake case cites

  • Michael Carroll
  • Updated May 30, 2025

Two law firms have been ordered to pay $31,100 in sanctions after their Los Angeles attorneys submitted a plaintiff’s brief to a special maste…

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