Lawsuits

Ex-Howrey Lawyers Stick Together

09/17/12

About 60 former Howrey attorneys are teaming up, and we’re not talking about a softball team.

No, the attorneys—former contract attorneys and non-equity partners—have joined forces to protect themselves from potential lawsuits to recover the compensation they received before the law firm’s demise and subsequent bankruptcy filing last year.

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The Daily Docket: Hostess Union Rejects Labor Deal

09/17/12
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Hostess Brands Inc.’s second-largest union voted to reject a revamped labor deal, sending the company back to the drawing board as it scrambles to find a way out of bankruptcy.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Digital Domain Edition

09/14/12

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, special-effects company Digital Domain has sunk into bankruptcy, and singer John Mayer is being targeted in a Ponzi-scheme lawsuit. Also, a record-label exec got $2 million from a lawsuit over “Whoomp! (There It Is).”

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The Daily Docket: Pilots Outline Arguments in Appeal of AMR Labor Ruling

09/14/12
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A US Airways plane passes American Airlines planes at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington in this April 23, 2012, file photo.

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