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20 Sep 2014, 9:58 am by Walter Olson
Roger Parloff at Fortune reviews the two new Chevron-Ecuador books by Paul Barrett and Michael Goldhaber (earlier here, etc.), and also asks where ubiquitous S.D.N.Y. federal prosecutor Preet Bharara is in a case where he might appropriately take an interest. [read post]
12 Jun 2010, 6:07 am by Walter Olson
Roger Parloff at Fortune answers some frequently asked questions. [read post]
5 Dec 2007, 7:39 am
Roger Parloff at Fortune Legal Pad is out with some informative analysis based on an interview with attorney John Griffin Jones, who filed the fee suit against Scruggs. [read post]
20 Sep 2014, 9:58 am by Walter Olson
Roger Parloff at Fortune reviews the two new Chevron-Ecuador books by Paul Barrett and Michael Goldhaber (earlier here, etc.), and also asks where ubiquitous S.D.N.Y. federal prosecutor Preet Bharara is in a case where he might appropriately take an interest. [read post]
25 Oct 2023, 12:02 pm by Howard Bashman
“Government Wins Another Fragile Victory For Key Felony Charge in Jan. 6 Cases; Appeals judges’ acceptance of the government’s positions have been 100-percent correlated with the political party of the judge’s appointer”: Roger Parloff has this post at the “Lawfare” blog. [read post]
18 Nov 2011, 1:56 pm
Last Sunday, a 60-Minutes report featured Schweizer, his book and a number of Congressmen, throwing a harsh light on this practice (“It’s time to ban insider trading by Congress,” Roger Parloff, CNNMoney). [read post]
24 Jan 2024, 7:16 pm by Howard Bashman
“What Justice Scalia Thought About Whether Presidents Are ‘Officers of the United States’; In a 2014 concurrence and a short letter elaborating on it, Scalia indicated that the president was an ‘officer of the United States’”: Roger Parloff has this post at the “Lawfare” blog. [read post]
13 Sep 2010, 12:54 pm by Carter Wood
Roger Parloff, legal analyst at Fortune, has done an estimable job of summarizing recent developments in the U.S. contingency-fee litigation against Chevron claiming environmental damage in Ecuador. [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 10:48 am
  Senior Editor Roger Parloff includes this bit: Those who sustained particularly heavy losses and who can afford to bring their own individual cases usually prefer to do so, rather than joining class actions. [read post]
17 Sep 2010, 10:45 pm by Walter Olson
Roger Parloff of Fortune has this excellent summary of where the controversy stands. [read post]
2 Feb 2023, 2:31 pm by lennyesq
By Roger Parloff: Among the more than 940 federal criminal prosecutions arising from the Jan. 6 insurrection to date, the seditious conspiracy trial of five top members of the Proud Boys organization could well be the most important and informative of all. [read post]
22 Jul 2011, 4:30 am by Walter Olson
” Important Roger Parloff piece on litigation finance [Fortune, now out from paywall] “Hedge Funds Finance Medical Malpractice Claims” [Jeff Segal, Michael Sacopulos and Wayne Oliver, Forbes via White Coat] Criminalizing bad parenting: more scrutiny of “Caylee’s Law” proposals [Steve Chapman, L.A. [read post]
27 Mar 2008, 3:47 pm
Roger Parloff at Fortune "Legal Pad" takes a look at a couple of such ventures operated by Beasley Allen of Alabama and Early Ludwick of Connecticut. [read post]
8 Aug 2016, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
An extraordinary tale of fraud and justice: Second Circuit puts definitive kibosh on tainted $9 billion Chevron/Ecuador judgment [decision, Debra Cassens Weiss, ABA Journal, our coverage over many years] “Attorney Who Took Chevron to Court for $18 Billion Suspended by Amazon Defense Front” [Roger Parloff, Fortune] New Zealand accords legal personality to river and former national park through treaty settlements with Maori groups [New York Times] “The looting… [read post]
4 Mar 2008, 8:22 am
Now Roger Parloff at Fortune "Legal Pad" (Feb. 28) reports that a special master on the case has recommended that the firm be disqualified for "extremely troubling" conduct which it then defended after exposure using "pretextual" arguments. [read post]
9 Apr 2018, 3:01 am by Walter Olson
In “race to the courthouse,” lawyers urge Texas counties to sue over opioids [Marissa Evans, Texas Tribune] “Leading Pain Doctors Face Scores of Opioid Lawsuits” [Roger Parloff, who edits newly launched nonprofit site Opioid Watch] “Opioid Settlement Talks Hit Headwinds” [Sara Randazzo, WSJ] A professor (and friend) recently treated for cancer doesn’t care for the “just throttle the supply of prescription opioids” answer [Steven… [read post]
10 Dec 2013, 8:07 am by Walter Olson
I was a guest Friday on Fox Business Network’s The Willis Report, with guest host Dennis Kneale, to discuss two antitrust cases in the news: Apple’s vigorous efforts to fight back against a monitor appointed as part of its e-books antitrust case [Roger Parloff/Fortune, Alison Frankel/Reuters], and the FTC’s enforcement action against music teachers for anti-competitive practices. [read post]
30 Mar 2015, 3:03 am by Walter Olson
A San Francisco jury has found no improper gender discrimination or retaliation by Kleiner Perkins and returned a defense verdict in Ellen Pao’s high-profile lawsuit [Mashable, Roger Parloff/Fortune (noting judge’s evidentiary rulings favorable to Pao)] Pao’s “lawyers also missed out on a payday that could have reached into the millions of dollars. [read post]
21 Apr 2014, 6:26 am by Amy Howe
Briefly: Fortune’s Roger Parloff previews tomorrow’s oral argument in American Broadcasting Companies v. [read post]