Defense Lawyers Attack Records of Tyco Board
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Defense lawyers in the retrial of the former Tyco executives L. Dennis Kozlowski and Mark H. Swartz lashed out at former Tyco directors by attacking their credibility.
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Lawyers for ex-Tyco bosses Dennis Kozlowski and Mark Swartz told an appeals court on Thursday that a key prosecution witness prejudiced the jury that found them guilty of using the conglomerate as their own piggy bank and stealing more than $150 million.
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A lawyer specializing in freedom of speech and the Internet said Wednesday he will defend free of charge a 19-year-old publisher of a Web site facing a lawsuit over an article that revealed trade secrets about an Apple computer.
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Some aggrieved investors are turning to lawyers to pursue possible legal claims stemming from losses at two Bear Stearns Cos.  hedge funds that were virtually wiped out from large, illiquid bets on risky mortgages.
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_ A federal judge in New Hampshire says shareholders can go ahead with a class action suit against Tyco International. The suit alleges accounting fraud and looting by former top executives.
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The star witness against former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers was grilled by a defense lawyer yesterday about lies he told to investors, his own board of directors, and the US government.
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Lawyers retrying the fraud case of former Tyco International Ltd. chief executive L. Dennis Kozlowski and ex-finance chief Mark Swartz considered about 225 prospective jurors on the first day of trial.
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The insurance broker accused by the New York attorney general of bid rigging and price fixing faces another threat: lawsuits filed by angry customers and the company&#39;s own shareholders, who are upset the company&#39;s stock has plummeted.
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Defense lawyers on Wednesday sought to  poke holes in a government witness's story of an angry  confrontation with a former Enron Corp. accountant charged with  fraud after the witness disclosed a secret deal with Merrill  Lynch at the heart of the first criminal trial of former  employees of the fallen energy company.
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The New York attorney general's investigation into abuses in the insurance industry escalated with a lawsuit accusing a California broker of fraudulent practices.
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The project has prompted criticism from those who worry that lawyers could skew new rules in favor of their clients.
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Questions are growing about whether law firms that helped investment banks bundle home loans into securities adequately disclosed the risks to investors.
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In what may be a sign of things to come, the lawyers for I. Lewis Libby Jr. last month invoked the rarely used courtroom tactic: the âbloggers can be meanâ defense.
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In several battleground states across the country, a consulting firm funded by the Republican National Committee has been accused of deceiving would-be voters and destroying Democratic voter registration cards.
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The Linux adversary again demands evidence from Big Blue and cites allegedly contradictory testimony.
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Deutsche Bank, the German investment bank, has challenged the legitimacy of Russian oil giant Yukos' bankruptcy protection case in court and plans adverts.
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A confidential registry of child abusers and neglecters kept by the state Department of Children and Families is drawing fire from lawyers who work child protection cases.