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Martin Luther King Jr. estate moves to end ownership fight over documents

December 23, 2018 at 10:56 p.m.

(Reuters) - The estate of Martin Luther King Jr. has moved to end a five-month dispute with U.S. singer and social activist Harry Belafonte over the ownership of documents that...

Martin Luther King Jr. estate moves to end ownership fight over documents

November 4, 2021 at 1:28 a.m.

(Reuters) - The estate of Martin Luther King Jr. has moved to end a five-month dispute with U.S. singer and social activist Harry Belafonte over the ownership of documents that...

Law firm Patton Boggs engages former Dewey restructuring adviser

August 25, 2021 at 2:26 a.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Beleaguered Washington D.C. law and lobbying firm Patton Boggs is working with restructuring lawyers as it deals with waning revenue and continues to discuss a merger...

U.S. law firm ensnared in NSA surveillance: NYT report

August 25, 2021 at 1:24 a.m.

(Reuters) - An unnamed U.S. law firm was caught up in the global surveillance of the National Security Agency (NSA) and its overseas partners in Australia, according to a newspaper...

U.S. judge dismisses Apple consumer lawsuit over data privacy

August 24, 2021 at 10:42 p.m.

(Reuters) - A California federal judge has dismissed a consumer lawsuit over data privacy against Apple Inc, saying the plaintiffs had failed to show they had relied on any alleged...

Hewlett-Packard, CEO Whitman ordered to defend securities class action

August 24, 2021 at 10:41 p.m.

(Reuters) - A California federal judge has ordered Hewlett-Packard Co and Chief Executive Meg Whitman to defend a securities shareholder class action that claims they knew statements about HP's acquisition...

Orrick, Pillsbury call off big U.S. law firm merger

August 24, 2021 at 10:39 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - One of the biggest proposed U.S. law firm mergers of the year has been called off, the leaders of the two firms told Reuters Monday. The...

Law firms fear business will slow because of U.S. government shutdown

August 24, 2021 at 8:58 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers dependant on regulatory work fear the government shutdown starting Tuesday could cause a drop-off in billable hours in the final quarter of 2013, legal experts...

Federal judge dismisses states’ challenge to Dodd-Frank law

August 24, 2021 at 6:53 p.m.

(Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of several sections of the Dodd-Frank financial reform act, which had been brought by a group that...

Exclusive: Asiana crash families hire prominent New York law firm

August 24, 2021 at 6:40 p.m.

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Families of the three passengers who died when an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crashed in San Francisco this month have retained the prominent New York...

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