Caroline Byrne

1 week ago | law.com | Caroline Byrne

President Trump hurled another grenade onto the legal battlefield last week: an Executive Order aimed at Susman Godfrey, echoing earlier strikes on Big Law and thrusting the Houston powerhouse into the courtroom alongside three other firms. Susman Godfrey hit back with a complaint filed on Friday arguing that the president is abusing the powers of his office and gravely threatening the rule of law.

3 weeks ago | law.com | Caroline Byrne

Former Law Society of Ontario CEO Diana Miles tried to quietly broker a deal to shut down a probe into her near CA$1 million pay raise, offering to revert to her old pay package provided the investigation was dropped and she kept all her enhanced earnings from previous months.

4 weeks ago | law.com | Caroline Byrne

A complaint has been filed with the Canadian Judicial Council against a judge at the center of a Law Society of Ontario dispute over a near-50% pay hike for its former CEO, the latest salvo in a month-long feud that has LSO lawyers threatening to sue colleagues who speak to the media. Sam Goldstein, a Toronto-based criminal defense lawyer and LSO member, filed his complaint against Superior Court Justice Jacqueline Horvat on Sunday.

4 weeks ago | law.com | Caroline Byrne

Oceans charity Oceana U.K. is challenging Britain’s Secretary of State for Energy Security at London's High Court today arguing that the government’s decision to award dozens of fossil fuel exploration licences could threaten marine life. The press office for Ed Miliband, the former leader of the Labour Party and now Secretary of State for Energy Security, said it could not comment on ongoing legal proceedings and declined to name the lawyers representing the government in the two-day hearing.

1 month ago | law.com | Caroline Byrne

Who Got The Work J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.