Comments on: Coleman v. Morgan Stanley https://www.overlawyered.com/2005/05/coleman-v-morgan-stanley/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 17 Dec 2005 09:40:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Overlawyered https://www.overlawyered.com/2005/05/coleman-v-morgan-stanley/comment-page-1/#comment-1267 Sat, 17 Dec 2005 09:40:44 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=2221#comment-1267 Update: Morgan Stanley $1.5 billion verdict

The financial services firm has now filed its appeal of the mega-verdict (see May 18) awarded in a Florida court to billionaire financier Ron Perelman, who sued Morgan over its role in a 1998 deal…

]]> By: PointOfLaw Forum https://www.overlawyered.com/2005/05/coleman-v-morgan-stanley/comment-page-1/#comment-1266 Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:35:55 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=2221#comment-1266 Zealous representation: a (wordy) response to Evan Schaeffer

Evan Schaeffer has criticized the tone of a post I wrote this weekend, and deserves a response. But I need to preface it with a true story about the litigation decisions an attorney faces….

]]> By: The Common Scold https://www.overlawyered.com/2005/05/coleman-v-morgan-stanley/comment-page-1/#comment-1265 Wed, 01 Jun 2005 23:41:49 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=2221#comment-1265 PERELMAN GETS $604.3 MILLION

Matthew McCarrick at Litigation IT Solutions tipped us off to the jury verdict handed down just hours ago, awarding billionaire financier Ron Perelman $604.3 million in compensatory damages. See the story in BusinessWeek here. Morgan Stanley’s retail b…

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