Brad Lakin EAST ST. LOUIS – LakinChapman lawyers whose giant class action against tax preparer H & R Block shriveled to a dispute over $102, plan to take it to trial anyway.
Two years after once-powerful Madison County attorney Lowell Thomas Lakin was sentenced to six years in prison on federal drug charges, a special prosecutor investigating a related state case continues to guard his comments.
Burke The setting of a status conference is the first action since last year in a St. Clair County class action suit against Zenith Insurance Co. brought by plaintiff chiropractor Kathleen Roche.
Lakin NEWARK, N.J. – Brad Lakin of Wood River and Paul Weiss of Chicago, who apparently resolved a public battle in 2008, waged it in secrecy this year.
Brown EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Michael Reagan has denied a motion from the LakinChapman firm to strike six affidavits and 50 exhibits H&R Block submitted after a class certification hearing.
Brown EAST ST. LOUIS – Class action lawyers complain that H&R Block Tax Services introduced new evidence in an old case, and Block's lawyers insist they did it because the class action lawyers introduced new theories.
Tom Lakin Four years after Madison County State's Attorney Bill Mudge asked for outside assistance to investigate criminal sexual assault allegations against former power broker Tom Lakin, the case remains "ongoing."
Brown EAST ST. LOUIS – Mark Brown of LakinChapman claims H&R Block Tax Services tricked customers into paying extra for "peace of mind" guarantees they didn't need, but about 100,000 customers who bought it wound up needing it.
Martin Lakin Chapman lawyers decided not to force American Family Mutual Insurance to scour 15 years of files from 11 states to identify class members in a class action.
Lakin Nearly four years after victims of alleged child sexual abuse brought a lawsuit against Thomas Lakin, they are still waiting for their claims to be decided.
Marks After securing a $100,000 settlement for members of a class action suit over mortgage interest fees, the attorneys walked away with $125,000 in fees.
Crowder Even though a potential contrarian didn't show up at a Madison County class action settlement conference, Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder didn't make approval of the roughly $100,000 settlement easy for those who did.