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Large Firms

Jul. 8, 2009

Lewis Brisbois Found to Have Overbilled, Mishandled Cases

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith lost a $6 million verdict Tuesday after a jury decided the firm overbilled and improperly handled four trade secrets cases.

By Amanda Becker
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith will be paying its former client, ReadyLink Healthcare, Inc., more than $6 million in damages after a jury decided Tuesday the firm overbilled and improperly handled four trade secrets cases.

Over the course of a two-month trial, ReadyLink, a Nevada-based nursing registry that provides staffing to hospitals, alleged that Lewis Brisbois had committed legal...

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