Litigation

Rare Supreme Court Victory for SEC

In a ruling that will cheer the plaintiffs’ bar, the US Supreme Court in Lorenzo v. SEC  ruled that intentionally […]

Not On The Hook For Notre Dame Rebuild, Says Insurance Official

It’s going to be up to “the French state and benefactors,” an official from Lloyd’s insurer Hiscox told Reuters, and […]

Woman Hit By T-Shirt Sues Houston Astros

The mascot of the Houston Astros, named “Orbit” as homage to Houston’s space industry, was shooting t-shirts into the stands […]

McKinsey In The Crosshairs

A critic of consulting giant McKinsey, himself a billionaire and sometime McKinsey competitor, says that since it entered that business in 2001, the firm has been failing to file requried disclosures, and has thereby concealed a pattern self-dealing and conflict of interest.

Judge Flags Celebrity Divorce Firm For Excessive Fees

A law firm known for representing wealthy clients in divorce proceedings was chastised for excessive fees, in a high-profile case […]

A “Chilling Caution” On Expectation Of Privilege, From A Blackberry Case

The market analyst’s report was bad news for BlackBerry, coming shortly after the company released an updated smartphone in 2013. […]

Banks Caught In State/Federal Cannabis Conflict

Lawyers must counsel clients in the nascent industry of state-legalized cannabis that their routine business affairs violate federal law, a […]

New Employment Laws in Many States

An article on the Littler Mendelson site discusses roughly 300 new labor and employment-related bills introduced in various state legislatures […]

DLA Piper’s Big Cyber Insurance Dispute

The law firm and insurance company Hiscox are at odds over a claim by the firm for millions of dollars […]

Office Depot Settles, After FTC Alleges “PC Health Check” Scam

Office Depot and a California computer technical support company teamed up to dupe office max customers into buying computer clean-up […]

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