Litigation

Do Juries Favor “Prestigious Companies” In Employment Lawsuits?

Research from the Kellogg School of Management suggests the answer is yes, but only up to a point. If the […]

Employer Victories In Recent FCRA Class Actions

The Fair Credit Reporting Act addresses the use of background checks by employers. It requires that before getting a background report, the employer must get the subject’s authorization and before…..

Kobe Steel and Toyota Face US Class Action

A class action was filed in federal court, San Francisco, on March 6, alleging that Japanese companies Kobe Steel Ltd […]

Insider Trading Allegations At Coinbase

In a class action lawsuit filed March 1, plaintiffs claim employees of Bitcoin exchange Coinbase illegally profited by trading on […]

Suspended Lawyer Sues Over AA’s God-Talk

An attorney with a drug problem, citing Alcoholics Anonymous insistence on the acknowledgment of a higher power, has sued the […]

Iffy Support Animals Breeding Litigation

A legal controversy is brewing over the question of what constitutes a support or “service animal” and can thus be brought aboard aircraft and into …

Privilege Lost For “Underlying Documents” When Report Is Made Public

When a school board released a lawyer’s report about alleged sexual assaults by members of a high school basketball team, it had no desire to release the interviews and communications that…

Don’t Push Send

Every day, attorneys transmit spreadsheets, documents and PDFs, to courts and adversaries, to third parties, and to clients. Either they […]

Former IBM Diversity Exec Sued Over Non-Compete

In a suit filed in federal court in New York, IBM alleges that Lindsay-Rae McIntyre’s new position as Microsoft’s chief […]

Magic Words and Stock Prices

Last summer the share price of a biotech company named Bioptix was languishing in the below $10 range. It had […]

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