Litigation

When Cybersecurity Becomes A Securities Issue

March 13, 2018

Recent developments in securities class action litigation, and the related issue of the newly articulated SEC disclosure requirements vis a vis cybersecurity…

Do Juries Favor “Prestigious Companies” In Employment Lawsuits?

March 12, 2018

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

March 9, 2018

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

March 9, 2018

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

March 8, 2018

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

March 8, 2018

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

March 6, 2018

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

March 6, 2018

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

March 5, 2018

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

March 2, 2018

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

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