Litigation

Magic Words and Stock Prices

March 1, 2018

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

Patent Litigation On Contingency Basis Disappearing

March 1, 2018

An article in IP Watchdog explains the numerical decline in contingency litigation law firms, attorneys and cases filed, and the […]

Life Sciences Companies Getting Pounded By Class Actions

February 28, 2018

Last year was a record year for securities class actions, and life sciences companies were especially hard hit. There was […]

US Company Sues Venezuelan Oil Execs For Soliciting Bribes

February 26, 2018

Harvest Natural Resources, a Houston-based oil and gas company, is suing executives with Petroleos de Venezuela for demanding bribes in […]

Protective Orders in Litigation

February 26, 2018

What are the limits of public access to the courts? In this Today’s General Counsel article, attorney Cristin K. Traylor […]

$75 Ticket For Keeping Chickens, $5,600 In “Prosecution Fees”

February 22, 2018

A class-action has been filed against two CA municipalities that have “made a practice of taking residents to criminal court for exceptionally minor crimes, then charging them thousands to pay for the cost of their own prosecution,” according…

New Civil Rights Mission For DOJ

February 21, 2018

The Jeff Sessions DOJ has created a new division of the Office of Civil Rights, the Conscience and Religious Freedom […]

Why Not An “NTSB” For Cyber Attacks?

February 20, 2018

Like the NTSB when it investigates plane crashes and train accidents, the proposed agency would investigate an incident and…

When Arbitration Is Mandatory, Workers Don’t Complain

February 20, 2018

Soon the Supreme Court will decide the legality of employment contracts that require workers to arbitrate their disputes individually. Alison […]

Will “Popcorn Lung” Litigation Expand To Coffee & Vaping?

February 19, 2018

A type of litigation that targets a flavoring used in microwave popcorn may be about to branch into coffee and […]

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