Litigation

Your Tattoo Can Be Someone Else’s IP

August 30, 2016

Could a court force removal? Probably not. But limiting activity that could be construed as “a commercial endeavor” is another […]

Employer Groups Balk At OSHA Drug-Test Limits After Accidents

August 30, 2016

In a lawsuit filed in the Northern District of Texas, several employer groups have sued OSHA over the drug policy […]

How An Executive Becomes An Enforcement Target

August 29, 2016

Recent precedents and government investigations that implicate individual corporate executives, including a Fifth Circuit ruling that…

Judge Tosses Deception Suit vs Starbucks

August 26, 2016

Children, the judge said, figure out that if you get a drink without ice, you get more of the drink…

Retirement Plan Sponsors Getting Sued Over Too Much Choice

August 25, 2016

Over the last several decades, “choice” has taken its place alongside Mother and apple pie…

How An In-House Lawyer Prevailed After A Privilege Challenge

August 24, 2016

It took a “methodical, well-crafted affidavit” to do it, but an in-house lawyer after being challenged was able to convince […]

Practical Proportionality Through Science

August 23, 2016

The change to Rule 26(b) in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure emphasizes proportionality in discovery by elevating existing language […]

Do In-House Legal Departments Abet Sexual Harassment?

August 23, 2016

“When you’re dealing with a high-level executive like Ailes, there’s a tendency to…

Why The 8th Circuit Threw Out A Whistleblower Claim

August 22, 2016

If you’re going to blow the whistle, you need to be sure there’s been a foul. Such was the message […]

Wine Fraudster Spent Investor Money On Fast Cars, Golf

August 22, 2016

John E. Fox ran a Ponzi scheme telling investors they were buying wine futures, when instead Fox was spending more […]

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