Litigation

Proposed Law Would Curtail Settlements That Set Federal Regs

Republican lawmakers from judiciary committees of both the House and Senate have introduced a law they say will put an […]

Silk Road Kingpin Found Guilty

The man accused of running the website Silk Road, a virtual black market that enabled sales of drugs and other […]

Texting And Using Personal Devices For Business

Using personal devices for business creates an indelible record, for better or worse. Should your company officially authorize the practice, […]

SCOTUS May Examine MLB Antitrust Exemption

The San Jose City Council voted unanimously to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to examine the nearly century-old Major League […]

Compliance Plans Should Reduce Risk, Not Create Liability

Tying to copy a program wholesale or cobble one together from another industry, failing to staff a program appropriately, and failing to take enforcement seriously, are among the strategies to be avoided.

8th Circuit’s Tough Stance On Class Actions

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed lower court rulings in two recent class action cases. In Powers v. […]

Responding To A Social Media Attack

When social media comment turns negative and begins to harm a business, is there anything the organization can do about? […]

SCOTUS: Trademark “Tacking” A Question For Juries

In what Baker Donselson called the Supreme Court’s “first substantive trademark opinion in a decade,” it ruled that a jury […]

FCRA Compliance Moves Up The To-do List

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is best known as the law regulating exchange of credit reports between credit bureaus […]

‘Nut Rage’ Exec Could See Three Years In Prison

South Korean prosecutors are seeking a three-year sentence for a Korean Air executive who threw a fit after being served […]

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