Litigation

Narrower Insider Trading Definition Challenges Prosecutors

January 26, 2015

Prosecutors are being challenged by the newly-narrowed definition of “insider trading” put forth by an the Second Circuit Court of […]

Sheldon Silver Allegations: Medical Research Funding In Exchange For Plaintiff Leads

January 25, 2015

Sheldon Silver, the powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly, is alleged to have routed hundreds of thousands of […]

Elegant Formula For Determining Fair Use Rejected By 11th Circuit

January 21, 2015

The concept of “fair use” is hard to define, but Georgia State University made it somewhat easier with a four-part […]

How GCs Should Respond To Political Spend Disclosure Demands

January 21, 2015

Efforts by activists to force publicly-held companies to disclose their political spending have suffered some setbacks, but they aren’t going […]

Shoppers Sue Retailers For Zip Code Requests

January 21, 2015

At least 25 Massachusetts retailers who asked customers for their zip codes—a common practice to determine demographics or deduce home […]

Citizens United: Five Years, A Billion Dollars

January 21, 2015

Georgetown University law professor David Cole, writing in the New York Times Review of Books, finds the results of the […]

EU To Appeal Ruling Striking Hamas From Terror List

January 19, 2015

The European Union General Court has ruled that the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas should be removed from the terrorist list, […]

Lawyers Heroes Or Goats In Fight For Marriage Equality?

January 19, 2015

Though the issue is about marriage equality for same-sex couples, SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein says “[T]his is up to now […]

Corporate Heavyweights Target Patent Trolls

January 15, 2015

Major companies in the retail and hotel and restaurant industries have joined high-tech stalwarts like Google, Facebook and Adobe to […]

A Big Month For Anti-Corruption Enforcement

January 15, 2015

Major anti-corruption developments by way of the FCPA, and world-wide…

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