Litigation

Texas Supreme Court Reaffirms A Rigorous Toxic Tort Causation Standard

Thompson & Knight attorneys look at a Texas Supreme Court decision from earlier this month, in which the court reaffirmed […]

Former GC Found Guilty Of Attempted Murder, Despite Novel Defense

Michael Farren, former GC of Xerox Corp and a White House Lawyer in both Bush Administrations, was convicted of trying […]

Avoiding Legal Problems In Product Packaging

The holidays are right around the corner as far as much of the consumer manufacturing industry is concerned. Competition will […]

House Rules Committee Opens Door For Congress To Sue Obama

After two hours of rancorous debate, the House Rules Committee voted 7-4 along party lines to allow the House to […]

July Summary Of E-Discovery Court Cases

Sidley & Austin attorneys look at July court actions and determinations regarding e-discovery. Among the highlights: The Seventh Circuit upheld […]

Tenacious Octogenarian Litigator Basks In Donald Sterling Trial Spotlight

In the legal battle between Clippers owner Donald Sterling and his wife over who has a right to control the […]

Ethically Breaking Up A Law Firm

McGuireWoods litigator Tom Spahn, a frequent speaker on ethics issues, discusses with legal technologists Sharon Nelson and Jim Calloway how […]

Top EU Court Finds Users Viewing Infringing Material Not Liable

In a landmark Internet copyright ruling last month, the Court of Justice of the European Union found that users who […]

Long-Festering FCPA Case Settles, With Legal Questions Unanswered

A last-minute settlement in a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case left unanswered some important legal questions – the parameters of […]

Pursuit of a “Smoking Gun” May Be a Recipe for Disaster

In a class action case accusing wireless cell phone companies of colluding to fix text-message prices, plaintiffs claimed that T-Mobile deleted e-mails they should have preserved, which may have made their case. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois disagreed.

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