Litigation

Appeals Court: More Due Process For CFIUS Determinations

Since 1988, the President has had the power to block acquisition of a U.S. company by a foreign interest on […]

North Carolina To Require Judicial Panels For Constitutional Challenges

In North Carolina, starting in September, all constitutional challenges will need to be heard by a three-judge panel appointed by […]

White House Backs Off On A Lobbyist Ban For Advisory Panels

In a guidance released last week, the Obama administration revised its position on allowing lobbyists to be members of certain […]

Macy’s Enters Corporate Criminal Plea, $950K Fine In Employee Death

Macy’s has agreed to pay a $950,000 fine and pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of corporate criminal liability […]

Shareholders Can Open The Books In A Wal-Mart Case

The Delaware Supreme Court upheld a Chancery Court decision allowing a shareholder pension fund to inspect the books, in a […]

San Jose Wants The A’s, But Needed Antitrust Claim Falls Flat

The city of San Jose’s argument that Major League Baseball not allowing the Oakland A’s to relocate there was in […]

Judge Nixes Silicon Valley Wage-Fixing Settlement As Inadequate

The proposed settlement in the Silicon Valley wage-fixing case has been rejected by a federal judge as inadequate, given plaintiffs’ […]

Business Phone Calls While Driving Could Make Employer Liable

More employers are prohibiting employees from using cell phones for work-related calls while driving and…

The State of the Law on Shifting the Costs of E-Discovery

Although some favorable case law exists, most recent decisions limit the taxation of e-discovery costs to prevailing parties for activities analogous to “exemplification” and “making copies of any materials where the copies are necessarily obtained for use in the case.”

Assessing Witness Credibility—Is it Really Just “Opinion”?

Five “credibility assessment factors” to help determine witness reliability, especially when one witness contradicts another, to help the investigator assess the degree to which a witness’s statement should be relied upon in reaching a conclusion.

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