Litigation

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.

Microsoft Loses Third Round Of Battle Against Extra-Territorial Warrants

If an appeals court upholds a closely-watched privacy case that ordered Microsoft to hand over e-mails stored in Ireland to the U.S. government, it could have significant implications for all U.S. businesses that store customer data overseas.

Five Tips For Minimizing The Risk Of Class Actions

Compliance is the standard and irrefutable advice for avoiding class action litigation, but ShepphardMullin attorneys have put a different slant […]

Tenth Circuit: “False” Disclosure Opinions Not Actionable

The Tenth Circuit has joined a number of other circuits in affirming that a false statement in an offering document […]

Mississippi AG Defends Hack Medical ‘Expert’

Medical examiner Steven Hayne has been called to testify in thousands of Mississippi cases, though legal groups have raised major […]

Lawyers Can Use Judicial Praise In Ads, Appeals Court Rules

If a judge has glowing praise for a lawyer, that lawyer has the First Amendment right to use the endorsement […]

Barneys To Pay $525K In Racial Profiling Case

Barney’s New York has agreed to pay $525,000 to end a nine-month New York State Attorney General investigation into allegations […]

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