Litigation

More Mass-Tort Cases Undermined By Plaintiff-Lawyer Corruption

Recent rulings show that some plaintiff lawyers are looking to coercion and fraud to replicate David versus Goliath mass-tort lawsuit […]

Book-Cooking Lawyers Violated Cardinal Tenet: Don’t Email Fraud Plans

In e-mails spanning nearly four years, former leaders of Dewey & LeBoeuf discussed “fake income,” “accounting tricks,” and their “clueless […]

Company Insider Can Leave, Take Business, Not Breach Fiduciary Duty

A Massachusetts court rules that a part owner and key employee of a closely held company who left and started […]

The Hacker Did It – No Coverage

Before Target, there was Sony: In 2011, more than seventy million of its user accounts were compromised in a cyber […]

No Right To Jury Trial For Dodd-Frank Whistleblowers

A district court has ruled that an employee who sues under the whistleblower provision of Dodd-Frank has no right to […]

Kentucky Gov. Will Hire Outside Counsel In Same-Sex Marriage Case

Kentucky’s Attorney General, Jack Conway, says he won’t appeal a federal judge’s decision requiring the state to honor same-sex marriage […]

Chevron Scores Win In Convoluted Pollution Case

Oil giant Chevron scored a major victory this week in a decades-long case that is rooted in pollution in Ecuador’s […]

New Fed Cybersecurity Standards Could Be Used In Class Actions

The new cybersecurity standards for critical infrastructure from the National Institute for Standards and Technology’s (NIST), developed by executive order […]

SCOTUS Debates Formula For Awarding Attorney’s Fees In IP Cases

Though several Supreme Court judges agreed that making the losing side of an IP case pay attorney’s fees may be […]

DOJ Backs Broadcasters In Supreme Court Streaming TV Copyright Case

The Justice Department is backing cable television providers in a Supreme Court case pitting the traditional TV business model versus […]

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