Litigation

In Legal Disputes, Make the Most of Your Own ‘Big Data’

May 22, 2014

Many in the business, including many lawyers, don’t know it exists and may assume they have no reason to know – until the appearance of some unique dispute where it can help build a case.

North Carolina Judge Questions LegalZoom’s Right To Practice

May 22, 2014

Just two weeks after South Carolina’s Supreme Court approved LegalZoom’s business model, a North Carolina judge found there was more […]

Former Players Sue NFL For Pushing Drugs, Downplaying Side Effects

May 22, 2014

The National Football League presses its players to use drugs to mask injuries, leading many to develop addictions, 500 former […]

The Uphill Climb Continues for Privacy Class Actions: Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Claims Against Facebook, Zynga

May 20, 2014

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a decision to throw out a case in which users of a Facebook-based game claimed information on players sent to third parties violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.

Delaware Opens Door For ‘Loser Pays’ Bylaws To Suppress Shareholder Suits

May 20, 2014

The Delaware Supreme Court in a recent ruling opened the door for Delaware-incorporated companies to more easily adopt “loser pays” […]

Does the Modern Arbitration Clause Mean the Death of the Class Action?

May 20, 2014

A trio of Supreme Court decisions point to the same conclusion: A class action waiver in an arbitration agreement is […]

LinkedIn Consumer Class Action Survives Motion to Dismiss

May 20, 2014

A judge gave the green light to a class action claim filed against LinkedIn, claiming the site made false promises of additional security in promotions for its “premium” membership.

Legitimate Interests Provide No Immunity For Intentional Interference Claims

May 20, 2014

A panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found that shielding parties with an economic interest in the contract from liability “would create an undesirable lacuna in the law between the respective domains of tort and contract.”

Credit Suisse Pleads Guilty, Will Pay U.S. $2.8 Billion

May 20, 2014

Swiss giant Credit Suisse has pled guilty to criminal wrongdoing in the Justice Department’s case alleging the foreign bank aided […]

Import Trade Infractions Draw Fed Scrutiny

May 20, 2014

Active enforcement of “AD/CVD” evasion can be attributed in part to the simple fact there is more of it going […]

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