Litigation

Antitrust Lawsuit Filed Against NCAA, Major Sports Conferences, in Player Pay Dispute

Current college football and basketball stars have filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA and the five major college sports […]

Musicians May Lobby To Change Royalty Regs After Manhattan Court Ruling

Musicians are likely to target decades-old government regulations over song licensing after a Manhattan Federal District Court judge declined to […]

Federal Judge Overturns Rule, Opens Door For NSA To Keep Years of Phone Data

Reversing a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ruling, a federal court has decided the NSA may keep phone records relating to […]

Better Than A Wall Street Bonus

A former J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. employee who tipped the feds that his firm was falsely certifying FHA and […]

Aereo GC Reflects, As Her Company Heads To Supreme Court

Aereo, an Internet TV streaming company, was launched in February of 2012 and immediately ran into a storm of infringement […]

Bank of America’s $8.5 Billion Settlement Will Not Be Delayed by AIG

A New York judge ruled Bank of America can move forward with its $8.5 billion settlement with private investors in connection with mortgage-backed securities that went south, leaving AIG – who filed a motion to delay judgment claiming the settlement was inadequate – no choice but to appeal.

Can Lawyers Contractually Agree to Preclude a Court From Reviewing an Arbitration Award?

A dispute between two legal firms on how to distribute an attorney fee award led the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to examine a unique question under the Federal Arbitration Act.

Playboy Exec Refuses To OK Bonus, Gets Fired, Wins $6 Million

She told the GC and outside counsel she thought there had been an attempt to circumvent internal accounting rules mandated by the SEC.

NSA Assures ABA It’s ‘Firmly Committed’ To Protecting Attorney-Client Privilege

The outgoing head of the National Security Agency sought to reassure U.S. lawyers that confidential attorney-client information collected during agency […]

In Re Halliburton: Be Careful What You Wish For

The business community has been close to unanimous in its belief that if the Supreme Court overturns the 1988 Basic […]

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