Litigation
A district court has ruled that an employee who sues under the whistleblower provision of Dodd-Frank has no right to […]
Kentucky’s Attorney General, Jack Conway, says he won’t appeal a federal judge’s decision requiring the state to honor same-sex marriage […]
Oil giant Chevron scored a major victory this week in a decades-long case that is rooted in pollution in Ecuador’s […]
The new cybersecurity standards for critical infrastructure from the National Institute for Standards and Technology’s (NIST), developed by executive order […]
Though several Supreme Court judges agreed that making the losing side of an IP case pay attorney’s fees may be […]
The Justice Department is backing cable television providers in a Supreme Court case pitting the traditional TV business model versus […]
Employers would do well to remember that not all communications with counsel will per se be deemed protected under the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, and in conversations with outside counsel they should be explicit in stating they seek legal advice in anticipation of litigation.
Fewer wage and hour class action cases are leaving the federal court system for state courts after a 2013 Ninth Circuit ruling reduced the standard significantly.
Given the ubiquity of the Internet of Things, it’s time for information governance lawyers to rethink the data they collect and maintain – or that is collected and maintained on their behalf – and how it is stored, secured and accessed.
The whistleblower provision of The False Claims Act can result in a civil penalty of between $5,500 and $11,000 for […]
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