Litigation

Super-Disgorgement Ruling By An Appeals Court

In insider trading cases, the SEC can hold defendants responsible not only for their personal profits, but for money those […]

The TGC E-Discovery Survey

Slow to confront the social media conundrum; slow to adopt predictive coding…

No Protection For Whistleblower In Overseas Tax Case

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said that an employee was not engaging in protected activity when he reported a […]

Activist Nun Gets 35 Months For Nuclear Site Break-In

An octogenarian nun who, along with two other activists, broke into a U.S. nuclear weapons plant, leaving Bible quotes and […]

New Antitrust Enforcement Efforts Targeting Financial Firm Collusion

Justice Department antitrust authorities are taking a hard look at Wall Street and potential collusion in the financial industry, and […]

SEC Not Kidding about Subpoena Enforcement Actions, Obtains Coronati’s Arrest

Though the SEC is a civil, not criminal, enforcement arm, ignoring multiple subpoena requests could earn a visit from a U.S. Marshall, as investor Anthony Coronati discovered last month.

California Court Puts the Deep Freeze on Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Class Action

A group of plaintiffs were unable to meet the standards for class-action in a proposed suit against Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc. for using an artificial ingredient in some of its ice creams labeled “all natural.”

Once Again, Clapper Defeats Data Breach Class Action

The Supreme Court case Clapper v. Amnesty Intern was used, once again, to strike down a data breach class action filed by plaintiffs whose personal information had not been misused.

Judge Awards $1M To Fan Injured By Stage-Diving Rock Star

In a settlement that may make rock bands fond of flinging themselves off-stage think twice – then again, who are […]

Addressing Employment-Related Retaliation Claims

Retaliation claims can be invoked ancillary to literally hundreds of federal and state laws and in a wide variety of […]

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