Litigation

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 […]

Five Things You Didn’t Know about Class Action ADR

Five things you might not know about the role ADR is playing in class action litigation.

Unique Data Breach Settlement – A Sign Of Things To Come?

AvMed’s $3 million data breach class action settlement agreement with patients whose information was on unencrypted laptops stolen in 2009 likely will serve as a model for future data security class action claims.

Bank Late Payment Fees Held to be Penalties – Class Action Risk for Other Industries

The Federal Court of Australia found that late payment fees charged by a bank to its credit card customers are unlawful penalties, potentially paving the way for further class actions against businesses in other industries.

Want A Legal Challenge? Depose Justin Bieber

If you think your work day was tough, watch the recently-released video of Miami lawyer Mark DiCowden struggling through a […]

New Litigation Risk For M&A Advisors After Delaware Ruling

In a case that bodes tougher conflict standards and new litigation risks to M&A advisors, the Delaware Chancery Court last […]

Companies Getting Sued Over Employee Interrogation Techniques

A classic police interrogation technique, developed by a law professor in the 1930s, has been widely applied in the business […]

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 […]

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