Litigation

MLB Volunteers Not Employees Under FLSA, Court Rules

April 14, 2014

Volunteers who perform services for an “amusement or recreational establishment,” which operates for less than seven months of the year, […]

LinkedIn May Be Sued For Misrepresenting Security Practices, Judge Rules

April 14, 2014

A California judge who earlier had ruled that a class action could not certified against the social media site, said […]

Where To Try Hackers? Appeals Court Overturns Prison Sentence, Citing Wrong Venue

April 14, 2014

A mistake in choosing what state to try a self-described “Internet troll” who stole more than 114,000 AT&T customers’ data […]

SCOTUS Ruling Increases Private Company Risk – Imminent Need for Business Ethics Training

April 11, 2014

Private contractors working for public companies are now covered under the Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower protections, leading many to review their compliance programs with fresh eyes.

The Most Litigious NPEs in 2013

April 11, 2014

In what’s described as an effort to bring “transparency to the monetization market” and what some will no doubt call […]

Narrow Is The Gate For Workplace Gossip Policies

April 10, 2014

What some employers might consider a benign attempt to protect against hurt feelings or just harmless institutional boosterism …

Supreme Court Decisions Make Arbitration Compulsory

April 10, 2014

In a trio of decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court has outlined a mechanism that could eviscerate commercial as well as […]

Sharp Words At The Supreme Court, in CLS Bank v. Alice Case

April 10, 2014

The process described in the patent, Justice Breyer seemed to suggest, was more or less the same one his mother used when she rode herd on his checkbook.

$1 Billion Kevlar Trade Secrets Award Is Vacated

April 9, 2014

It was the second largest trade secrets award ever, writes Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe attorney Scott Lindlaw. The allegation was […]

House Committee Urges DOJ To Try Former IRS Head As A Criminal

April 9, 2014

In a rare, closed-door House Ways and Means Committee mark-up session, Republicans voted along party lines to ask the Justice […]

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