Litigation

Franchisors Wince as Some Courts Re-Label Franchisees as Employees

The franchise community was shaken following a series of court decisions that relabeled franchisees as employees of the franchisor. Jani-King […]

The author identifies several trends in litigation that should be of concern to executives. First on his list is false […]

Commissioner of Competition v CCS Corporation, decided in May 2012, was only the sixth litigated merger in Canada’s history. In […]

Prior to the Supreme Court’s decision in MedImmune v. Genentech, courts used a “reasonable apprehension of suit” test developed by the […]

In recent years there has been a major expansion in the scope of whistleblower incentives and protections. A former banker […]

In a recent case, SEC v. Joseph F. Apuzzo, a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals made it […]

This articles addresses the litigation threat to companies whose products are inherently dangerous. By way of example, the authors consider […]

Predictive coding is a process by which attorneys review a small sample of a large volume of documents, according to […]

Technology-Assisted Review (TAR) promises to reduce the time and money it takes to produce responsive materials, using a blend of […]

Trials have become so expensive that few clients choose to go through them. A modified version of so-called “summary jury […]