Litigation

Foreign Whistleblowers are Encountering Obstacles

About 10 percent of SEC whistleblowers were from overseas in 2011 and 2012, the majority of them from the UK […]

Managing the Risk of a Class Action

Class actions are up by 16 percent, according to a Carlton Fields survey, but there are strategies to control costs. […]

Five Tips for Deposing an Expert Witness in Patent Litigation

With preparation and planning, an effective expert deposition can turn the tide in a patent case. A prepared deposing attorney […]

Charles Schwab Sues Libor-Rate Setting Banks

Rebuffed in the Southern District of New York, Schwab has sued a slew of banks in California state court, alleging that the banks’ manipulation…

REITs Alleged as Major Corporate Tax Dodge

Some major operating companies have converted to a REIT, but with all the attention on deficits, taxes and tax fairness, Congress could take another look …

Caution Required when Using Managerial Accounting Data in Court

Managerial accounting data can be used in expert analyses conducted in at least two types of antitrust litigation: predatory pricing […]

Litigation Risk for Website and Mobile Apps Marketing

As the year 2013 began, more than 180 consumer class actions regarding the relatively common practice of companies tracking user […]

Government Knowledge Defense Against Whistleblowers

The False Claims Act allows private persons, known as “relators” or whistleblowers, to bring suit on behalf of the government […]

Competition, Cartels and Canada

Antitrust agencies in the U.S. and Canada have programs designed to encourage cartel participants to alert authorities about the existence […]

Staying Ahead on E-Discovery

Last year several opinions approving technology-assisted review (TAR) gave litigants the confidence to consider and try these technologies. First, U.S. […]

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