Litigation

Plaintiffs Suing Medical Device Maker After Data Hack

Zoll Medical, a subsidiary of the Japanese firm Asahi Kasei Group, is facing a minimum of seven putative class actions […]

New Life For The False Claims Act

This could be a decisive year for the federal False Claims Act, with a case about the key issue of […]

No Board Liability In Executive Sexual Harassment Case At McDonald’s

A judge in Delaware’s Court of Chancery has held that the McDonald’s Board of Directors was not liable for alleged […]

“Prior Knowledge” Exclusions

Liability insurance protects the insured against claims even when the acts that gave rise to them took place before the […]

GAO Report On Litigation Funding Doesn’t Bite

A GAO report on third party litigation funding that was requested by three Republican legislators, “presumably attributable to their interest […]

DOJ and SEC Implement Data-Driven Initiative To Counter Inside Trading

On March 1 an executive of a publicly traded company was charged with insider trading violations pursuant to 10b5-1 trading […]

AI Uses In E-discovery You May Not Know About

There are several practical applications of AI technology besides predictive coding that are proven effective in streamlining e-discovery. Identification of […]

California Wants to Add Teeth to Penalties for Noncompete Clauses

California has long voided post-employment noncompete clauses under section 16600 of the California Business and Professional Code. In January of […]

Gathering “NIMBY” Storm Over Renewable Energy Siting

The siting of renewable energy infrastructure (mainly wind turbines and solar arrays) has become a contentious issue in the US, […]

Threat Of Violence Rampant In Healthcare, And OSHA May Step In

Violence directed against healthcare workers, already alarming before the COVID pandemic, has gotten worse. A post from law firm Ogletree […]

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