Risk Management

The Global Impact Of The U.S. Election

“While Donald Trump has promised a number of U.S. policy changes, a great number of them would require specific action by…

IP Licensing and Antitrust: The DOJ/FTC Guidelines

Licensing intellectual property can have an “anti-competitive” effect, but not necessarily. How does a company, whether potential plaintiff or defendant […]

Recent Scrutiny of Non-Competes

Federal and state enforcement agencies, historically, have stayed out of regulating non-compete agreements. But a recent uptick in enforcement activity […]

Standing In Data Breach Cases

Many data breach and cybersecurity cases have faltered for failure to establish concrete harm necessary to support standing, in cases […]

OSHA Inspections Down, Workplace Fatalities Up In 2016

The number of workplace inspections by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration dropped to a 20-year low in fiscal 2016, […]

U.S. Tech Giants Alarmed By EU Internet Liability Proposal

The EU proposal would require internet companies to run content filtering software that would detect copyrighted material. According to a […]

Consumer Agency Rule Would End Class Action Waivers

A proposed rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would eliminate class action litigation waivers in most financial products and […]

Cyber-Malpractice & Negligence Lawsuit Hits A Chicago Law Firm

A putative class action lawsuit has been filed against a Chicago law firm over alleged cyber vulnerabilities. Two former clients […]

Midwestern City Tops “Judicial Hellhole” List

In the annual ranking of “judicial hellholes” compiled by the American Tort Reform Association, the City of St. Louis Circuit […]

Big Retailers Hit With Deceptive Pricing Lawsuits

The unofficial term is “false reference pricing,” and it involves variations on the theme of advertising a price said to […]

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