Risk Management

Antitrust Issues With Joint Ventures

Joint ventures between big horizontal competitors are allowed, even though at first glance they might seem to violate antitrust laws. […]

Appeals Court Backs Obama’s Carbon Accounting

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected an industry attempt to overturn Obama administration math assumptions regarding the “social […]

Don’t Let “Shadow IT” Take Hold In The Legal Department

“Employees are now becoming empowered to take workplace technology adoption into their own hands,” writes Wafik Guirgis in Today’s General […]

Massive Negligence Suits Threaten Pricewaterhouse

PricewaterhouseCoopers is having to defend against negligent audit allegations in three major U.S. lawsuits, including one in Florida state court […]

Yale, M.I.T. & NYU Retirement Funds Gouge Employees, Say Plaintiffs

A plaintiff lawyer who has successfully targeted corporations for failing to properly administer employee retirement plans is now going after […]

Is Dissing Hillary At Work “Sexual Harassment”?

What people can say at work without it being labeled as harassment has become a contentious issue and the subject […]

Sharp Increase In Securities Class Actions

The number of securities class action lawsuits this year is on track to be more than double the annual numbers […]

Information Governance Can Make Data an Asset

Failure to preserve relevant data in anticipation of litigation can result in sanctions, but over-preservation can also be…

Russian Hackers Wanted To Get Caught, Says Security Firm

According to cybersecurity firm FireEye, which is said to have been monitoring “Kremlin- sponsored” hacking groups for years, the DNC […]

Non-Competes For Sandwich Makers Draws An AG Lawsuit

The Illinois attorney general has filed a putative class action against Jimmy John’s, claiming the restaurant chain requires low-wage workers […]

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