Alanna Byrne

May 03, 2013 | Inside Counsel

April showers may have already brought May flowers, but before we lean full-tilt into springtime, we reviewed April's most significant (or just strangest) news stories.

By Julie Beck, Alanna Byrne

13 minute read

May 03, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Its been a big week for gay rights.

By Alanna Byrne

3 minute read

May 02, 2013 | Inside Counsel

The tide may be turning in Chevron Corp.s hard-fought legal battle with a group of Ecuadorean villagers, after a Canadian judge refused on Wednesday to enforce a $19 billion judgment against the oil juggernaut.

By Alanna Byrne

4 minute read

May 01, 2013 | Inside Counsel

In the wake of a deadly factory collapse in Bangladesh, that countrys High Court ordered the seizure of assets belonging to several individuals who owned property in the ill-fated complex.

By Alanna Byrne

2 minute read

May 01, 2013 | Inside Counsel

An injured NBA player, a shy bladder and three more strange lawsuits in the news

By Alanna Byrne

9 minute read

April 30, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

Employers do not have an obligation to return employees to light duty assignments under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) before the employee can perform essential job functions, the 7th Circuit ruled in James v. Hyatt Regency Chicago.

By Alanna Byrne

16 minute read

April 30, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

When James Freeman and his former employer Pittsburgh Glass Works (PGW) selected an arbitrator to settle Freemans age discrimination claim against the company, Maureen Lally-Green topped both parties lists.

By Alanna Byrne

13 minute read

April 30, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Its been just over three years since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, but, for BP, the litigation may just be beginning.

By Alanna Byrne

4 minute read

April 29, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Bankrupt photo company Eastman Kodak Co. has reached an agreement to spin off two of its units to a group of U.K. retirees, thus settling $2.8 billion in claims from the pensioners.

By Alanna Byrne

2 minute read

April 26, 2013 | Inside Counsel

N.Y. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has dropped a claim for damages against Hank Greenberg, the former CEO of American International Group Inc. (AIG), reportedly in an effort to expedite a fraud case against the executive.

By Alanna Byrne

4 minute read