Alanna Byrne

October 24, 2012 | Inside Counsel

The trustees overseeing the liquidation of MF Global have one less thing to worry about, after a judge dismissed a wrongful termination suit filed by a group of the bankrupt brokerages former employees.

By Alanna Byrne

5 minute read

October 24, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Charting some of the most recent GC and in-house appointments

By Alanna Byrne

16 minute read

October 23, 2012 | Inside Counsel

In the midst of a recession, cost-cutting is a top priority for many corporate legal departments. And general counsel looking to pinch pennies have turned their attention to outside legal spending, namely bills from their law firm partners, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Monday.

By Alanna Byrne

2 minute read

October 22, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Truth was much, much stranger than fiction for the producers trying to mount a Broadway production based on the novel Rebecca, according to a $100 million fraud lawsuit they filed Friday.

By Alanna Byrne

3 minute read

October 19, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Chevron Corp.s long-running litigation against a group of Ecuadorean plaintiffs is heating up this week.

By Alanna Byrne

2 minute read

October 19, 2012 | Inside Counsel

From legal salary discrepancies to Douglas Arnstens sentencing, an inside look at the numbers that count

By Alanna Byrne

11 minute read

October 18, 2012 | Inside Counsel

U.S. courts havent been overly kind to Samsung Electronics Co. in its patent battle with Apple Inc., but the Korean tech company is having better luck across the pond, where a three-judge panel in Londons High Court upheld an earlier judges ruling that its tablet computers do not infringe the...

By Alanna Byrne

3 minute read

October 17, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Monsanto Corp. is no stranger to the legal system. But the agriculture giant is now headed to the highest courtroom in the land, after the Supreme Court announced earlier this month that it will review a case involving the companys patented seeds.

By Alanna Byrne

4 minute read

October 17, 2012 | Inside Counsel

A grandma loses her parking spot, a bachelor party turns violent and four more strange lawsuits in the news

By Alanna Byrne

11 minute read

October 16, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Washington D.C.-based law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld announced Monday that it has chosen litigator Kim Koopersmith as its chairperson, making her the first woman to hold the position.

By Alanna Byrne

2 minute read