Alex Vorro

March 02, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Say hello to the tip of the iceberg. Eastman Kodak Co. yesterday announced the proposed sale of its KODAK Gallery photo services website to online personal photo publishing service Shutterfly Inc. for $23.8 million. The sale is one of the first steps along Kodaks arduous path to climbing out of...

By Alex Vorro

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March 01, 2012 | Inside Counsel

The guard has changed at Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America. The insurer announced yesterday that it has promoted Gretchen Cepek to the general counsel post, which went into effect late last month.

By Alex Vorro

2 minute read

February 29, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Technology can help eliminate risky and costly records

By Alex Vorro

5 minute read

February 29, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Wage law not a fundamental public policy; Employers not liable for employees' off-the-clock work; Decision aids plaintiffs alleging trade secret misappropriation; Employee's "primary duty" is a question of fact, not law

By Alex Vorro

4 minute read

February 29, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Provincial rules provide a wrinkle for franchises looking to expand to Canada

By Alex Vorro

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February 29, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Changes are afoot at the Pro Bono Partnership. The organization, which is dedicated to providing business and transactional legal services to non-profits serving disadvantaged people in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York, announced yesterday that it elected Mark Nordstrom chairman of its board of directors.

By Alex Vorro

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February 28, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Cue the jangling spurs, wind-tossed duster and squint-eyed man reaching for his pistola new sheriff just stepped into town and is ready to keep the peace. Californias Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) Division of Labor Standards Enforcement yesterday announced the formation of a new group that will have its eye...

By Alex Vorro

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February 27, 2012 | Inside Counsel

The vitriol is revving up in New York, as a 2nd Circuit panel had an 80-minute hearing last Friday over whether Porsche Automobile Holdings SE illegally bought nearly all available shares of fellow automaker Volkswagen AG in 2008.

By Alex Vorro

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February 24, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Good news for GlaxoSmithKline Plc. (GSK) U.S. District Judge Joel Pisano ruled yesterday that the pharmaceutical giant has the right to sell an authorized copy of its anti-depressant, Paxil CR, to Canadian pharmaceutical company Apotex Inc.

By Alex Vorro

2 minute read

February 23, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Just wait until Linsanity fully takes root in ChinaHis Airness will be all but forgotten. But until then, Michael Jordan has a battle his hands worse than fighting the flu in Game 5 against the Utah Jazz in 1997.

By Alex Vorro

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