Ashley Post
March 27, 2012 | Inside Counsel
MF Global GC will testify tomorrow at House hearingTomorrow, MF Global Holdings Ltd. General Counsel Laurie Ferber will testify at a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing on the brokers bankruptcy this past October that resulted in an estimated $1.6 billion customer funds shortfall.
By Ashley Post
4 minute read
March 26, 2012 | Corporate Counsel
Costa Concordia disaster prompts changeCruise line industry responds with new safety rules, while maritime law experts propose further changes
By Ashley Post
2 minute read
March 26, 2012 | Corporate Counsel
Costa Concordia shipwreck litigation could stallCourts likely to uphold forum-selection clause in passenger tickets
By Ashley Post
6 minute read
March 26, 2012 | Corporate Counsel
CDEL celebrates lawyers making a differenceChicago non-profit connects seniors and disabled individuals with helpful attorneys
By Ashley Post
19 minute read
March 26, 2012 | Corporate Counsel
Alan Kreczko embraces challenges as GC of The HartfordKreczko went in-house after 25 years of government work
By Ashley Post
17 minute read
March 26, 2012 | Inside Counsel
McDonald’s faces two new hot-coffee lawsuitsNearly 18 years ago, 79-year-old Stella Liebeck famously sued McDonalds Corp., blaming the restaurant chain for third-degree burns she suffered when she spilled a cup of hot coffee on her lap.
By Ashley Post
2 minute read
March 23, 2012 | Inside Counsel
Foreign governments seek shares of FCPA settlementsLast week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) received a letter containing a convoluted proposal that would drastically alter the way it approaches foreign bribery cases.
By Ashley Post
2 minute read
March 22, 2012 | Inside Counsel
Judge tosses suit against New York Law School for misleading jobs dataOne lucky law school has escaped the wrath of angry graduates who slapped it with a lawsuit for allegedly misleading them about employment opportunities after graduation.
By Ashley Post
2 minute read
March 21, 2012 | Inside Counsel
Judges dismiss cases against generic-drug makers in drovesA Supreme Court ruling last year has made it impossible for plaintiffs who experience bad reactions to generic drugs to obtain legal remedies.
By Ashley Post
4 minute read
March 20, 2012 | Inside Counsel
WaMu emerges from bankruptcyJust two weeks after Lehman Bros. officially emerged from Chapter 11, another major victim of the 2008 financial crisis also has exited bankruptcy protection.
By Ashley Post
1 minute read
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