Cathleen Flahardy

December 31, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

A few years ago, my husband and I left our convenient life in the city and headed eight miles west, to the suburbs. It was a tough decision.

By Cathleen Flahardy

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December 31, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Boy, 10, pinned between two vehicles after drunken driver slams into row of parked cars later dies in hospital.

By Cathleen Flahardy

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December 23, 2011 | Inside Counsel

Amid its ongoing phone-hacking inquiry, News Corp. is looking to bring on a new general counsel, Bloomberg reported earlier today.

By Cathleen Flahardy

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December 22, 2011 | Inside Counsel

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced yesterday that it has reached a settlement with Bank of America (BofA) over charges that Countrywide Financial, which BofA purchased in 2008, discriminated against certain borrowers during the housing boom.

By Cathleen Flahardy

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December 21, 2011 | Inside Counsel

Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote appointed Seattle-based lawyer Steve Berman as lead counsel in multiple ongoing antitrust lawsuits against some major publishers and Apple.

By Cathleen Flahardy

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December 20, 2011 | Inside Counsel

Its official. AT&T has dropped its bid to acquire T-Mobile USA, which is owned by Germany-based Deutsche Telekom AG.

By Cathleen Flahardy

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December 19, 2011 | Inside Counsel

Daniel Ruettiger, the persistent young man who, despite his small stature, made his way onto the Notre Dame football team in the 1970san event that eventually inspired the movie Rudyhas found himself in trouble with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

By Cathleen Flahardy

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December 16, 2011 | Inside Counsel

This week, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) called for a nationwide ban on the use of mobile devicessuch as cell phones and Blackberryswhile driving.

By Cathleen Flahardy

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December 15, 2011 | Inside Counsel

Securities class action lawyers are having a bad year, according to a NERA Economic Consultings year-end report.

By Cathleen Flahardy

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December 14, 2011 | Inside Counsel

For the first time since a wrench had been thrown into AT&Ts plan to acquire T-Mobile, the communications giant is considering scrapping the whole $39 billion idea.

By Cathleen Flahardy

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