Julie Beck

March 19, 2013 | Inside Counsel

State employees should keep their eyes on the Supreme Court, which has agreed to hear a case on whether they are able to sue under the 14th Amendment when alleging age discrimination.

By Julie Beck

4 minute read

March 18, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Since the financial crisis hit, it seems like its been all fraud cases all the time.

By Julie Beck

2 minute read

March 15, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Patent trolls, much like regular trolls, are known for running around making nuisances of themselves. But could they be an antitrust problem?

By Julie Beck

4 minute read

March 14, 2013 | Inside Counsel

If the courtroom was a video game, Seijiro Tomita wouldve hit the jackpot.

By Julie Beck

2 minute read

March 13, 2013 | Inside Counsel

The 2nd Circuit on Tuesday delivered disappointing news to a kosher hot dog maker, finding that its agreement with the company that runs Citi Field, home of the New York Mets, did not give it the right to sell kosher products at the field on the Jewish Sabbath.

By Julie Beck

4 minute read

March 12, 2013 | Inside Counsel

It seems impossible to believe that there wasnt a knock-down drag-out fight over who got to buy Twinkies, but Hostess Brands Inc. says that its snack cake business wont be going to auction after all.

By Julie Beck

4 minute read

March 11, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Much like the elderly patients the company is catering to, Johnson & Johnsons hips have been giving it trouble lately.

By Julie Beck

2 minute read

March 08, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Other than doctors, and possibly media workers with unreasonably large New York apartments, few professions are quite as attractive to scriptwriters as lawyers.

By Julie Beck, Alanna Byrne

10 minute read

March 08, 2013 | Inside Counsel

If youve been on a subway or an airplane or a college campus recently, chances are youve seen someone wearing Beats By Dr. Dre headphones

By Julie Beck

2 minute read

March 07, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Its basically a given that one day we shall all cede our fates to robots, those mechanical masterminds of our own creation, when they inevitably surpass us in both strength and smarts, and we are either overthrown or pampered into a state of disgusting inactivity, confined to chairs like in...

By Julie Beck

4 minute read