Julie Beck

February 08, 2013 | Inside Counsel

A federal judge in Manhattan has ruled that a proposed gender discrimination class action against accounting firm KPMG can proceed.

By Julie Beck

8 minute read

February 07, 2013 | Inside Counsel

If there were a Ten Commandments for firm partners, were pretty sure dont steal from your clients would be one of them. And yet

By Julie Beck

4 minute read

February 06, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Things are looking up Down Under for Google.

By Julie Beck

5 minute read

February 05, 2013 | Inside Counsel

On Monday, federal authorities arrested 13 people in conjunction with an enormous international credit card fraud scheme, filled with fake identities, altered credit reports and other forms of intrigue.

By Julie Beck

3 minute read

February 04, 2013 | Inside Counsel

ConAgra Foods Inc. no longer has to worry about the holiness of its hot dogs.

By Julie Beck

3 minute read

February 01, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Test your knowledge of some of the most significantand strangestlegal events of the past month

By Julie Beck, Alanna Byrne

10 minute read

February 01, 2013 | Inside Counsel

In a lawsuit filed on Thursday, I/P Engine Inc. accused Microsoft Corp. of infringing patents in the generation of ads and related links for its Bing search engine.

By Julie Beck

4 minute read

January 29, 2013 | Inside Counsel

The U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) is suing Renco Group Inc., a private holding company, for allegedly avoiding paying the pension plans of bankrupt steel company RG Steel, in which Renco Group had a controlling interest.

By Julie Beck

1 minute read

January 28, 2013 | Inside Counsel

The infamously bankrupt Hostess Brands Inc. unloaded some of its brands earlier this month onto Flowers Foods, and is now about to receive initial bids for some of its bread brands and its Drakes snack cakes.

By Julie Beck

3 minute read

January 27, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

It's important for in-house counsel to keep a record of negotiating with unions to serve as evidence

By Julie Beck

14 minute read