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Julie Beck

Julie Beck

May 22, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Antitrust precedent may be set in Chinese vitamin C settlement

A groundbreaking antitrust case is taking place over something so small as a vitamin.

By Julie Beck

2 minute read

May 21, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Don’t draw male genitalia during depositions at Dunkin Donuts

Its good to stay in touch with your inner child, but a Florida attorney is perhaps too well-acquainted with his inner 13-year-old boy.

By Julie Beck

4 minute read

May 18, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Lori Elliot Jarvis named a 2012 Influential Woman of Virginia

Virginia Lawyers Weekly has named Lori Elliott Jarvis, a partner at Hunton & Williams, one of its 2012 Influential Women of Virginia.

By Julie Beck

1 minute read

May 17, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Law firm leaders expect permanent change to the industry

The times, they are achangin. For everyone, but for the legal industry in particular.

By Julie Beck

2 minute read

May 16, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Woman hit by Coca-Cola driver on cell phone awarded $24 million

A Texas jury recently awarded $24 million ($10 million in punitive damages and $14 million in actual damage) to a woman who was injured by a Coca-Cola driver talking on her cell phone.

By Julie Beck

2 minute read

May 15, 2012 | Inside Counsel

District court dismisses many of Chevron’s claims against Ecuador

The saga of Chevron carries on, with a district courts Monday announcement that it would allow the oil giant to continue with its lawsuit against the U.S. legal adviser to Ecuador, Steven Donziger.

By Julie Beck

1 minute read

May 14, 2012 | Inside Counsel

JPMorgan’s $2 billion trading loss brings efficacy of the Volcker Rule to light

As we all have probably already heard, last Thursday JPMorgan Chase lost $2 billion in trading, leaving the financial world reeling and many wondering if the Volcker Rule will have any effect at all.

By Julie Beck

3 minute read

May 11, 2012 | Inside Counsel

More law firms may end up like Dewey, Forbes says

When it comes to Dewey & LeBoeuf, weve been like gawkers driving slowly past a car crash, our morbid fascination at times overwhelming the tragedy of the long-established firms slow and painful demise.

By Julie Beck

3 minute read

May 10, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Internal investigators not protected from retaliation

No good deed goes unpunished, so they say, and thats certainly the case in Wednesdays 2nd Circuit ruling

By Julie Beck

1 minute read

May 09, 2012 | Inside Counsel

AIG fraud case cleared for trial

New Yorks fraud case against former American International Group (AIG) CEO Maurice Greenberg has been cleared for trial as of Tuesday.

By Julie Beck

3 minute read