May 22, 2012 | Inside Counsel
Antitrust precedent may be set in Chinese vitamin C settlementA 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 DonutsIts 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 VirginiaVirginia 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 industryThe 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 millionA 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 EcuadorThe 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 lightAs 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 saysWhen 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 retaliationNo 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 trialNew 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
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