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Julie Beck

Julie Beck

July 17, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Survey reveals murky ethical compass on Wall Street

Labaton Sucharows second annual financial services survey, dramatically titled Wall Street in Crisis: A Perfect Storm Looming, was a confidential poll of financial professionals on issues such as regulators, ethics and workplace wrongdoing.

By Julie Beck

2 minute read

July 16, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Asiana Airlines sues California TV station for offensive names read during flight crash news report

Asiana Airlines will be suing Oakland, Calif. TV station KTVU over inaccurate and offensive names that the station read during its Friday noon broadcast as the names of the pilots of Flight 214, which crashed at San Francisco International Airport on July 6.

By Julie Beck

4 minute read

July 15, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Target sued for racially offensive training memo

Target has its tail between its legs thanks to a new lawsuit against the company which revealed the distribution of an outrageously offensive training memo full of Hispanic stereotypes.

By Julie Beck

4 minute read

July 03, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Former Olympus chairman gets suspended sentence over accounting fraud

A judge gave the former chairman of camera maker Olympus Corp., Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, a suspended sentence for the part he played in the $1.7 billion accounting fraud that nearly two years ago plunged the company into disrepute and a severe loss of market value.

By Julie Beck

3 minute read

July 02, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Roomba maker sues German companies for patent infringement

Its not exactly Rock Em Sock Em Robots, but theres a bit of a robot battle happening in Germany anyway.

By Julie Beck

2 minute read

July 01, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Apple seeks trademark for “iWatch” in Japan

If it wasnt enough that we have to watch Apple and Samsung in a knock-down, drag-out patent battle over smartphones, it looks like the two companies are both making devices that serve as wearable smartphones.

By Julie Beck

2 minute read

June 30, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

Breaking down exactly what costs are taxable under Title 28 of the U.S. Code Section 1920(4

In The Country Vintner of North Carolina v. E. & J. Gallo Winery Inc., the prevailing party, Gallo, submitted a bill to the court under Title 28 of the U.S. Code Section 1920(4), seeking to recover its e-discovery costs.

By Julie Beck

2 minute read

June 30, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

Roundup: 3rd, 11th, D.C. and Federal Circuits

3rd CircuitDelaware, New Jersey, PennsylvaniaSupreme Court’s employee test has broader reachIn a precedential decision on April 29, the 3rd Circuit…

By Julie Beck

4 minute read

June 30, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

Few e-discovery costs are taxable for prevailing parties

The 4th Circuit clarified what e-discovery costs are taxable under Title 28 of the U.S. Code Section 1920(4) in its April 29 decision in The Country Vintner of North Carolina v. E & J Gallo Winery Inc. Put bluntly, their answer was: not much.

By Julie Beck

5 minute read

June 30, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

InsideCounsel's SuperConference 2013

The energy was high at this years SuperConference.

By Julie Beck, Alanna Byrne, Cathleen Flahardy, Ashley Post

9 minute read