Julie Beck

June 28, 2013 | Inside Counsel

As June draw to a close, it's that time again: Time to look back at some of the biggest, or just weridest, legal stories of the past month.

By Julie Beck, Alanna Byrne

32 minute read

June 28, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Boston carpenter Richard Houpert is suing Adam Sandlers movie production company over injuries he sustained while working on the set of Sandlers film Thats My Boy.

By Julie Beck

3 minute read

June 27, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Are you getting tired of hearing about the Apple/Samsung patent battle? Turns out, so is the court.

By Julie Beck

4 minute read

June 26, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Samsung and Apple continue to trade jabs in their ongoing worldwide patent fistfight, but Japans most recent ruling gave Samsung the upper hand.

By Julie Beck

4 minute read

June 25, 2013 | Inside Counsel

The biggest listed cigarette maker in Asia, Japan Tobacco Inc., said today that it filed a lawsuit against the government of Thailand on June 19, combatting Thailands intention to require larger health warnings on cigarette packaging.

By Julie Beck

2 minute read

June 25, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Murkier than the black market, the gray market involves the sale of lower-priced foreign versions of goods imported to the U.S.

By Julie Beck, Steven Seidenberg

7 minute read

June 24, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Though the dust from the shocking bankruptcy of Dewey & LeBoeuf has pretty much settled at this point, the legal industry is far from stable, as demonstrated by a hefty round of layoffs announced today at Weil, Gotshal & Manges.

By Julie Beck

2 minute read

June 21, 2013 | Inside Counsel

The U.K.s overseer of data privacy, the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) announced today that it has ordered Google to destroy user data it collected during its Street View mapping project, or the regulator will bring criminal proceedings.

By Julie Beck

4 minute read

June 20, 2013 | Inside Counsel

A flight attendant who was onboard a 2010 Qantas Airways flight on which an engine exploded is suing the engines manufacturer, Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc, claiming psychological damage.

By Julie Beck

2 minute read

June 18, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Chocolate is delicious; price-fixing, a little less so.

By Julie Beck

2 minute read