Keith Ecker

April 28, 2006 | Inside Counsel

Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) reached a settlement agreement in an overtime class action suit on April 25. The Redwood City, Calif.-based company will pay $14.9 million to current and former computer programmers. The settlement awaits the approval of the Superior Court of San Mateo County, where plaintiffs filed the case...

By Keith Ecker

2 minute read

April 21, 2006 | Inside Counsel

In an en banc rehearing, the 9th Circuit upheld a ruling that Harrah's Reno casino can force its female employees to wear makeup. At the core of the decision was whether the purchase and application of makeup requires female employees to spend more time and money than male employees had...

By Keith Ecker

5 minute read

April 14, 2006 | Inside Counsel

Having completed 12 deals worth more than $81 billion, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz topped the list of legal counsel for completed mergers, according to a Global Securities Information report. The report ranked firms by the highest total transaction value of mergers and acquisitions for the first quarter of 2006....

By Keith Ecker

1 minute read

March 31, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

Todd Dean, a white man who unsuccessfully applied for employment with the fire department, sued Shreveport in 2000, alleging the department's hiring practices were racist.

By Keith Ecker

7 minute read

March 31, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

Since Congress enacted the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, lawyers have been struggling to make sense of it.

By Keith Ecker

3 minute read

March 31, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

How Much Money Should You Be Making?

By Keith Ecker

2 minute read

March 31, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

As president of the California Association of Blind Students, Bruce Sexton decided to fight what he feels is an injustice against the visually impaired.

By Keith Ecker

15 minute read

March 31, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

New e-signing solutions replace older, complex methods.

By Keith Ecker

6 minute read

March 31, 2006 | Inside Counsel

Nestled into a small conference room on the third floor of the Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel in the Union Square district of San Francisco, a gathering of about 50 in-house counsel attended "The Legal and Strategic Guide to E-Discovery" conference. The conference, which business-information provider Marcus Evans hosted, brought together...

By Keith Ecker

4 minute read

March 31, 2006 | Inside Counsel

Employers in New York must keep records verifying the age of every youthful employee, according to an amendment to the state's labor laws. According to a press release issued by Littler Mendelson, the law, which legislators enacted Dec. 15, 2005, requires employers to maintain proof of age for all employees...

By Keith Ecker

2 minute read