Kristie Rearick

March 15, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

Privacy is serious business. This was made clear in the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) recent announcement that it had settled its complaint against Venmo, PayPal's peer-to-peer payment service, for misrepresentations to consumers regarding privacy and security settings.

By Erin Jane Illman and Lyndsay E. Medlin

7 minute read

March 15, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Since the 1940s, focus groups have been used to provide feedback to product sellers, television producers, governments and political candidates. Focus groups bring together a group of “ordinary people” to share their views on a topic or product.

By Mark Schultz

6 minute read

March 15, 2018 | Daily Business Review

The new wave of class action lawsuits are based largely on technical violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The FCRA, by its name alone, appears unlikely to apply to most employment contexts, but think again.

By Lanette Suarez

5 minute read

March 15, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

I saw an article recently about competency and the need for lawyers to become proficient on electronic discovery or else face disciplinary rule violations. I am an older lawyer. What should I do?

By Samuel C. Stretton

9 minute read

March 15, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a recent article, the New York Times featured the role craft brewery expansion is having on reviving formerly downtrodden commercial districts and bringing a new wave of tourism into states through locally focused trails and tours.

By Alva C. Mather

7 minute read

March 14, 2018 | Pro Mid Market

As the legal industry searches to find solutions to its historical inefficient delivery of services, corporate counsel are evaluating approaches to the engagement of outside counsel best suited to meet their legal and business needs.

By Michael A. Tanenbaum

6 minute read

March 14, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Earlier this year, a panel of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an opinion in the securities fraud action, Arkansas Teachers Retirement System v. Goldman Sachs Group, 879 F.3d 474 (2d. Cir. 2018), that provides district courts with long-overdue guidance for assessing a defendant's rebuttal evidence at the class certification stage.

By Robert L. Hickok and Gay Parks Rainville

10 minute read

March 14, 2018 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The Delaware Court of Chancery recently issued an opinion that offers useful guidance for parties seeking to draft joint venture exit provisions.

By Robert B. Little and Eric B. Pacifici

10 minute read

March 14, 2018 | Delaware Business Court Insider

In Arch Insurance v. Murdock, a D&O insurance coverage dispute, the Superior Court's complex commercial litigation division reasoned broadly to hold that, absent a contrary choice of law clause, Delaware law applies to Delaware corporations' D&O insurance policies, and that Delaware public policy does not prohibit insuring losses from insureds' breaching the fiduciary duty of loyalty through fraudulent conduct.

By K. Tyler O'Connell

6 minute read

March 14, 2018 | Daily Business Review

After years of inaction by the Department of Justice, courts have begun to address the issue of website accessibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

By Eric Boughman

5 minute read