Melissa Maleske

August 13, 2007 | Inside Counsel

Corporate Board Member magazine and FTI Consulting Inc.'s seventh annual survey shows in-house counsel are spending more time on enterprise risk management.

By Melissa Maleske

5 minute read

August 10, 2007 | Inside Counsel

Health care product manufacturer Johnson & Johnson filed suit August 8 against the American Red Cross over use of the red cross emblem on licensed products like first aid kits, nail clippers and toothbrushes. Four licensing partners of the relief organization are also named in the suit. In the suit,...

By Melissa Maleske

2 minute read

August 10, 2007 | Inside Counsel

The Washington State Supreme Court ruled August 9 that the estate of a man who died of mesothelioma caused by on-the-job asbestos exposure cannot sue his former employer because the suit was filed after the company filed for bankruptcy. Roger Herring worked for subcontractors of Todd Shipyards Corp. during the...

By Melissa Maleske

2 minute read

August 08, 2007 | Inside Counsel

An Indian high court dismissed a challenge to a unique provision of Indian patent law from pharmaceutical giant Novartis International. The Basel, Switzerland-based company brought action against the Indian government after it failed to win a patent for its leukemia drug Gleevec. India's patent board ruled the drug was not...

By Melissa Maleske

5 minute read

August 08, 2007 | Inside Counsel

The California Supreme Court dismissed a class action suit against six tobacco companies. The suit alleged the companies used deceptive advertising practices to entice minors to begin smoking. Five plaintiffs sued on behalf of all California minors who "smoked one or more cigarettes in California between April 2, 1994, and...

By Melissa Maleske

2 minute read

August 03, 2007 | Inside Counsel

A district judge ruled July 27 that eBay Inc. can continue to use its "Buy it Now" feature despite having been found to have borrowed its design from another company's patent.

By Melissa Maleske

5 minute read

August 02, 2007 | Inside Counsel

At a July 23 conference, Southern District of New York Judge Lewis A. Kaplan refused to allow defense counsel for KPMG's former vice chairman of tax Richard Smith to resign from the case.

By Melissa Maleske

2 minute read

August 02, 2007 | Inside Counsel

In a 225-199 vote, Congress passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007, in effect reversing the Supreme Court's decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., which tightened the statute of limitations employees have to sue employers for pay discrimination. H.R. 2831, passed July 31, begins the...

By Melissa Maleske

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July 27, 2007 | Inside Counsel

Judge James Munley of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania declared several Hazleton, Pa., anti-immigration ordinances unconstitutional July 26. Under Hazleton's Illegal Immigration Relief Act, people renting housing were required to obtain an occupancy permit proving legal citizenship or residency. Landlords and employers could be punished...

By Melissa Maleske

2 minute read

July 27, 2007 | Inside Counsel

Global pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. Inc. promoted Kenneth Frazier to executive vice president and president of its global human health division.

By Melissa Maleske

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