Vanessa Blum
Vanessa is ALM's Vice President of Legal Product Innovation and executive editor of Law.com Radar. Contact Vanessa at [email protected]. On Twitter: @vanessablum.
January 08, 2013 | The Recorder
Landlords Unable to Shut Down Pot Dispensary, For NowBy Vanessa Blum
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November 20, 2012 | Corporate Counsel
State, Feds Sue eBay Over Alleged Anti-Poaching PactEBay Inc. says it will fight federal and state lawsuits alleging it violated antitrust laws by entering an anti-poaching pact with software developer Intuit Inc.
By Vanessa Blum
3 minute read
May 24, 2010 | Daily Business Review
Lawyers disagree over effectiveness of class action consolidationThe Class Action Fairness Act makes it easier to shift product liability class actions from state court to federal court, where they are subject to coordinated multidistrict litigation.
By Vanessa Blum
3 minute read
May 21, 2013 | The American Lawyer
Brocade and A10 Settle on Eve of RetrialThe deal averts a new trial in the trade secrets case that produced a $112 million verdict against A10.
By Vanessa Blum
3 minute read
March 01, 2013 | Law.com
As Case Drags, Defendant in DuPont Trade Theft Case Granted BondA judge in San Francisco has set a $2 million bond for an engineer who has been held in custody for 19 months after being accused of stealing trade secrets from DuPont and selling them to China. The order is stayed pending review by the district judge overseeing the case. Walter Liew's legal team at Keker & Van Nest argued that his confinement is unreasonable and interferes with his defense.
By Vanessa Blum
2 minute read
December 26, 2012 | Law.com
$1.3 Billion Settlement Reached in Toyota Acceleration ClassBy Vanessa Blum
3 minute read
October 03, 2005 | National Law Journal
Dems Raise Brownie Points With NomineeAfter former Federal Emergency Management Agency director Michael Brown's disappointing performance leading the administration's response to Hurricane Katrina, the latest to find himself in the cross hairs of Senate Democrats is Timothy Flanigan, the president's pick for Justice Department deputy attorney general.
By Vanessa Blum
2 minute read
March 21, 2013 | The American Lawyer
Prosecutors Struggle to Avoid Technical Conundrum in DuPont Spy CaseAfter a setback, federal prosecutors are fighting to salvage their aggressive economic espionage case against four Chinese corporations accused of paying close to $30 million for stolen DuPont trade secrets.
By Vanessa Blum
3 minute read
November 13, 2012 | The American Lawyer
Winston & Strawn, Paul Hastings Fight to Repel Wave of Seating Class Actions in CaliforniaHow many lawyers does it take to sort out a 21-word employment regulation? At the bellwether class action trial that opened Tuesday against Kmart Corp. for not providing seats to cashiers, the answer was at least nine--four for the plaintiffs and five for the defense.
By Vanessa Blum
3 minute read
October 15, 2012 | The American Lawyer
Winston Takes on Solyndra's Chinese Rivals in Antitrust ComplaintSolyndra, the embattled beneficiary of more than $500 million in loans backed by the U.S. government, is seeking $1.5 billion over an alleged scheme to flood the U.S. market with below-cost solar panels.
By Vanessa Blum
2 minute read
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