Yesenia Salcedo

February 26, 2008 | Inside Counsel

SLM Corp., known as Sallie Mae, has promoted Michael Sheehan to general counsel.Sheehan most recently was the company's lead securities lawyer on filings and disclosures ...

By Yesenia Salcedo

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February 19, 2008 | Inside Counsel

Participants in 401(k) and other retirement plans can file lawsuits claiming their individual accounts were mishandled, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Feb. 20.

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February 13, 2008 | Inside Counsel

A Texas jury on Feb. 12 found Boston Scientific Corp.'s drug-coated stents infringe a 1997 patent and awarded $432 million in damages to the patent holder.

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January 31, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

What started out as a racial discrimination lawsuit turned into a battle between plaintiffs seeking to protect the privacy of their medical and psychological records ...

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January 23, 2008 | Inside Counsel

Intellectual property fraud has risen sharply during the last ten years according to the Global Fraud Report on IP released Jan. 2 by the global risk consultancy Kroll.

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January 21, 2008 | Inside Counsel

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Jan.18 to decide whether smokers can sue tobacco companies for allegedly deceptive ad claims for light cigarettes.

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January 16, 2008 | Inside Counsel

The Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit brought by a Wal-Mart employee who alleged the retailer discriminated against her after an on-the-job accident. The court said the parties had agreed to settle the dispute but no details were released.

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January 07, 2008 | Inside Counsel

More than 90 current and former residents of Endicott, N.Y., sued IBM Jan. 3 for wrongfully and recklessly dumping toxic chemicals into the environment around the company's Endicott location, causing health problems and damaging property and the environment.

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January 01, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

When 16-year-old Samekiea Merriweather started her first job at a Burger King in Milwaukee, she didn't expect fighting off her boss' sexual advances would be ...

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December 27, 2007 | Inside Counsel

Samsung Electronics Co. has replied to a patent-infringement lawsuit filed against it by Sharp Corp. by lodging complaints of its own with the U.S. International Trade Commission and the Tokyo District Court on Dec. 21.

By Yesenia Salcedo

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