Yesenia Salcedo

December 21, 2007 | Inside Counsel

A federal court in El Paso, Texas, dismissed a lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. on Dec. 17 after the U.S. government decided to drop its claims against the automaker in a NAFTA record-keeping case.

By Yesenia Salcedo

2 minute read

December 19, 2007 | Inside Counsel

South Florida topped the American Tort Reform Foundation's (ATRF) annual Judicial Hellholes report for being one of the nation's most unfair and costly civil court jurisdictions.

By Yesenia Salcedo

5 minute read

December 18, 2007 | Inside Counsel

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. settled a copyright infringement lawsuit Dec. 17 with Universal Music Group.

By Yesenia Salcedo

2 minute read

December 13, 2007 | Inside Counsel

A federal judge approved a roughly $30 million judgment against eBay Inc. more than four years after a jury found the online auctioneer infringed on the patent of MercExchange.

By Yesenia Salcedo

2 minute read

December 12, 2007 | Inside Counsel

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. lost its appeal to reverse the granting of class action status to a group of about 2 million female workers with sex-bias claims--considered the largest sexual discrimination case in U.S. history.

By Yesenia Salcedo

1 minute read

December 04, 2007 | Inside Counsel

Ford Motor Co. on Nov. 28 agreed to settle a class-action suit on behalf of about 800,000 Ford Explorer owners stemming from a series of rollover accidents that involved certain models of the Explorer SUV.

By Yesenia Salcedo

2 minute read

November 30, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

There's a very small and exclusive club of GCs who have been -elevated to the role of president or CEO at major corporations: Jeff Kindler ...

By Yesenia Salcedo

3 minute read

November 30, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett announced Jan. 22 it was raising the salary for its New York-based first year associates to $160,000 from $145,000, setting off ...

By Yesenia Salcedo

1 minute read

November 30, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Since its founding in 1965, Milberg Weiss has struck the fear of God in corporate America. Its specialty was representing "wronged" investors in massive class ...

By Yesenia Salcedo

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November 30, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

General Electric Co. enjoyed a reputation as an incubator for successful future general counsel during the past 40 years--that is until one of its own ...

By Yesenia Salcedo

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