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February 24, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Understanding 'Watson' and the Age of Analytics

IBM isn't saying much about the technical side of things, except that the company built the computer 'on commercially available POWER7 systems [which] ensures the acceleration of businesses adopting workload optimized systems in industries where knowledge acquisition and analytics are important.'
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November 02, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Copyright Troll Righthaven Faces Possible Asset Seizure

Wayne Hoehn, one of the defendants that Righthaven has unsuccessfully sued for copyright infringement, has asked a Las Vegas federal district court judge to allow him to seize Righthaven's assets in order to enforce a judgment he won in August.
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March 01, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Questions and Answers / Richard Baer

Keep Your Change: The GC of Qwest Communications explains why he isn't switching to alternative fee deals.
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October 01, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

And What If? (Part Two)

...should Lehman have been allowed to fail?
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October 16, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Cox GC: Steel Business Is Hard Work, Law Is Fun

Mark Padilla remembers vividly the exact defining moment when he decided to become a lawyer. He was welding in Iowa in 20 degrees below zero weather, and he thought, "I've got to find a better way to make a living." Now, as GC of Cox Communications, he says the practice of law is not as hard as the steel business. "You're sitting in a leather chair in an air conditioned office. You've got a pencil in your hand. It's like I've died and gone to heaven."
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May 01, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

NLRB GC Lafe Solomon Holds Forth at NYC Event

In "A Conversation with Lafe Solomon: Just Keeping the NLRB Current?", the National Labor Relations Board's acting general counsel said that while he's certainly been active, his agency is reactive, not proactive.
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June 23, 2008 | Law.com

Putting It All Together

The Stolt-Nielsen antitrust case opened the widest window yet into the secret wheeling and dealing that goes on between the U.S. Department of Justice and a corporation seeking amnesty. This opening occurred when both sides allowed their lawyers -- John Nannes for Stolt and Deputy Assistant Attorney General James Griffin for the government -- to testify in open court about how they reached the agreement.
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June 12, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Ruling Makes Bankruptcy Suits Harder

A recent Delaware Supreme Court decision may have undermined cases against directors and officers of companies for actions they take just before they file for bankruptcy, such as increasing the company's debt or signing major contracts with creditors. The court ruled in May that creditors of a Delaware corporation that is insolvent or in the "zone of insolvency" have no right to assert direct claims for breach of fiduciary duty against its directors.
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August 17, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Forget You, DoJ: Kickbacks Case Against J&J Subsidiary Revived

Lawyers for Michael Duxbury, a onetime regional sales manager for the blockbuster anemia drug Procrit, estimate that his False Claims Act case against the Johnson & Johnson Ortho Biotech Products subsidiary is worth at least $3 billion, and possibly as much as $10 billion.
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December 16, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

Are FLSA Suits Too-Lucrative Labors for Plaintiffs Attorneys?

A federal suit in Florida by a worker seeking overtime pay from a former employer has prompted a heated debate among labor and employment lawyers -- the latest flare-up in a politically charged battle surrounding overtime suits brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Some attorneys who represent employers say plaintiffs attorneys are seeking small dollar amounts that require little litigation beyond filing a claim, and then trying to obtain fees ranging into tens of thousands of dollars.
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