By Peter Geier | July 24, 2006
Doctors' apologies for medical mistakes may not be a cure-all for litigation, but explaining unforeseen outcomes and making early settlement offers have proven effective, say lawyers who have parti
By Mark Hamblett | August 18, 2006
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has asked New York's highest court to resolve two unsettled questions of New York law it says are important to the business and financial communities.
By Mark Fass | August 2, 2005
A Manhattan judge has enunciated the legal distinction between prostitution and paying someone to participate in sexual activity to make a pornographic film. Prostitution, as traditio
By Sheri Qualters | June 23, 2008
Cognex Corp. is a small high-tech Massachusetts public company, yet it's funded an unusual, decade-long court offense aga
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By Janet McConnaughey | February 21, 2006
A federal jury in New Orleans handed Merck & Co. a major victory on Friday, clearing the drug maker of any responsibility in the death of a 53-year-old Florida man who had a heart attack after
By Daniel Wise | December 16, 2005
Every time a Winnie-the-Pooh doll is sold, the widow and daughter of a far-sighted dealer in artistic rights will continue to receive a cut, thanks to the handiwork of intellectual property la
By Michelle Madsen | January 11, 2008
Many U.K. general counsel are yet to wake up to the full impact of the U.S.'s long-armed anti-corruption laws with one in four claiming that they have little or no relevance to non-U.S. companies.
By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown | April 14, 2006
Last year, the 10-year, $1.6 billioninformation technology outsourcingagreement between Sears, Roebuck& Co. and Computer Science Corp. (CSC)hit a major bump, resulting in talk of termination,fe
By Brent Gurney and Jessica Waters | October 10, 2006
With questions about lobbyists' influence over public officials rocking the nation's capital, an en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is poised to address the reach of the federal
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By Kristen Hays | April 4, 2006
Lawyers for former Enron Corp. chiefs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling launched their case Monday with the two men's former assistant, who said she believed a key prosecution witness lied about his
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