Litigation

Legal Times

Lobbies Clash Over School Vending Machines

By Osita Iroegbu | May 11, 2007

Finding lawmakers with a sweet tooth was never much of a challenge for snack food makers and soda companies. They knew the score, and for years, the industries relied on the GOP to push their agend

Antitrust Officials Push for Legislation Update

By Cecile Kohrs Lindell | September 27, 2007

Antitrust officials Tuesday told lawmakers it is time to update antitrust legislation, with an aim particularly at speeding up merger reviews. Assistant Attorney General Tom Barnett also urged memb

The Corporate Counselor

Optimize Your Case Evaluations

By Louis Solomon | July 19, 2006

Perhaps one of the most important services an attorney can provide to a client is discerning the merits of a case and the likely outcomes during the course of litigation. But what is the best way t

The American Lawyer

Companies With Backdating Troubles Are Paying Astronomical Legal Fees

By Susan Beck | October 12, 2007

Perhaps no corporate scandal of recent years has created such wide-ranging troubles as the stock option backdating mess. Companies have spent untold millions on legal fees for independent investiga

The Recorder

A Paralegal's Perspective on Discovery

By Perry Brooks | December 9, 2005

We paralegals are in the story business. Through our work on legal cases, we are introduced to the skeleton of an account and must try to reconstruct the truth using the discovery process. Most

The Insurance Coverage Law Bulletin

Exploring the Option of Product Recall Insurance

By Marialuisa Gallozzi and Seth A. Tucker | October 11, 2007

In recent months, it has seemed that barely a week has gone by without the announcement of a major product recall, whether it be of pet food (tainted with a wheat gluten additive), toothpaste (cont

The Associated Press

Workers Comp GC Wants Retraction From Prosecutor

By Dale Wetzel | October 24, 2007

One of the top lawyers at North Dakota's workers compensation agency says a prosecutor defamed her when the prosecutor dismissed felony charges against two agency executives last week. Jodi

Legal Times

This Free Money Comes With Strings

By Edward T. Waters and Stacia Le Blanc | April 15, 2009

The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, signed on Feb. 17 and intended to stimulate th

The Recorder

Judge Stops Fee Pacts in Lead Paint Suit

By Matthew Hirsch | April 6, 2007

In what could lead to a major setback for affirmative litigation in California, a Santa Clara County judge has told several cities and counties they can't contract with private lawyers on a conting

Connecticut Law Tribune

GE Lawyers Challenge $12M Discrimination Award

By Thomas B. Scheffey | November 14, 2006

Last July, former General Electric Co. engineer Hemant K. Mody convinced a federal jury that the Fairfield, Conn.-based conglomerate was engaging in illegal age, race and national origin discrimina