By Shannon P. Duffy | January 5, 2007
The final two defendants in a class action antitrust suit against the top manufacturers of automotive refinishing paint have agreed to pay $39 million to settle claims that they participated in a p
By Todd Nunn | January 20, 2006
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The Associated Press
By Linda A. Johnson | August 31, 2005
Beleaguered drug maker Merck & Co.'s request to postpone the next trial over its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx was turned down Monday by the New Jersey judge presiding over the case. Superior C
By Matthew Hirsch | June 5, 2007
McGuireWoods and former partner Eliot Disner aren't wasting any time before slugging it out over control of a $49 million class action against BAR/BRI, the nation's leading bar review company.
By Lisa A. Cahill | March 26, 2007
On Jan. 26, 2007, Southern District of New York Judge Robert P. Patterson Jr. filed a decision concerning waiver of the work product doctrine that is significant for lawyers practicing in the crimi
By Claire Ruckin | November 19, 2007
Twenty percent of the U.K.'s leading companies are reviewing their alternative dispute resolution (ADR) policies, according to research conducted by litigation heavyweight Herbert Smith.The
By Dan Small | September 10, 2008
The 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals' dramatic opinion in the KPMG LLP case, U.S. v. Stein, on Aug. 28, upholding the district court's dismissal of all 13 defendants, is a clear demon
Business Crimes Bulletin
By Daniel R. Alonso | May 16, 2007
The recent conviction of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former Chief of Staff to Vice President Cheney, provides another opportunity for corporate executives embroiled in government investigations to co
By John Council | December 7, 2005
In what several appellate lawyers believe is an ominous signal, the Texas Supreme Court last week heard oral argument in a rehearing of a dram shop decision the justices had handed down only 1
By Sue Reisinger | July 25, 2007
It's bad enough when your company is accused of widespread sex discrimination in a class action suit. It's even worse, however, when the plaintiff is one of your top in-house lawyers, the suit targ
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