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By Janet McConnaughey | August 31, 2006
The $50 million compensatory damage award in a federal Vioxx case this month was "grossly excessive," and a new trial must be held to decide how much drugmaker Merck & Co. must pay a retired F
By Marcia Coyle | February 12, 2009
The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission, in joint enforcement actions, have won the second-largest penalties -- totalling $579 million -- for violation of the federal F
By Peter Geier | May 9, 2007
Name and title: John J. "Jay" Welsh, executive vice president and general counsel Age: 66 The talking cure: JAMS is the largest private alternative dispute resolu
By Wendy Davis | April 17, 2006
Sometimes, all it takes is one momentfor a case to be won or lost.A witness who charms the jury. Alawyer shown up for not knowingthe facts. Or, a courtroom demonstrationthat goes spectacularly awry
By Leigh Jackson | August 8, 2008
For Peter Wiley, the Walt Disney Co.'s European head of legal, these are interesting times. His employer, one of the most iconic companies in the world, is currently engaged in a drive to expand inter
By Michael P. Maslanka | March 4, 2009
2009 is off to a bad start for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. On Jan. 15, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did a throw down to the
By Donna Block | June 22, 2005
Two reports released last week claim that the burden of complying with the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, long a target of corporate complaints, grew still heavier in the past year, especially for s
By Shannon P. Duffy | June 8, 2007
More drama is unfolding in the high-stakes court battle between the makers of Equal and Splenda with a court filing Thursday that suggests their recent settlement may be dissolving.In the mo
By Mary E. Pivec | February 13, 2006
The prospect of defending a workplace class action inspires fear and loathing in all employers. And with good reason. Such cases threaten to divert management resources from core business activi
By Tresa Baldas | February 18, 2009
Make no mistake, it just got tougher to be an employer. Take it from the expert, Charles S. Caulkins, a management-side attorney in the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., office of Atlanta's
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