By Claudius O. Sokenu | March 18, 2008
On Dec. 21, 2007, in one of the rare stand-alone travel and entertainment Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the FCPA) cases, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice A hr
By Alison Frankel | January 6, 2006
All of the necessary elements of a litigation blockbuster seemed to be in place.The science was good. The defendants -- a handful of enormous pharmaceutical companies -- still deny it, but two l
By Alyson M. Palmer | September 25, 2006
Senior Judge Peter T. Fay didn't say much during the first case up for oral argument at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Sept. 15. But when the jurist did speak, he might have expre
By Leigh Jackson | July 3, 2008
Sean McGovern and his legal team at Lloyd's of London have long been used to handling international issues, given the nature of the insurance giant's impressive client base. But Lloyd's cur
By Victor M. Diaz Jr. | May 24, 2007
Before the ink was dry on the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, it was widely decried by plaintiffs attorneys and consumer groups as a blow to consumer rights and celebrated by tort reformers
By Peter Geier | February 7, 2006
A Florida state court judge has pledged to "ride herd" on alleged fraudulent silica claims, including those before him generated by a medical screening company that he said "reeks of fraud."
By Richard M. Strassberg and Yvonne M. Cristovici | June 10, 2009
Lawyers familiar with white-collar criminal investigations know well the dangers of engaging in client "proffers." A client proffer occurs when a client is interviewed directly by the
By Michael Starr and Christine M. Wilson | January 5, 2007
The culture wars are coming to a workplace near you. There was a time when religious discrimination cases arose from the claims of certain employees that their work requirements be waived or th
By Philip M. Berkowitz | May 18, 2006
Employers who are sued in Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower cases need to win in the first round. This is because a SOX whistleblower who establishes "reasonable cause" is permitted an extraordinary rem
By Beth Bar | July 20, 2007
A civil court judge has granted a default judgment against a corporation that was originally represented by an attorney but lost its "hired gun" and did not retain a substitute. In
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