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Daniel M. Wall's cruise through the Panama Canal in late January 2004 was so relaxing that it began to border on dull. Then he checked his e-mail. A message requested that he c
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New Jersey's five-year-old limited license for in-house counsel is getting a makeover, in consideration of the plight of growing numbers of lawyers laid off from corporate jobs. In an a ta
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Imagine that you represent, as outside or in-house counsel, a publicly traded corporation that has recently fallen under the specter of a government investigation. Your internal investigation has
By Thomas B. Scheffey | May 26, 2005
Two vice presidents at Fairfield, Conn.-based Competitive Technologies Inc., fired while performing business-ethics duties, are battling in an apparent first-in-the-nation standoff under the 2
By Martin C. Daks | January 16, 2007
The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down a national rent-to-own company's appeal from a N.J. ruling that permits a consumer class action to proceed against it. The justices denied a petition f
By Martin C. Daks | October 3, 2006
Despite a rising share price, a Morristown, N.J., insurer and its parent are pressing a $6 billion suit alleging that hedge funds depressed its stock price. The complaint, by Crum & Fors
By Howard W. Goldstein | May 8, 2006
Deferred prosecution agreements have been in the news recently. As commentators, including this one, have noted, since the untimely demise of Arthur Andersen following its indictment and convic
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A jury ordered a law firm to pay at least $10.8 million for dropping three small bottlers from a dispute with giant Poland Spring Water Co. in order to bring a more lucrative class action suit.
By Pamela A. MacLean | January 26, 2007
Litigation over employees blogging negatively about their jobs or bosses has been sparse, but most cases so far have come down on the side of the employer. Yet observers predict that a pro-e
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | February 1, 2006
Opening statements in the criminal trial of former Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Skilling began with a federal prosecutor telling jurors, "This case is not abo
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