Litigation

The Legal Intelligencer

Wal-Mart Hit With $78.5M Verdict in Pa. Break-Time Class Action

By Asher Hawkins | October 16, 2006

By and large agreeing with the plaintiffs' suggestions on damages, a Philadelphia jury has awarded nearly $78.5 million to a class of some 186,000 current and former employees of Pennsylvania W

Technology Raises IP Issues for Library GC

By Susan Hansen | September 4, 2007

When Robert Vanni took the general counsel's job at the New York Public Library 20 years ago, the world was still discovering the wonders of the fax machine. The Internet and such innovations as e-

The Associated Press

Jury Convicts NYSE Specialist, Judge Expresses Doubts About Evidence

By Larry Neumeister | October 27, 2006

A former New York Stock Exchange specialist who once oversaw all trading in General Electric Co. stock was convicted Thursday of securities fraud, but the trial judge immediately expressed doubts a

National Law Journal

Business Judgment Rule and Preservation Trigger

By Kevin F. Brady and Matthew M. Greenberg | March 27, 2007

In today's business world, corporate directors are involved in many complicated decisions and, for the most part, if a decision (and the board's decision-making process) is adequate, even if ultima

National Law Journal

How to Structure 363 Sales of Assets in Bankruptcy

By Amanda Bronstad | August 5, 2009

As the recession continues, more businesses are being forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In many cases, the bankruptcies are liquidations, not reorganizations, said Robbin Itk

New York Law Journal

Maddened by Makeup

By Judith A. Moldover | August 25, 2006

Lipstick, mascara, face powder.Of such things is litigationmade. DarleneJespersen, a female bartenderat Harrah's, who was dischargedfor refusing to wear makeupin accordance with h

Litigating Against the SEC Is a Real Option

By David B. Bayless | February 15, 2007

I've previously argued that individuals should consider litigating against the SEC. But in early December 2006, the SEC's nationwide head of enforcement, Linda Chatman Thomsen, publicly touted

The Recorder

McKesson Jury Holds Fate of Former GC

By Justin Scheck | November 2, 2006

Being an in-house lawyer used to be considered a good job. Steady pay, fewer hours and no pressure to bring in new clients made general counsel jobs desirable for attorneys who cared about things o

Daily Report Online

Lawyers: Need for In-House Malpractice Insurance Grows

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | September 26, 2008

With a new corporate failure or takeover in the news almost daily, this might be the time for in-house lawyers to think about liability insurance. "It would be a little naive if we did

Legal Times

Could SOX Fall?

By Alexia Garamfalvi | January 4, 2007

The new Congress convening this month may be more willing to tinker with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act than the pr