Litigation

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Ex-Prosecutor Dishes Up Advice to GCs on Government Probes

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | October 19, 2007

The red flag that triggers a government investigation of a company is sometimes a whistleblower or some other complaint. But more often than not, it's just a little something in the news that doesn

The Associated Press

Jury Selection Begins in Coke Trade Secret Case

By Harry R. Weber | January 17, 2007

One hundred potential jurors filed into an Atlanta federal courtroom Tuesday for the start of the conspiracy trial of a former Coca-Cola secretary accused of stealing trade secrets from the world's

National Law Journal

Pollution Case Sparks 'Border War' Worries for Companies

By Peter Geier | December 14, 2005

A Canadian smelter in Trail, British Columbia, that triggered a seminal case in environmental law half a century ago is again the target of litigation by disgruntled American neighbors on the

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