Litigation

The Recorder

Wet Blankets: GCs Don't Waiver

By Zusha Elinson | June 9, 2008

Earlier this year, Bookham Inc. began working with a big national firm on a legal matter. Things went swimmingly for a week or two until the firm asked, as part of its engagement letter, for a

The Associated Press

Judge Adds $3.3M to Verdict Against Ford Motor

January 9, 2007

A federal judge added more than $3.3 million in interest to a $15 million verdict a jury awarded to a Tulsa, Okla., couple whose son was killed in a 2003 traffic accident.U.S. Chief District

The American Lawyer

Family Feud

By Vanessa Blum | May 1, 2013

Two prominent San Francisco antitrust attorneys, Joseph M. Alioto of Alioto Law Firm and Francis Scarpulla of Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason, are bitterly feuding over their share of fees

The Recorder

Yahoo Fights In-House Bias Claim

By Zusha Elinson | February 18, 2009

A discrimination complaint threw a harsh light on Yahoo's legal department, and two years later, the case remains one of the Internet giant's ongoing struggles. One of its own lawyers -- a b

New York Law Journal

Advance Notice Bylaws: Lessons From Recent Cases

By David A. Katz and Laura A. McIntosh | May 23, 2008

The advance notice bylaw, a corporate housekeeping tool with potentially powerful effects, has come under the spotlight in several recent Delaware cases. These cases provide sobering reminders

New Jersey Law Journal

Delegates Pass Measure to Shield Experts' Drafts From Discovery

By Lisa Brennan | August 15, 2006

In the closest tally of its annual meeting in Honolulu, the American Bar Association decided Aug. 7 to push for a federal rule change to protect expert draft reports from discovery. After vi

The Associated Press

$3M Awarded in Suit Over Asbestos in Industrial Talc

By Jeffrey Gold | November 20, 2006

A jury in Newark, N.J., has awarded $3 million to a woman who claimed her husband, a potter, died because he contracted a fatal disease from asbestos fibers inhaled while working with a material he

New York Law Journal

District Court Takes 'Fluid' Approach on Damages in Tobacco Class Action

By Philip E. Karmel and Peter R. Paden | January 4, 2007

On Sept. 25, 2006, Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York A HREF="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1159347927383" class="linelink" t

Net Worth of Successor is Relevant to Punitive Damages

By Asher Hawkins | March 16, 2006

The net worth of a successor corporation is relevant to the issue of punitive damages, even though the alleged outrageous conduct was performed by a predecessor, a northeastern Pennsylvania judge h

National Law Journal

SEC's Use of Private Counsel Raises New Issues

By Pamela A. MacLean | December 30, 2005

For at least 30 years, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has relied on private lawyers for some corporate misconduct investigations and for protection of the assets of firms already