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Cell Phone Tracking Challenged
Judges are grappling with the DOJ's requests to monitor cell phone location without a warrant � and privacy advocates are alarmed.Bounty Hunter Tobacco Suit Is Thrown Out
A legal theory dreamed up by a lawyer and a law professor allowing bounty hunters to sue tobacco companies is "imaginative," but ultimately does not hold water, Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the Eastern District of New York ruled. On Friday Weinstein rejected a class action brought by four firms seeking to use a bounty provision of an amendment to the federal Medicare statute to achieve a double recovery from tobacco companies.Bimbo Bakeries Seeks Limits on Its Departing Muffin Man
The secret recipe for Thomas' English Muffins is putting to the test an unsettled legal doctrine: that you can sue someone out of fear that he might steal your trade secrets. In a highly watched trade secrets case in Pennsylvania, Bimbo Bakeries USA is going after former executive Chris Botticella -- one of fewer than 10 people in the world who know how to create "nooks and crannies" -- who allegedly told the company he was retiring when he was really taking a job with rival Hostess Brands Inc.Tobacco Suit Yields Small Punitives Award
A San Francisco jury on Wednesday returned a $250,000 punitive damage verdict against R.J. Reynolds for fraud and negligence -- a stark contrast to the more than $21 million won seven years ago for the same plaintiff, who died at age 40 after developing lung cancer. Said attorney Madelyn Chaber of Wednesday's verdict, "It needed at least another comma and a few more zeroes."THE NLJ 250 | Index of firms listed
Adams and Reese (143)Faced With Data Explosion, Law Firms Tap Temp Attorneys
To avoid being buried in piles of discovery documents, many law firms are relying more on temporary attorneys. Firms commonly bring in contract attorneys via agreements with staffing agencies -- but, increasingly, corporate clients are taking bids from agencies and guiding the selection of contract attorneys who will work with law firms, Whoever guides the hiring, the demand for temp attorneys is expected to grow: Estimates are that the electronic discovery market will rise to $2.9 billion by 2007.Trending Stories
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