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NFL sued again over major head injuries
Former Atlanta Falcons running back Jamal Anderson and linebacker Jessie Tuggle, who helped take the "Dirty Birds" to Super Bowl XXXIII, are among 114 professional football players and their wives who sued the National Football League on Thursday as part of expanding national litigation centered around traumatic brain injuries.Debt Holders Not Liable for Tortious Interference, Chancery Court Rules
Debt holders for a cable television provider did not tortiously interfere with the company's plan to sell assets to an industry rival because their actions were spurred by a desire to protect their investment, the state Supreme Court has ruled.Justice Department Takes Stand Against 'Pay to Delay' Drug Deals
The practice is dubbed "pay to delay," or "reverse settlement." It happens when a brand-name drug company gives a generic challenger a lot of money, and the generic company agrees to keep its product off the market for a set number of years. These settlements are controversial but have been perfectly legal. Several federal appellate circuits have blessed the practice, and the DOJ under President Bush also supported it. But now, the Justice Department under President Obama is switching sides.Attacks Likely to Spur Chapter 11 Bankruptcies
Even before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, bankruptcy and insolvency practices were booming, with record Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings during the second quarter of this year. Now, with concerns of an even weaker economy, legal experts predict that bankruptcy law is moving into an unprecedented era resulting in firms raiding other firms, higher salaries for partners and brutal work schedules.E-Discovery Zero Hour Approaches
As the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure draw ever closer, "everybody is a little terrified," according to a law firm partner. Particular fear greets Rule 26(f), which requires that parties address the preservation of electronic information 21 days before their first scheduling conference. The upshot: Lawyers need to get organized and help clients corral electronic information pronto. From building "response teams" to learning to think and speak tech, the time to ramp up on e-discovery is now or never.FTC Opens Huge Trial of Chip Designer
With more than $1 billion on the line, lawyers for memory chip designer Rambus Inc. squared off against the Federal Trade Commission last week in the opening round of one of the biggest administrative proceedings in FTC history -- involving 500,000 pages of documents and 18 major law firms. The FTC has charged Rambus with abusing its intellectual property rights to illegally monopolize the market for a widely used form of computer memory.Trending Stories
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