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August 28, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Should Employers Consider Obesity A Protected Disability?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that more than one-third of adults in the United States are considered "obese."
7 minute read
April 26, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Can a Franchisor Have Employer Liability for Franchisee's Torts?

The hallmark of a franchise relationship is that the franchisor allows independent businesspeople to share in the good will represented by the trademarks in the distribution of goods or services.
6 minute read
November 26, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Penn is superb as 'Milk'

I really hate it when a favored punching bag turns on you and becomes, well, impossibly impressive.Such is the case with Sean Penn, whom I've beaten up for years yes, even for "Mystic River". His performances in "I Am Sam" and "All the King's Men" were tour de forces of unparalleled scenery-chewing.
4 minute read
October 01, 1999 | Law.com

Judge Dismisses Civil RICO Suit Against Aetna

A federal judge in Philadelphia dismissed a class-action RICO suit against Aetna U.S. Healthcare, brought by a group of consumers who say it lured them in with false promises of high-quality care while secretly pressuring doctors to cut costs and provide only minimum care. "A vague allegation that 'quality of care' may suffer in the future is too hypothetical an injury to confer standing," Senior U.S. District Judge John P. Fullam wrote in a tersely worded six-page memorandum and order in Maio v. Aetna Inc.
7 minute read
April 01, 1999 | Law.com

Spin Doctor, JD

Spinning the press has always been part of the job for savvy lawyers in high-profile cases. But for Covington & Burling's Charles "Rick" Rule, it's recently been pretty much the only job. At least in the Microsoft trial. Hogan & Hartson partner Christine Varney, who represents Netscape Communications Corporation, has also done her share of flakking.
3 minute read
October 12, 2012 | Legaltech News

'Garage Inventors' in California to Get Pro Bono Boost

California inventors with limited resources to pay big firm legal bills can look forward to the October 23 launch of a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office-backed pro bono patent program.
4 minute read
June 01, 1999 | Law.com

Patent Pools and Cross Licenses Draw Antitrust Scrutiny

The Department of Justice's Antitrust Division views most cross licenses and patent pools as pro-competitive, but also recognizes that cross licenses can have anticompetitive consequences, including price increases, production cutbacks and reduced innovation. This paper examines some of the issues that the DOJ is concerned about.
12 minute read
July 10, 2006 | Law.com

Miss. Judge Declines to Sanction O'Quinn, Laminack & Pirtle

A federal judge's findings about suspect diagnoses in thousands of silicosis cases in multidistrict litigation in Texas did not convince a state judge in Mississippi to sanction a Houston firm representing some plaintiffs in those cases. A dozen defendants had filed motions seeking $165,000 in sanctions from O'Quinn, Laminack & Pirtle -- now called the O'Quinn Law Firm -- for allegedly pursuing frivolous claims on behalf of clients and submitting allegedly unreliable diagnoses to support those claims.
5 minute read
August 23, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Despite pleas for leniency, lawyer sentenced to 3 years in securities fraud case

Attorney Jason Goldfarb was ordered to serve three years for being the link between insider traders and two lawyers at a law firm who stole confidential information from firm clients.
6 minute read
October 01, 2012 | Law.com

In Online Pharmacy Case, Sides Clash Over Legality of Business Model

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer is presiding over the trial of three defendants who will assert advice of counsel as part of their defense.
4 minute read

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