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July 01, 2010 | The American Lawyer

A Lifetime of Litigation

Can a dead oil company still hit a gusher?
18 minute read
April 30, 2007 | Law.com

House Panel Urges Patent Bill Compromise

Lawmakers are urging the pharmaceutical and high-technology industries to compromise on a proposed patent reform bill. At a congressional hearing, Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., said the goal of legislation he introduced April 18 is to address "the inability of the current patent laws to accommodate different business models," rather than to favor one industry over another. Technology groups strongly support Berman's proposal while pharmaceutical and biotech trade groups have expressed misgivings about it.
3 minute read
February 15, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Justice Department urges Supreme Court to stop lawsuit alleging companies aided apartheid

WASHINGTON AP - The Bush administration has asked the Supreme Court to throw out a lawsuit that accuses more than 30 U.S. and European corporations of violating international law by assisting South Africa's former apartheid government.The case - three suits being considered jointly - seeks up to $400 billion in damages from corporations such as Ford Motor Co.
4 minute read
March 16, 2007 | Law.com

Act Would Create Higher Hurdles for Oil Mergers

Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., the chairman of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, introduced legislation on Wednesday that would make it harder for gasoline mergers to win antitrust approval. The Oil Industry Merger Antitrust Enforcement Act would change the current review process by demanding proof from merging parties that their transaction will not harm competition and allow the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department to block proposed mergers that do.
3 minute read
June 26, 2006 | National Law Journal

Is a second golden age of antitrust here?

New rules are being written that will fundamentally reshape competitive dynamics in ways no less significant than the breakup of Standard Oil, which was, in many ways, a smaller conceptual step than some now being considered by the courts.
10 minute read
September 27, 2007 | Law.com

Conn. Supreme Court: Employers Can Be Candid in References

The Connecticut Supreme Court is offering encouragement to former employers to speak freely. In its first holding on the issue, the court ruled that employers' comments are privileged and that workers can't sue for defamation if their former employer makes untrue statements while trying to provide a good-faith assessment. The court noted its concern over a "culture of silence" regarding references. The qualified privilege that the court applied has been recognized by at least 19 other states.
6 minute read
September 20, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Brand owners beware of social media

When Facebook announced last year that it would let users create vanity URLs for their profiles, the news touched off a frenzy among brand owners. The fear: that their good names could get hijacked amid the online land rush. "It was total mayhem," says Darren Cohen, a Reed Smith partner in New York who specializes in trademark law.
4 minute read
April 09, 2002 | Law.com

The Lions of Lobbying

Last year, California's top 10 lobby firms had combined revenue of almost $28 million, putting them on track to easily exceed the $48 million they were paid in the previous two-year reporting period. Since the 1991 passage of state legislative term limits, lobbying has moved beyond the old-boy system that was closed to outsiders. And the legislative turnover has left lobbyists as the keepers of institutional knowledge at the Capitol.
10 minute read
October 15, 1999 | Law.com

FTC Gets New Competition Czar

The Federal Trade Commission appointed Richard G. Parker as director of the Bureau of Competition. He replaces William Baer, the longest-serving competition chief in the agency's history. Parker is expected to be as aggressive as Baer. In his 20 months at the FTC, he served as Baer's point man when the nation's four largest drug wholesalers decided to merge into two giant firms. He also investigated whether Intel Corp. used its market power to stifle competition.
5 minute read
December 05, 2006 | Law.com

Bringing It All Back Home: Laura Kibbe of Pfizer

This first of four profiles of Corporate Counsel trailblazers of 2006 features Pfizer's Laura Kibbe, who's one of the few in-house attorneys to put together a crack corporate electronic discovery team. While many law departments shell out big bucks to consultants to sift through company e-mails and digital files, Kibbe hired a team of technorati and lawyers who did it themselves. It wasn't easy. But now Pfizer can call up anything its litigation opponents want -- without outsourcing.
5 minute read

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