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December 17, 2009 |

FTC Hits Intel With Antitrust Suit

The Federal Trade Commission becomes the latest thorn in the side of the chip giant, which has already paid out nearly $3 billion this year over anticompetitive behavior.
4 minute read
July 25, 2005 |

Growing Trend: Prosecution for Workers' Injuries, Deaths

A trend is emerging in the field of white-collar crime that is unrelated to recent, well-publicized financial scandals. Local and federal prosecutors nationwide are increasingly considering criminal charges against corporations and their managers in connection with workplace injuries and deaths. And the trend is not confined to one state or region, say attorneys Stephen G. Sozio and Earnest B. Gregory.
7 minute read
September 30, 2009 |

The Leader Board

These are the Global 100 firms with the largest number of lawyers outside their home countries. RPL and PPP statistics are for each firm's most recent fiscal year. The "CAGR RPL" and "CAGR PPP" numbers represent each firm's compound annual growth rate in revenue per lawyer and profits per partner, respectively, over the past five years. The first number in the "Foreign Presence" column is the number of lawyers the firm has outside its home country; the second is the percentage of lawyers outside the home country. For statistics on additional firms, see americanlawyer.com.
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September 03, 2012 |

Understand Predictive Coding Options

Recent cases have thrust predictive coding, also referred to as computer-assisted review, into the spotlight. Reading the recent case law alone, however, will not teach in-house counsel how to evaluate whether and how to use predictive coding.
6 minute read
December 08, 2003 |

Attempts To Expand Public Nuisance Laws To Reach Products

The current fad in high-profile products litigation involves suits by government entities to recover public expenditures from product manufacturers. Thus far, those suits have focused on various allegedly "bad" (although legal) products that the government claims has contributed to public nuisances, increasing costs for such public services as medical care, police patrols, insurance and criminal prosecutions.
5 minute read
September 21, 2009 |

Plaintiffs Groups Mount Effort to Undo Supreme Court's 'Iqbal' Ruling

On May 18, the U.S. Supreme Court gave corporate defendants a gift that keeps on giving: the Iqbal decision, which has made it easier than ever for defendants to shut down lawsuits before they get to the costly discovery stage. Now, four months later, civil rights and consumer groups and trial lawyers are beginning to push back. They met last week in Washington, D.C., to lay plans for a two-pronged battle to undo what they see as a devastating blow to their lifeblood litigation.
7 minute read
August 03, 2011 |

ADP estimates U.S. companies added 114,000 workers in July

A slowdown in hiring means consumers are unlikely to boost the spending that fuels 70 percent of the economy, raising the risk the recovery may stumble.
3 minute read
February 23, 2007 |

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April 30, 2001 |

Trade Secrets Suit Against Disney, ABC Gets Second Life

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a 1998 verdict against ABC Radio Networks Inc. and Walt Disney Co. for misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of contract, finding the trial court erred in throwing out the $40 million judgment. Children's Broadcasting Corp. had accused ABC of breaching a contract to combine forces to establish a national network of radio stations providing children's programming.
4 minute read
February 20, 2004 |

The S&L Payouts That Never Came

When Charles Cooper argued and won United States v. Winstar at the Supreme Court, plaintiffs lawyers thought thrifts and investors would recover billions of dollars. The landmark 1996 ruling found the government liable for breaking contracts with savings and loan associations as regulators tried to avert the 1980s S&L fiasco. But so far, actual damage awards have fallen far short of what everyone -- even the government -- anticipated.
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