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'Cyber-insurance' a big business
In a world of cyber attacks, insurance against breaches has generated $800 million in premiums.2008 GC Compensation Survey: Party Like It's 2001
Corporate Counsel's 2008 GC Compensation Survey shows that top legal officers at Fortune 500 companies raked it in. And that was true even for those heading the law departments at financial institutions that are reeling after the collapse of the subprime mortgage market. Once again, general counsel can thank lucrative cash bonuses that swell year after year. The average bonus jumped 17 percent, to $1.1 million. That's double the average salary. But will the good times last?Fights Over Pensions Grow, and Firms are Wading In
Employees who squirreled away portions of their paychecks for retirement only to have their plans for the future dashed by stock scandals and employer bankruptcies are boosting business for attorneys scuffling over who is to blame. The defendants are often huge publicly traded companies, either suffering or bankrupt. And whether the actions involve 401(k) plans or traditional pension plans, an increasing number of attorneys are working on cases where a company's retirement well is running low.View more book results for the query "Related Cos"
Big Tobacco Brings in Big Name
The tobacco industry has brought in some star power for the second round of the Miami class-action smokers' suit. The industry's new lead counsel is Dan Webb, a Chicago trial lawyer and former U.S. attorney from Illinois. Webb, who replaces Philadelphia lawyer Robert Heim as lead counsel, will defend the industry in the second phase, scheduled to begin Oct. 12. That phase will address whether individual plaintiffs who represent the class of an estimated 500,000 Florida smokers are entitled to damages.Daily Decision Alert: Vol. 9, No. 48 -- March 13, 2001
Jury Hears Tale of Tobacco Giant's Wealth
An economist testified Tuesday that R.J. Reynolds appeared to lowball its net worth in documents produced at the trial of a woman dying of lung cancer. Robert Johnson told the San Francisco Superior Court jury that documents filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission claimed a higher net worth. The testimony came a day after the same jury awarded $1.7 million in compensatory damages to Leslie Whiteley and her husband.After reinvention as lender of last resort, Fed faces scrutiny
When unions request grievance hearing info
Employers generally must provide unions with witness names, but not with witness statements.Trending Stories
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