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December 05, 2006 |

N.J. High Court Weighs Corporation's Duty to Indemnify Outside Counsel

When a corporation hires outside counsel, should the lawyer be entitled to indemnification if things goes awry? It's an unsettled point of law in New Jersey, and it will be decided by the state Supreme Court. In the case at issue, the Appellate Division found that outside counsel becomes a corporate agent if he performs essentially outsourced company functions. But in oral arguments last week, at least one Supreme Court justice indicated that companies don't need to indemnify paid outside counsel.
2 minute read
October 10, 2005 |

Consumer Class Actions

Consumers do not have standing to bring false advertising suits; consequently injunctive relief has become the principal remedy in such cases. Few attorneys are willing to take on such cases on a contingency-fee basis, so litigation is often extremely expensive for plaintiffs. But state law consumer class actions are on the rise.
8 minute read
November 29, 2006 |

Securities Act Class Action: SLUSA Nixes State Jurisdiction

Mitchell A. Lowenthal, a partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton LLP, and Timothy M. Haggerty, an associate at the firm, write that SLUSA gave federal courts exclusive jurisdiction over claims brought under the Securities Act. Nevertheless, plaintiffs have continued to bring class claims under the Securities Act in state courts, arguing that SLUSA left open a loophole for class actions solely raising claims under the Securities Act.
14 minute read
October 04, 2012 |

The Subway as Savage Soapbox

In his Civil Rights and Civil Liberties column, Christopher Dunn, the associate legal director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, writes that, just last week, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority was poised to ban all advocacy ads in response to litigation brought in the Southern District of New York over the MTA's rejection of an ad that characterized Muslims as savages.
10 minute read
January 05, 2011 |

When Confidential Settlements Become Discoverable

Secrecy is often a key component to settlement negotiations, but there are occasions when confidentiality is trumped by competing legal principles or practicalities.
6 minute read
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February 26, 2004 |

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December 05, 2006 |

N.J. High Court Weighs Corporation's Duty to Indemnify Outside Counsel

When a corporation hires outside counsel, should the lawyer be entitled to indemnification if things goes awry? It's an unsettled point of law in New Jersey, and it will be decided by the state Supreme Court. In the case at issue, the Appellate Division found that outside counsel becomes a corporate agent if he performs essentially outsourced company functions. But in oral arguments last week, at least one Supreme Court justice indicated that companies don't need to indemnify paid outside counsel.
2 minute read
July 09, 2007 |

Trial set in Calif. for Latin American banana workers who claim pesticide left them sterile

LOS ANGELES AP - The pesticide was designed to kill worms infesting the roots of banana trees on Latin American plantations.But at least 5,000 agricultural workers from Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama have filed five lawsuits in this country claiming they were left sterile after being exposed in the 1970s to the pesticide known as DBCP.
4 minute read
February 25, 2013 |

Bernanke's stimulus spurring employment in housing

Consumers rely on loans to buy cars and homes, so these segments of the economy are among the most responsive to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's strategy of holding interest rates low and pressing on with bond purchases of $85 billion a month.
8 minute read
September 12, 2005 |

The next big wave to hit the Gulf Coast may be litigation

While many lawyers and bar associations are helping their Gulf Coast colleagues and others face the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, some say the next big wave to hit the region could be litigation.
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