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December 06, 2012 |

Find the Weakest Software Link Before Hackers Do

Does your risk management plan include vendor-supplied software and applications? Judy Selby, partner at Baker & Hostetler, says that every outsourced application represents a data breach risk — deal with it.
6 minute read
October 12, 2011 |

Dish and Disney Duel Over Contract Rights to Valuable Channels

Attorneys traded opening arguments yesterday in a lawsuit over television licensing, in which Dish Network argues that a series of contracts gave it the rights to four high-definition channels, a claim the media conglomerate rejects.
4 minute read
March 14, 2013 |

Charity probe to next focus on campaign money

The next phase of an investigation into a veterans charity accused of being a front for a $300 million gambling operation will focus on the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on lobbying and campaigns donations.
10 minute read
August 01, 2009 |

On the Job: Moves

Family Dollar makes a fresh deal on a top in-house counsel.
12 minute read
February 15, 2011 |

Chevron fined $9.5 billion in Ecuador environmental contamination case

An Ecuadorean judge ruled Monday in an epic environmental case that Chevron Corp. was responsible for oil drilling contamination in a wide swath of Ecuador's northern jungle and ordered the oil giant to pay $9.5 billion in damages and cleanup costs.The amount - $8.6 billion plus a legally mandated 10 percent reparations fee - was far below the $27.
7 minute read
May 09, 2011 |

Judge Dismisses JPMorgan Suit Over Rescission of Mortgage Loan Insurance

In a blow to mortgage lenders, a U.S. judge in Newark throws out a suit by JPMorgan Chase Bank that challenged a mortgage insurer's right to unilaterally rescind coverage for almost 2,000 mortgage loans for alleged submission of misleading information.
4 minute read
November 22, 2004 |

Court Secrecy Practices at Center of Drug Boss's 11th Circuit Appeal

In a case being closely watched by civil libertarians, journalists and the criminal defense bar, lawyers for convicted Colombian narcotics boss Fabio Ochoa have attacked his 2003 conviction partly on the grounds of federal court secrecy practices. A key issue in last week's oral arguments before the 11th Circuit was the constitutionality of "super-sealed" court documents that federal judges in Florida and Atlanta have used to hide the existence of some civil and criminal court cases.
6 minute read
August 31, 2009 |

Commentary: Marketing Is Key to a Healthy Practice

Today, more than ever, marketing planning is essential to every lawyer in private practice — whether you are a first-year associate, a junior partner or a managing partner, says Kimberly Alford Rice.
9 minute read
February 23, 2006 |

Scandal Blogging: Grappling with Greymail and Warrantless Wiretapping

In the blogosphere, the world of online Web logs, anyone with a connection to the Internet can create a blog and post their uncensored thoughts on any conceivable topic or discipline. A large corner of this vast electronic embodiment of the marketplace of ideas is staked out by legal and political blogs, where former and practicing attorneys, law professors, students and laymen with an interest in law or politics sound off on a wide range of current events and issues.
7 minute read
February 28, 2011 |

Prisoners May Recover Legal Fees if Suit Prompted Change in Conditions

For the second time in two months, a state appeals court has allowed civil rights plaintiffs to attempt to recover legal fees in a suit rendered moot by a change in the government behavior that prompted it.
5 minute read

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