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Corporate Counsel

Pre-IPO Compliance Advice for Lyft, Slack, Airbnb and Levi's

As avid users of these services and products, we want these companies to succeed. In the last couple of years, we've been involved with over a half dozen tech company acquisitions and building up their compliance programs.
8 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Lawsuit: 3M's Defective Ear Plugs Caused Hearing Loss in Military Service Members

Connecticut veteran Jonathan Frew has sued 3M, claiming the manufacturer made defective earplugs that left him with severe hearing problems.
3 minute read

Law.com

Critical Mass: Students Turn to Class Actions in College Admissions Scandal. Plus: Boeing's 737 Max Troubles May Be Just Taking Off

Two Stanford students have filed a cause of action saying their degrees have been devalued because the university was targeted the in the admissions fraud scheme. And a rejected student is seeking $5 billion in a suit against the alleged scammers.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Kia, Hyundai Face Deep Litigation Exposure Over Hundreds of Car Fires

As an investigation into car fires by Korean automakers Kia and Hyundai begins to take course, legal experts say that probe could determine these companies' exposure to civil litigation.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Strategies for Risk Mitigation in Production and Distribution of IoT Devices

The Internet of Things (IoT) has introduced the world to a legion of so-called “smart” devices that drive an increasingly connected consumer to a global network of information and data.
8 minute read

Legaltech News

The New Mobile? Augmented and Virtual Reality Tech Ready for Its Moment

A new report from Perkins Coie and the XR Association found optimism from the technology industry about AR and VR's investment and market growth.
5 minute read

The Recorder

9th Circuit Takes Up Challenge to Alsup's Bar on Pre-Certification Class Settlement

U.S. District Judge William Alsup has defended his pretrial orders in a case against Logitech Inc. that prevent lawyers from engaging in settlement talks prior to class certification.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'Bringing Light' or 'Remarkably One-Sided'? House Panel Takes Up Talc Safety

Testifying at Tuesday's hearing was a plaintiffs expert in the talcum powder multidistrict litigation against Johnson & Johnson, and the son of an ovarian cancer victim whose husband won a $72 million verdict against J&J.
6 minute read

Law.com

Critical Mass: Congress Eyes FDA Regulation of Talc Products. Plus, SF Jury Mulls Case Over Weedkiller

Johnson & Johnson executives did not appear before the subcommittee looking into the alleged link between talc products and cancer, but the company was an obvious focus of the hearing
5 minute read

Law.com

House Panel Takes Up Talc Safety

Testifying at Tuesday's hearing was a plaintiffs expert in the talcum powder multidistrict litigation against Johnson & Johnson, and the son of an ovarian cancer victim whose husband won a $72 million verdict against J&J.
6 minute read

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