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E-discovery and the FRCP: What will the changes mean?

Legal teams will need to continue to build their strategies to proactively account for not only the possibility of procedure change, but to be flexible in the face of growing and divergent volumes of information.
7 minute read

Inside Counsel

Credit Suisse reaches settlement with FHFA

With this news, the Swiss financial company will join the virtual whos-who of big banks that have agreed to shell out in response to government pressure provoked by mortgage issues.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

It’s time for litigation lawyers to innovate with Axcelerate5

Todays law firms need to adopt innovative ways of dealing with processes in order to keep up with the ever-changing environment and keep clients coming back.
6 minute read

Inside Counsel

SCOTUS tackles when a statement of opinion is actionable under the 1933 Act

Companies, their officers and directors, and their underwriters and auditors potentially face greater exposure in federal securities actions, including class actions, brought under the 1933 Act.
5 minute read

Inside Counsel

Breaches of exclusivity obligations can leave advertisers with little recourse

SAG-AFTRA and the industry should create a streamlined dispute resolution process for these claims that could mirror the one for pension and health allocation claims available through the Industry-Union Standing Committee.
5 minute read

Inside Counsel

Analyzing direct evidence: When an avalanche is actually a snow flurry

Quantifying how far events strayed from what was expected and/or acceptable by calculating the standard deviation of actual event outcomes gives you hard evidence of how big or small the snowfall really was.
10 minute read

Inside Counsel

Three charged with stealing inside information from M&A firm Simpson Thatcher

Three men netted $5.6 million by trading on inside information that included knowledge of Tyco Internationals plans to buy Brinks Home Security Holdings and OfficeMaxs plans to merge with Office Depot.
11 minute read

Inside Counsel

Comcast/Time Warner merger now facing scrutiny from states

Florida announced that it would join the Department of Justice in vetting whether or not the Comcast/TWC merger is legal under antitrust regulations.
5 minute read

Inside Counsel

Japanese trading company pays second FCPA penalty in three years

Marubeni stood accused of bribing high-ranking officials in Indonesia in order to secure a $118 million contract for an energy project as part of a consortium.
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

Always be closing: Strategies for a trial’s final moments

Nothing said in closing arguments should surprise the clients representatives. A good trial lawyer will have involved key client stakeholders in all decisions throughout the trial, and the closing arguments phase is no exception.
4 minute read

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