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Corporate Counsel

Managing corporate reputations during and after major litigation

GCs' job now too demands an increased quotient of emotional intelligence of were going to make things better and weve learned a lot and were going to be better if theyre to contribute to the real mission at hand
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

JPMorgan’s CEO gets pay bump despite 2013 legal woes

While details of the package have not been released as of yet, the move comes after the same board cut Dimons salary in half last year, dropping it to $11.5 million.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Goldman Sachs will go to court over investor fraud

U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero in New York City ruled that Goldman Sachs' dismissal of a lawsuit by investors must go to court. The ruling requires Goldman Sachs to engage in a class-action lawsuit in which the investment firm is accused of defrauding investors in shady deals occurring before the...
9 minute read

Inside Counsel

Fox's 'New Girl' faces ‘blatant plagiarism’ charges

Screenwriters Stephanie Counts and Shari Gold have accused the hot show New Girl" of stealing ideas from their pilot script. They are suing the show's creator Elizabeth Meriwether, William Morris Endeavor Entertainment LLC, executive-producer Peter Chernin, executive-producer Jacob Kasdan and Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. for plagiarism, claiming that "New Girl"...
5 minute read

Inside Counsel

Litigation: Taming the litigation beast, controlling when and how you go to trial

Companies that understand and incorporate litigation strategies into overall business plans can more easily control when and where they are drawn into court.
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

Litigation: 5 strategies and tactics to manage risk and reduce exposure

Investing time to prepare themselves and the company to proactively (not reactively) manage the litigation process before litigation ensues is of the utmost importance.
5 minute read

Inside Counsel

Litigation: Predicting <i>Colors</i> with emerging trends in arbitration clauses and class actions

Recent Supreme Court decisions have made the arbitration clause a potent weapon against class actions in many areas of the law.
10 minute read

International Edition

Ex-Cobbetts partners face multi-million pound claim from former client as adminstration extended

Former partners of collapsed law firm Cobbetts are facing a multimillion pound claim from a former client, who alleges the firm was professionally negligent and engaged in misrepresentation.
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

2nd Circuit judge grants Apple temporary delay on e-books monitor

The delay will last until a three-judge appeals panel can hear Apples case for a longer stay, which Lohier says will happen as soon as possible.
3 minute read

International Edition

Chicago outfit Jenner & Block scoping out City litigators for London launch

Chicago-headquartered Jenner & Block is looking to become the latest US outfit to set up in London, with the firm conducting a search for top English law litigators in the City.
2 minute read

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