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“Happy Birthday to You” at center of copyright suit

A universally familiar tune is the subject of an unusual copyright battle.
1 minute read

Inside Counsel

Technology: Four considerations in selecting and implementing new legal holds technology

If your legal hold management is built on Microsoft Excel or Access and Outlook and you are thinking that there must be a better way, dont worry, you are not alone.
13 minute read

International Edition

Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team of the Year: Shearman & Sterling

Shearman & Sterling was named Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team of the Year for its work advising the Dow Chemical Company on one of the largest arbitration awards ever. Dow was awarded US$2.5bn (£1.6bn) in a dispute with state-owned Kuwaiti giant Petrochemical Industries Company that drew to a close in the London High Court in March 2013. The case set new standards because of both the size of the award and the strategic interest to Dow, whose share price jumped by 4% when the tribunal's decision was revealed.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Supreme Court rules on DNA patentability

In a case that has been closely watched for years, the Supreme Court put to rest an ongoing controversy over DNA patentability.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

ABC loses bid to keep “pink slime” case in federal court

The fight over pink slime is headed back to state court, despite the best efforts of defendant ABC News.
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

ACLU sues U.S. over NSA phone logging scandal

You had to know it was coming eventually. The biggest government scandal in recent memory? There has to be a lawsuit.
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

Litigation: Investigating whistleblower complaints

Companies launch internal investigations based on information that comes from a variety of sources, including newspaper articles, government requests for information and information bubbling up from within the organization that makes its way to the legal department.
10 minute read

Inside Counsel

Eight charged in cybercrime scheme targeting banks, government

Yesterday, New Jersey federal prosecutors charged eight people involved in an international cybercrime scheme that targeted 15 financial institutions and government agencies and aimed to steal at least $15 million from U.S. customers.
5 minute read

Inside Counsel

Litigation: Two approaches to objectively evaluating the effectiveness of outside counsel

Since the early 1990s, my firm has worked on a multitude of cases addressing issues relating to litigation management, the necessity and reasonableness of attorneys fees and the ethics of hourly billing.
6 minute read

International Edition

High-profile barrister charged over role in Chris Huhne points case

High-profile barrister and recorder Constance Briscoe has been charged with intending to pervert the course of justice. Briscoe, who was suspended from the judiciary last October pending a police investigation, now faces two charges of providing inaccurate statements to the police in 2011 and 2012.
2 minute read

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