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Inside Counsel

Borders gift card holders are out of luck

U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter said yesterday that it would be unfair to the bankrupt companys creditors to allow the holders of gift cardsworth about $210.5 millionto pursue recoveries.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Litigation: Around the horn with the motion in limine

When a trial date approaches, litigators have their own checklists to keep track of pretrial preparations. As they go through the checklist, they may feel a little like a baseball manager filling out a lineup card.
6 minute read

International Edition

MoFo launches FCPA practice in Singapore

Morrison & Foerster (Mofo) has launched an anti-corruption practice in Singapore with the relocation of Daniel Levison from its Tokyo base. The US firm, which re-opened in the Asian city-state in January after closing in 2009, now has three full time partners in Singapore with ambitious plans to boost its capabilities there.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Supreme Court shoots down a popular class action litigation tactic

Since its inception in 2005, the Class Action Fairness Act has allowed class action defendants to transfer cases involving more than $5 million from plaintiff-friendly state court to federal court.
20 minute read

Inside Counsel

Settlement in years-long antitrust milk suit approved

Late last week, a federal judge gave the stamp of approval on a $158.6 million settlement in a long legal battle that had plagued the milk industry.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Tea Party group sues IRS

It was bound to happen. A little more than a week after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) apologized for scrutinizing conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status, a California-based Tea Party group has filed the first lawsuit against the agency.
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

Judge wants more female counsel in Mirena litigation

The New York federal judge overseeing the litigation surrounding Bayer AGs Mirena intrauterine device (IUD) has advice for plaintiffs counsel: get some women on this case.
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

Texas sues BP over Gulf oil spill

Texas has become the latest state to sue BP Plc over its role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill with a lawsuit accusing the oil company of engag[ing] in willful and wanton misconduct.
2 minute read

International Edition

Travers loses dispute with former trainee over pregnancy discrimination

Travers Smith has lost a discrimination case brought against it by a former trainee who claimed she was denied a permanent role at the firm after becoming pregnant during her final seat. Katie Tantum instructed law firm Leigh Day to launch the case in February after failing to gain a newly-qualified position in Travers' real estate department.
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

EEOC files first-ever GINA class action

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is ramping up its enforcement of a law that forbids genetic discrimination among employers.
2 minute read

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