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Jury orders Best Buy to pay $27 million to software startup TechForward

Consumer electronics Goliath Best Buy Inc. was hit on Thursday by a sizable pebble from the slingshot of David-sized startup software company TechForward, in the form of $27 million in damages for trade secret theft.
8 minute read

Inside Counsel

George Zimmerman sues NBC for defamation

George Zimmerman, the Florida man who shot and killed unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, is suing NBC for defamation, claiming that the network edited one of his phone calls to police to create the myth that he is racist.
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

6 notable GCs in the news

General counsel sound off on the Petraeus affair, Obamacare, falsified drug tests and more
12 minute read

Inside Counsel

Lead counsel announced for Facebook IPO litigation

Facebooks highly-anticipated initial public offering took a dark turn when a technical glitch at the stock exchange Nasdaq delayed the IPO by half an hour.
2 minute read

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CPSC sues Nap Nanny maker

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has filed a complaint against a childrens product manufacturer claiming its baby recliners were responsible for the deaths of five infants.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

7 deadly sins of “green” marketing

The color of the new millennium is definitely green. Over the past 10 years there has been a veritable explosion of the green machine, spawning a whole lexicon of green language, green expectations and green statements.
9 minute read

International Edition

Behind the headlines: lawyers weigh up impact of Leveson reforms on media work

After eight months, 300 witnesses and 2,000 pages, Lord Justice Leveson finally published his long-awaited report into the culture, practice and ethics of the press last week, calling for the biggest shake-up of media law in years. At the centre of the report is his recommendation for a new, tougher system of media self-regulation supported by legislative backing, with a statutory body such as Ofcom handed responsibility to monitor the press.
6 minute read

Inside Counsel

Litigation: Invoke due process and federalism principles to attack class certification

The plaintiffs bar often tries to raise the stakes in class actions by seeking to bring nationwide or multi-state class actions.
5 minute read

International Edition

Herbert Smith Freehills adds corporate support to Belfast centre

Herbert Smith Freehills is expanding its Belfast document review centre to handle corporate and real estate work for the first time. The Belfast office, which opened in April 2011 as a support arm for the firm's litigation practice, will now offer services in corporate and real estate due diligence and real estate asset management. The firm also plans to develop support for its funds practice as well.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Hearst lawyers email former unpaid interns seeking stories of “valued opportunities”

To counteract the angry unpaid interns whove had bad experiences (and are going to court because of it), the magazine giant Hearst Corp. is seeking the stories of interns who valued the opportunities and experiences they received from their internships.
4 minute read

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