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Corporate Counsel

Shopping Overseas

Investing time in choosing foreign law firms pays off in the long run.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Porn Distributors Back in Court

Porn distributors Robert Zicari and Janet Romano thought they had finally reached an end to their long legal battle when Pittsburgh U.S. District Judge Gary L. Lancaster dismissed a 10-count criminal indictment charging the couple with violating federal obscenity laws, ruling the laws unconstitutional. However, a three-judge panel of the...
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Cook County Makes its Judicial Hellhole Debut at No. 2

Move over Madison and St. Clare counties. There's a new judicial hellhole in the state of Illinois. According to the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA), Cook County, which includes Chicago, tops its neighboring jurisdictions on the 2005 list of judicial hellholes, coming in at No. 2. Formerly the reigning king...
13 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Natural Selection

Supreme Court re-evaluates controversial diagnostic-process patents.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Taking Sides

European judges demand the creation of a unified patent court.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Generation Gap

Corporate litigators adjust their strategies to deal with Generation-X and -Y jurors.
18 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Uniform Policies Land Retailers in Court

Hawking Chico's high-end female fashion was Charissa Villanueva's bread and butter. But behind her salesperson smile lurked bitter unhappiness. Villanueva had spent $500 to conform to the California store's dress code. Chico's policy required all employees to wear either its brand, or clothing in the style of its brand. Frustrated...
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Courts Interpret Securities Law in Wake of Dura

Most of the defense bar applauded the Supreme Court's April 2005 decision in Dura Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Broudo because it significantly tightened the reins on securities fraud cases. Dura rejected the notion that simply alleging the stock price was inflated at the time of purchase due to misrepresentation gives rise...
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

To The Rescue

As the cost and risk of employment litigation continues to rise, companies are fortifying their HR departments with lawyers.
32 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Globe Trotting

The ability to think globally is rapidly becoming a core competency for successful in-house counsel.
8 minute read

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