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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

Corporate Counsel

Sony's Rootkit Creates a Legal Fiasco

As if Celine Dion's voice wasn't bad enough, one of her albums poses a major security threat to computer users. When inserted in a PC, the CD installs an insidious piece of software known as a rootkit--an application that hackers typically use to implant viruses and trojans on victims' computers....
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

United Uses Unique Strategy to Slash Pensions

United Airlines didn't intend to raise ire of nearly 20,000 flight attendants. But to successfully reorganize and pull itself out of the red, something had to give. And that something was their employees' pension plans, which the airline decided to cut. But cutting pension plans, especially plans under contract with...
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Court Upholds Unsigned Contracts

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit upheld a ruling that a 10-page letter to Gulfstream Aerospace sent to its employees that placed limits on employees' rights to sue the company is an enforceable contract. On July 15, 2005, Gulfstream Aerospace sent the letter to all of the...
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

LSAT Prep Firms at War

When aspiring law students paid nearly $1,100 for a month-long LSAT-prep course by TestMasters, they assumed the prestigious Santa Monica, Calif., company would help them score higher on the law school entry exam. However, several students soon discovered that they had mistakenly signed up for a class with Houston-based Test...
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

S.D. Rancher Loses Insurance Battle

When South Dakota rancher Perle O'Daniel discovered that hundreds of his cattle had been stolen, he assumed that his insurance company would cover the loss. However, on Nov. 1, 2005, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals held the insurer had no liability. O'Daniel purchased an insurance policy from Minnesota-based NAU...
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Protecting Time

Supreme Court's decision in Alvarez leaves companies open to litigation.
25 minute read

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