By Mark Glasser | August 25, 2006
The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 substantially expands federal diversity jurisdiction over multistate class actions, including those filed by holders of oil and gas royalty interests. T
By R. Robin McDonald | November 29, 2006
A federal judge has called evidence that DeKalb County, Ga., officials discriminated against white county employees "unusually compelling" and is allowing litigation against those officials to proc
By Richard B. Friedman and Carla M. Miller | November 30, 2007
It cannot be emphasized enough that in-house and outside litigation counsel need to work well together if they are to address a given matter effectively and efficiently. When problems develop in th
By Pam Smith | November 17, 2005
Facing a negligence suit by an ex-client, Coudert Brothers is trying to deflect blame to the next place the client took its business -- Duane Morris. Before the negligence claims have
By Michael D. Jones | April 17, 2009
Americans are angry. That could be bad news for corporations because today's angry citizen is tomorrow's angry juror. Somehow or other, the lawyers who defend business need to reduce the fury i
By Matthew Hirsch | August 17, 2006
On weekends, or whenever Simona Farrise finds time, she likes to go bargain-hunting on eBay and at garage sales near her home in the Oakland, Calif., hills.She once picked up a 60-year-old o
By John Council | October 7, 2005
As a courtroom full of insurance executives watched, last week the Texas Supreme Court heard arguments in UPLC v. American Home Assurance Co. Inc. and Travelers Indemnity Co., a case th
By Kate DuBose Tomassi | September 28, 2005
In the state-by-state battle over medical monitoring for toxic exposure, the tide finally seems to be turning in favor of companies. Individuals who have been exposed to a toxin but are curren
By Niraj Chokshi | September 25, 2008
A little over a year and a half ago, Sun Microsystems' in-house legal department was in the midst of overhauling its internal Web site. Gregory Bennett, a program manager in charge of Su
By Alyson M. Palmer | August 15, 2006
The Federal Communications Commission was wrong when it said that states cannot regulate the appearance of cell phone bills, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. The unanimo
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