The Legal Intelligencer
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Dimitrios Biller, the former in-house attorney for Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. who accused the automaker of discovery violations in products liability cases, lost his appeal to overturn a $2.5 million arbitration award against him.
The Legal Intelligencer
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Amid the uproar over New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's proposed merger of Rutgers University-Camden with Rowan University, another plan is on the table that would blend the Rutgers law schools in Camden, N.J., and Newark, N.J., into one entity.
The Legal Intelligencer
Thursday, February 9, 2012
In what may be a national first, an appellate panel in Rochester, N.Y., has rejected as scientifically invalid a standard defense in obstetrical medical malpractice cases.
The Legal Intelligencer
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Taking a narrow approach in deciding the blockbuster challenge to California's ban on gay marriage, a split panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday found Proposition 8 unconstitutional.
The Legal Intelligencer
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Given the amount of commercial litigation stemming from the subprime meltdown, surprisingly few cases have actually gone to trial.
The Legal Intelligencer
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Employees of privately held contractors or subcontractors of public companies are not eligible for whistleblower protection under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in a case of first impression.
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Lawyers for Uncle Sam shelled out more than $3 billion in taxpayer funds last year to resolve lawsuits against the federal government — more than twice as much as in 2010, and the most in at least five years, an analysis of government records shows.
The National Law Journal
Monday, February 6, 2012
Lawyers for Uncle Sam shelled out more than $3 billion in taxpayer funds last year to resolve lawsuits against the federal government — more than twice as much as in 2010, and the most in at least five years, an analysis of government records shows.
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
To meet a requirement in the 2011 loser-pays law, the Texas Supreme Court now must review two sets of rules for expedited trials. The high court's task force couldn't agree on whether expedited trials for low-dollar cases seeking $100,000 or less in damages should be mandatory or voluntary. Alan Waldrop and David Chamberlain explain the two sides.
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, February 6, 2012
Who owns a Twitter account — the person who used it or the company for which he or she worked at the time?
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, February 6, 2012
A federal appellate panel ruled on Feb. 2 that a San Francisco judge abused his discretion by ordering the release of a video recording of the trial over California's Proposition 8, saying that he ignored a promise upon which supporters of the ban on gay marriage relied.
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, February 6, 2012
Sanctions against two attorneys who insist that former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld caused the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks have been upheld by a unanimous panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that refused to disqualify itself from the case.
Corporate Counsel
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Before the IPO comes the S-1, and now it's here: the long-time-coming regulatory filing from Facebook and the antecedent to an initial public offering that is expected to be one of the largest in history, seeking to raise $5 billion in capital, on its way to an estimated valuation between $75 and $100 billion.
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, February 3, 2012
The Justice Department faces an uphill fight to convince a judge in Washington to uphold as valid rules that would require tobacco companies to include graphic warning labels on cigarette packages and in advertisements.
New Jersey Law Journal
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Less than three weeks after becoming attorney general, Jeffrey Chiesa has brought on board a new Division of Law director. On Tuesday, Chiesa appointed Christopher Porrino of Lowenstein Sandler in Roseland, who will take over by the end of February. He will replace Robert Hanna, who is nominated to head the state Board of Public Utilities.
