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Jenna Greene is editor of The Litigation Daily and author of the "Daily Dicta" column. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and can be reached at [email protected].
December 9, 2015 | Litigation Daily
Being a test case can make you a hero—or it can be a bust. For Wyndham Worldwide Corp., which was represented by Kirkland & Ellis, Ropes & Gray and Gibbons, it was the latter. On Wednesday, the hospitality company settled its data security fight with the Federal Trade Commission.
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December 8, 2015 | Litigation Daily
Big-time college football coaches get fired all the time. But former University of Southern California head coach Steve Sarkisian in a lawsuit filed Monday claims that he was illegally terminated for being an alcoholic, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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December 8, 2015 | The American Lawyer
But pot, hookers and debts can kill a security clearance for a would-be government lawyer.
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December 8, 2015 | Litigation Daily
In France, it's known as “l'affaire Tapie”—a juicy, long-running fight involving some of the country's top politicians and businessmen. Last week, a Paris-based team from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe scored a megawin in litigation against French business mogul, actor and singer Bernard Tapie.
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December 7, 2015 | Litigation Daily
What's surprising about Electrolux's failed $3.3 billion bid for General Electric Co.'s appliance business is not just that it collapsed midtrial, but that it went to trial at all. Because it feels as if Electrolux's all-star team from Jones Day got caught in a game of chicken with the Justice Department's Antitrust Division.
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December 6, 2015 | Litigation Daily
So much for holding individuals accountable for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The last felony charges against actual human beings—as opposed to corporations—floated away last week, whittled down from manslaughter to a misdemeanor count of water pollution. Why is no one going to prison for the 2010 disaster that killed 11 and spilled 3.1 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico?
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December 6, 2015 | Litigation Daily
In the universe of bad defenses, this has got to be near the top. The lawyer for family members of the suspected San Bernardino shooters suggested that people shouldn't rush to make conclusions about the attack. Fair enough—but check out his reason why.
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December 4, 2015 | National Law Journal
When the U.S. Department of Justice with much fanfare announced health care fraud charges against Virginia dermatologist Amir Bajoghli in 2014, the feds made him sound like just about the worst guy to hold a scalpel since Josef Mengele.
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December 2, 2015 | Litigation Daily
Ford Motor Co. may be on the hook for selling people “a pig in the poke” when they purchased a Ford Focus, a federal court of appeals panel said in a decision on Wednesday. It's a welcome win for consumers—not just the people who got stuck buying new tires after a mere 20,000 miles thanks to an alleged rear suspension defect, but for everyone who expects manufacturers to fully honor their warranties.
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December 1, 2015 | Litigation Daily
After a five week trial, a unanimous jury in the Eastern District of Virginia rejected 41 counts against a prominent dermatologist charged with health care fraud. A closer look at the case is troubling, pointing to an investigation that was fundamentally flawed and a prosecution that never should have happened.
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