Litigation

National Law Journal

Computer Voir Dire

By Tresa Baldas | September 6, 2006

A new computer software program that helps weed out biased jurors is raising a dilemma for lawyers: Should they go with their gut instinct when picking jurors, or listen to a computer?Do

Winemaker Kirkland Knightsbridge Withers in Bankruptcy

By David Elman | September 29, 2006

Kirkland Knightsbridge is set to head to court today for an interim cash collateral hearing.The Napa, Calif.-based winemaker, which does business as Kirkland Ranch Winery, seeks to tap $1.14

Corporate Counsel

Piracy on Fast-Forward

September 7, 2007

Greg Goeckner sounds almost wistful in describing the old days of movie piracy. When he became an in-house lawyer at the Motion Picture Association of America in 1994, the threat was from bootleg v

The Associated Press

Judge Tosses $50M Compensatory Award in Vioxx Case as Excessive

By Janet McConnaughey | August 31, 2006

The $50 million compensatory damage award in a federal Vioxx case this month was "grossly excessive," and a new trial must be held to decide how much drugmaker Merck & Co. must pay a retired F

National Law Journal

Halliburton and KBR to Pay $579 Million in Penalties in Nigerian Bribe

By Marcia Coyle | February 12, 2009

The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission, in joint enforcement actions, have won the second-largest penalties -- totalling $579 million -- for violation of the federal F

National Law Journal

Private, Not Privatized

By Peter Geier | May 9, 2007

Name and title: John J. "Jay" Welsh, executive vice president and general counsel Age: 66 The talking cure: JAMS is the largest private alternative dispute resolu

New York Law Journal

Tipping the Scales of Justice Your Way at Trial

By Wendy Davis | April 17, 2006

Sometimes, all it takes is one momentfor a case to be won or lost.A witness who charms the jury. Alawyer shown up for not knowingthe facts. Or, a courtroom demonstrationthat goes spectacularly awry

International Edition

European Legal Head Helps Disney Go Digital

By Leigh Jackson | August 8, 2008

For Peter Wiley, the Walt Disney Co.'s European head of legal, these are interesting times. His employer, one of the most iconic companies in the world, is currently engaged in a drive to expand inter

Texas Lawyer

Good Faith and the EEOC Conciliation Process

By Michael P. Maslanka | March 4, 2009

2009 is off to a bad start for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. On Jan. 15, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did a throw down to the

Surveys Cite Rising SOX Burden

By Donna Block | June 22, 2005

Two reports released last week claim that the burden of complying with the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, long a target of corporate complaints, grew still heavier in the past year, especially for s