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December 26, 2007 |

Calif. defense firm borrows Wal-Mart business model

In a state where 25 counties pay private attorneys to defend their poor in court, Richard Ciummo just may be the Sam Walton of California's indigent defense industry. Ciummo is the principal of a private, for-profit law firm that holds contracts for indigent representation in nine counties. While Walton made billions selling products on the cheap, Ciummo has perfected a similar albeit much less profitable business model offering local government a range of professional legal services at an affordable price.
12 minute read
January 04, 2013 |

N.J. Chosen as Venue for Suits Over L'Oreal's Wrinkle Creams

Federal court in Newark is now host to national litigation over claims that L'Oreal USA is stretiching the truth about its antiwrinkle creams.
3 minute read
March 26, 2013 |

Wal-Mart loses premium to Target as shoppers flee stores

Wal-Mart placed last among department and discount stores in the American Customer Satisfaction Index, the sixth year in a row the company had either tied or taken the last spot.
9 minute read
September 12, 2011 |

The future (if any) of class litigation after 'Wal-Mart'

Plaintiffs have three options in response to the Court's insistence that affirmative defenses receive individualized hearings.
7 minute read
October 05, 2012 |

Design Patents: The Tortoise Or The Hare?

The famous fable by Aesop, "The Tortoise and the Hare," is often thought of as describing a race between unequal partners. Design patents are also often thought of as being the unequal, lesser partner of utility patents. While design patents provide protection of a more narrow scope than their utility patent brethren, much like Aesop's tortoise, the steady rights provided by design patents can be very formidable when used properly.
5 minute read
October 09, 2000 |

ATLA's War Room

When trial lawyers team up for coordinated attacks, it's rarely as public as a Firestone or fen-phen fusillade. The 61 American Trial Lawyers Association litigation groups usually operate beneath the consciousness of everyone but the defense lawyers in the industries they target. The groups work in secret in order for plaintiffs' lawyers to share information, and to keep defense-side infiltrators out.
6 minute read
November 03, 2011 |

Plaintiffs' Lawyers Shift Their Focus in Dispute With Wal-Mart

The U.S. Supreme Court may have stopped a nationwide gender discrimination class action against Wal-Mart Stores Inc., but it did not stop the plaintiffs' lawyers, who last week filed two statewide class actions in California and Texas.
4 minute read
September 16, 2011 |

Religious nonprofits forced to beg by Google

I'm not sure what exactly led Google Inc. to decide to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible by making it harder for religious groups to do their work. But that is the practical effect of a set of changes in pricing policies adopted by the tech giant this year.Until recently, Google offered discounts on many of its paid services to nonprofit organizations, including churches.
5 minute read
September 28, 2012 |

Judge Certifies Class Suing Costco for Gender Bias

A federal judge has certified a class of approximately 700 female Costco employees who say the discount retail giant passed them over for promotions because of their gender. Lawyers say it is the first class of women alleging gender discrimination since the U.S. Supreme Court's blockbuster ruling in Wal-Mart v. Dukes.
3 minute read
May 08, 2012 |

Exxon Mobil Takes Fortune 500 Top Spot, Edging Out Wal-Mart

Fortune magazine released the 2012 update of its Fortune 500 list, and the top spot has changed hands, with Exxon Mobil knocking Wal-Mart Stores Inc. out of the No. 1 position.
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