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June 21, 1999 |

Arbitration is No Simple Matter

The arbitration clause in Rafael Crespo's employment contract was just that--a clause, short and sweet. And that was its undoing. Mr. Crespo was a building supervisor until the building owners fired him in 1995. He wanted to sue them, but his bosses insisted that he was barred by a clause his union had negotiated saying that all differences over the application or performance of any part of the contract must go to binding arbitration. His attorneys responded that the simple reference to all differences
7 minute read
November 21, 2011 |

Buffett to hunt for investments in post-earthquake Japan

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett's trip to a Japanese plant may "shine a light" on investment opportunities in a nation hampered by the March earthquake and the global market rout.
3 minute read
January 09, 2002 |

Trespass to Chattels Finds New Life on Internet

TRESPASS to chattels , a centuries-old tort theory that languished for years in the dusty archives of obscure legal doctrines learned and then promptly forgotten in the first year of law school, has unexpectedly found new life courtesy of the Internet.
8 minute read
April 07, 1999 |

Scathing Opinion in Smoking Case Sets Precedent

A San Francisco Superior Court judge issued an extraordinary and virtually unprecedented indictment of the tobacco industry Tuesday, even as he halved a recent punitive damage award to a smoker. Denying defendant Philip Morris Cos. Inc.'s request for a new trial, Judge John Munter decided $25 million is a large enough award to deter Philip Morris from similar conduct in the future. A jury hit the company with a combined $51.5 million award in February.
6 minute read
August 25, 2004 |

Asked but Not Answered

5 minute read
April 18, 2002 |

Alumni Tracking

N EXT MONDAY, the small army of attorneys out there who once worked for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP will be able to check out the latest at the old shop and check in with old friends with the click of a mouse.
5 minute read
April 17, 2013 |

The New Senate Immigration Reform Bill: An Ambitious Compromise

In the immediate aftermath of the election, politicians from both parties stressed the need for a comprehensive immigration reform bill to be passed through Congress and signed by the president.
7 minute read
December 15, 2006 |

Critics Say Easing Financial Regulations Is a Mistake

After months of work and media coverage, a high-profile report from the privately funded Committee on Capital Markets Regulation urging eased financial regulation to keep U.S. capital markets competitive has been derided as a corporate defense lawyers' "Christmas wish list." If adopted, critics say, the proposals to scrap some investor protections would create serious new litigation problems and hobble state enforcement authority.
4 minute read
August 23, 2004 |

Asked but Not Answered

The criminal trial of Former Tyco GC Mark Belnick raised many legal and ethical questions for in-house counsel.
5 minute read
April 19, 2010 |

Superfund defies a call to clean up GE claims toxic threat from Superfund orders

Next month, General Electric Co. will try to convince a federal appeals court to put limits on the U.S. government's most powerful legal prod to push corporations to clean up toxic waste sites.
4 minute read

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