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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.
3 minute read
February 01, 2013 |

At the Razor's Edge

Solving courtroom emergencies sometimes takes ordinary household tools.
5 minute read
March 16, 2012 |

Heavy demand expected as iPad goes on sale Friday

Let the wild rumpus start. The customary storefront crowds are expected to gather as Apple's latest iPad goes on sale Friday. Long lines are likely even though customers could have ordered the new tablet computer ahead of time for first-day home delivery.
4 minute read
December 03, 2012 |

Sumter County state court judge resigns to end investigation

A Sumter County state court judge resigned from his judicial post late Thursday to end an ethics investigation by the state Judicial Qualifications Commission.
3 minute read

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