By Stephen Cole, Mattern & Associates | September 12, 2017
When it comes to practicing litigation, the use of technology is no longer optional. What is optional, however, is under which business model firms deliver this service to their clients.
By Cogan Schneier | September 6, 2017
The D.C. Circuit will begin oral arguments for the fall term Thursday.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | September 1, 2017
The seller of a business did not violate trade secret law or the parties' agreement when he sent letters about his return to his previous profession at the expiration of a noncompetition agreement. Buyer was entitled to a reduction in the balance due under the terms of the asset purchase agreement.
By Cheryl Miller | August 17, 2017
Superior Court Judge Suzanne Bolanos asks lawyers representing state Auditor Elaine Howle why she needs to see confidential documents maintained by the Commission on Judicial Performance.
By Stan Soocher | August 4, 2017
Defendants in entertainment industry cases often invoke California's "anti-SLAPP" statute, Calif. Civ. Code §425.16, which is meant to bar lawsuits filed to muffle free speech activities or a legal right to petition. This summer, some noteworthy court decisions have come out of California that involved anti-SLAPP motions filed by attorneys who are defendants themselves in entertainment litigations.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | August 4, 2017
Terminated CPA failed to state a claim under §922 of the Dodd-Frank act when she alleged she was terminated for reporting accounting irregularities and inaccurate tax information documents because she did not adequately plead that she engaged in protected conduct under the Sarbanes-Oxley act since she did not assert that the fraud she reported had any effect on her former employer's public company clients. Motion to dismiss granted.
By Jonathan Marks | July 31, 2017
The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has been setting an ever-lower threshold for violations of the FCPA's books and records and internal controls provisions. As the clock turned to 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Mondelz International, Inc. (formerly Kraft Foods) because one of its subsidiaries Cadbury, a U.K.-based confectionery and snack beverage company that had securities registered with the SEC and manufacturing facilities in India, failed to conduct appropriate due diligence on and monitor the activities of an agent, which "created the risk" that funds paid to the agent, which has no written contract, could have be used for improper or unauthorized purposes and Cadbury's books and records did not accurately and fairly reflect the natures of the services rendered by the agent.
By Cheryl Miller | July 28, 2017
A regional IRS executive told a gathering of cannabis lawyers on Friday that the agency is not out to target them, despite their work with clients whose marijuana businesses remain illegal under federal law.
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Tom McParland | July 12, 2017
A stockholder and former employee who was forced out of a startup company providing cloud-based temperature monitoring may examine the firm's books and records, the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled Tuesday, rejecting arguments that his status had been properly rescinded.
By Rose Walker | July 5, 2017
The global legal giant has started a consulting business for its financial services clients in the U.K. after hiring Steve Murphy from his role as a director at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
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