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Inside Counsel

Wage-and-hour lawsuit wave to continue into 2014

A report titled the Workplace Class Action Litigation Report created for the tenth year in a row by Seyfarth Shaw L.L.P. cites the increased use of mobile devices as perhaps a bane for employers caught in labor litigation.
10 minute read

Inside Counsel

Litigation: 6 defenses every inside counsel should know (Part 6)

Claims for punitive damages can be aggressively defended using the statutory limitations now available in most states.
10 minute read

Inside Counsel

Litigation: Lessons learned from the Dell saga in going-private transactions

Michael Dell's going-private transaction serves as an example of how corporations and their boards of directors can navigate the murky waters of related party transactions.
5 minute read

Inside Counsel

DOJ is aggressively pursuing cartel enforcement

The U.S. Department of Justice continues to focus on criminal prosecution of companies and individuals engaged in cartel, price-fixing or bid-rigging behavior.
5 minute read

International Edition

6 January 2014 – the day the Bar came together to fight for justice

On Monday 6 January the criminal Bar staged a mass walk-out. Up and down the country barristers, solicitors and members of the public campaigned outside Magistrates' Courts and Crown Courts against the proposed legal aid cuts. Cuts that will cripple the system. Cuts that will mean many innocent people will go unrepresented, or worse still will be represented by inexperienced, poorly prepared advocates. Cuts that will mean many lawyers are forced into other jobs in order to pay the bills.
8 minute read

Inside Counsel

Patent trolls go after bigger targets

Now, MPHJ has moved into a new phase, moving past demand letters and actually filing lawsuits. The biggest target on MPHJs radar, though, is soft drink giant Coca-Cola.
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

Could a DuPont trade secrets case be marred by prejudice?

Walter Liews lawyer said that the case was likely to inflame passion and prejudice based on race and nationality.
3 minute read

International Edition

Transfer Window Asia: recent moves including DLA, Clydes and HSF

DLA Piper has boosted its corporate practice in Bangkok with the hire of O'Melveny & Myers lawyer Tim Tan. Tan, who was previously a counsel with O'Melveny in Singapore in the firm's corporate finance practice, focuses on banking and leverage finance, corporate debt and restructuring and special situations investment transactions.
4 minute read

International Edition

Eversheds health and life sciences head switches to Addleshaws

Addleshaw Goddard has hired Eversheds' health and life sciences head Bill Gilliam, in a move to build its Leeds office and litigation team. The firm said Gilliam's hire was central to its plans to expand its large complex disputes work in the healthcare sector.
2 minute read

International Edition

Winston & Strawn eyes Taiwan, Singapore offices in Asia push

US law firm Winston & Strawn is eyeing new offices in Taiwan and Singapore as part of a wider Asia growth plan that will see it double in size in the region. The Chicago-headquartered outfit, which currently has three Asian bases located in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing which it inherited from now defunct Heller Ehrman five years ago, plans to grow its teams in IP, corporate, anti-trust, energy and disputes.
4 minute read

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