Litigation / Trial Practice

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Apr
21
2011
New York’s Highest Court Requires Policyholder-Specific Choice-of-Law Analysis by Insurers in Liquidation Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Apr
20
2011
Arbitration and Mediation Clauses: Helpful Tools for Managing International Disputes Much Shelist, P.C.
Apr
20
2011
Wells Fargo Takes Up Cudgel to Protect Tax Accrual Workpapers McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
20
2011
Updates on Transfers in the Eastern District of Texas Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Apr
19
2011
The Year 2010 In Review: Prevailing Wage & Employment Law Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
18
2011
Walker Digital Files 15 Patent Suits Against More Than 100 Companies Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Apr
17
2011
The Federal Circuit Rejects the 25 Percent Rule as Fundamentally Flawed and Reviews the Entire Market Value Rule for Calculation of Patent Infringement Damage Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Apr
16
2011
Electronic Discovery in Pro Sports Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Apr
16
2011
EEOC Sues Owner Of 42 McDonald’s Restaurants For Sexual Harassment And Retaliation U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Apr
16
2011
U.S. Supreme Court Expands Right To Claim Retaliation Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.
Apr
16
2011
Walmart to Pay $440,000 to Settle EEOC Suit for Harassment of Latinos U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Apr
15
2011
Seventh Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment In Kraft ERISA "Excessive Fees" Case McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
15
2011
Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of a Shareholder Derivative Action Based Upon the Lack of Independence of the Special Litigation Committee Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
15
2011
Patent Reform: Key Features of the Senate and House Bills Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
14
2011
Municipalities Are Responsible For Discharges Of Stormwater Regardless Of The Ultimate Source Of Pollution Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
14
2011
Workers with Intellectual Disabilities Abused by Texas-Based Company for Years, EEOC Charges U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Apr
13
2011
Minnesota Department of Human Services Must Pay More Than $467,000 For Age Bias U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Apr
13
2011
Myriad Oral Arguments – Section 101 vs. Chemistry 101? Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Apr
12
2011
A Primer on the Validity and Effect of Waiver of Subrogation Clauses Johnson & Bell Ltd.
Apr
12
2011
Federal Judge Orders Employer to Reinstate Three Memphis Warehouse Workers and Stop Threatening Union supporters While Case Proceeds at NLRB National Labor Relations Board
Apr
12
2011
Fifth Circuit Update: Trade Secrets, Fiduciaries in Bankruptcy and Mass Tort Class Actions Hunton Andrews Kurth
Apr
12
2011
"Pay Under Protest" Procedure for "Other Exactions" Is Not Applicable to All Development Exactions Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
11
2011
Final Decision Suspends California's AB 32 GHG Regulations: What Now? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
11
2011
EEOC Sues HD Dimension Corp. To Enforce Conciliation Agreement U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Apr
11
2011
Seventh Circuit Expands on Illinois Law Regarding Insurer’s Duty to Provide Independent Counsel Due to Conflict of Interest Johnson & Bell Ltd.
Apr
10
2011
In Florida Zoning Case Participant’s Right to Cross-Examine Witnesses Denied Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.
Apr
10
2011
The New York State Department Of Labor Issues Guidelines, Instructions, FAQ's and Model Notices For the Wage Theft Prevention Act Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
10
2011
Use Petitions to Reverse Determination of No SNQ (Substantial New Questions of Patentability) in Inter Partes Reexamination Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Apr
9
2011
U.S. Supreme Court Rules on “Cat’s Paw” Theory of Liability; N.J. Appellate Division Reduces Punitive Damages Where Emotional Distress Award Included Punitive Component Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Apr
9
2011
Petitions Practice for SNQ Findings in Inter Partes Reexaminations Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Apr
8
2011
Southern District of New York Judge Applies Morrison to Dismiss Federal Securities Claims Brought by U.S. Investors Against the Royal Bank of Scotland Vedder Price
Apr
8
2011
Governmental Immunity May Be the End to a Plaintiff's Medical Malpractice Case Johnson & Bell Ltd.
Apr
7
2011
Vice President, Two Managers of Waste Treatment Facility Sentenced for Clean Water Act felonies U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Apr
7
2011
CLS Bank Int’l: DC District Court Drives Stake into “Heart” of Business Method Patents Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Apr
6
2011
Challenges For In-House Counsel In Multinational Corporations: Preserving The Attorney-Client Privilege In The Aftermath Of Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd. v. European Commission
Apr
6
2011
In Re TOUSA: District Court Reverses Bankruptcy Court's Order Requiring Lenders To Disgorge $480 Million As Fraudulent Transfer Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
6
2011
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Clarifies the Pleading Standard for False Patent Marking Claims Under 35 U.S.C. § 292 Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Apr
6
2011
SEC Aggressively Targets Insider Trading and Expert Networks Vedder Price
Apr
5
2011
Federal Court Hears Myriad Gene Case This Morning Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Apr
5
2011
Factors in Deciding Motions to Stay Litigation Pending Reexamination Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Apr
5
2011
Insurer’s Alleged Failure to “Meaningfully Communicate” with its Insured Supports a Bad Faith Claim: “Is There a Duty to Translate when a Language Barrier Exists?” Johnson & Bell Ltd.
Apr
5
2011
Are You A Foreign Company With A Relationship To A New York Company? It May Be Your Agent And Provide A Basis For Jurisdiction Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
5
2011
Supreme Court Determines Materiality Standard for Adverse Event Reports Vedder Price
Apr
4
2011
E-discovery since Zubulake - Litigation Holds Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Apr
4
2011
Microsoft V. i4i – Prosecution And The “Variable Proof Regime” Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Apr
4
2011
Survey of Wrongful Death Verdicts for the Very Young and Very Old Johnson & Bell Ltd.
Apr
4
2011
International Profit Associates to Pay $8 Million for Sexual Harassment of Eighty-Two Women U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Apr
4
2011
Janus Capital Group v. First Derivative Traders: Supreme Court to Decide Key Questions Regarding Secondary Actor Liability Vedder Price
Apr
3
2011
Kasten v. Saint Gobain Performance Plastic Corp. — Supreme Court Rules Fair Labor Standard Act’s Anti-Retaliation Provision Covers Oral Complaints Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
3
2011
Is a Broad Arbitration Clause Still Effective After Granite Rock? Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
 

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