Litigation / Trial Practice

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Apr
3
2011
Second Circuit Affirms the Importance of Adequately Pleading Loss Causation in Securities Fraud Claims Vedder Price
Apr
3
2011
EEOC Obtains $451,000 Jury Verdict Against Boh Brothers Construction Co. For Male-On-Male Sexual Harassment U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Apr
2
2011
New York Federal District Court Addresses the Pleading Standard and Constitutionality of False Patent Marking Claims Under 35 U.S.C. § 292 Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Apr
2
2011
NLRB finds Las Vegas casino violated labor law in prohibiting access to off-duty restaurant employees National Labor Relations Board
Apr
1
2011
Hear No Evil: U.S. Supreme Court Protects Internal Oral Wage Complaints from Retaliation Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Mar
31
2011
Jury Trials In New Jersey: The Impact of Modern Technology on Jury Requests to “Read-Back” Trial Testimony Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Mar
31
2011
Expanded Standing, or "Back to Basics"? Flash Memory Direct Purchasers Found to Have Standing to Assert Walker Process Claims Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
31
2011
More NLRB Rulings Illustrate Broad Scope Of "Concerted Activity" Protection Poyner Spruill LLP
Mar
31
2011
FLSA's Anti-Retaliation Provision Protects Oral, Not Just Written, Complaints Hunton Andrews Kurth
Mar
31
2011
Patent Owner Reexamination Requests with Parallel Litigation Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Mar
30
2011
NFL Fans - Are You Ready for Some... Antitrust Litigation? Players Sue, Claiming Lockout is a Group Boycott Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
30
2011
Texas-Based Fashion Accessory Company To Pay $95,000 To Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Mar
30
2011
Honesty Is the Best Policy (Along with Documentation) - Reporting Injuries From Nursing Home Falls Poyner Spruill LLP
Mar
29
2011
A MATRIXX Revolution, Part II: Supreme Court affirms Ninth Circuit's holding that Life Science Companies Cannot Rely On a Statistical Significance Standard When Deciding Whether Adverse Event Reports are Material for the Purpose of Securities Disclosures Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
29
2011
United States Supreme Court Reiterates Materiality Standard For Securities Fraud Claims Under Rule 10b-5 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
27
2011
Fifth Circuit Rejects USERRA Hostile Work Environment Claims by Group of Continental Airlines Pilots Bracewell LLP
Mar
25
2011
Retailers Accuse AmEx of Antitrust Breach as Battle Over Debit Card Cap Heats Up Center for Public Integrity
Mar
25
2011
In re Crystal Power Company: "Defendant" Means Defendant Hunton Andrews Kurth
Mar
24
2011
Wisconsin Supreme Court Limits WDNR’s Authority Regarding WPDES Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Mar
24
2011
Racial Discrimination and the Hostile Work Environment: Employers May Be Responsible for the Actions of Their Customers and Vendors Much Shelist, P.C.
Mar
23
2011
Federal District Court Says "No" to Forum Selection Bylaws Hunton Andrews Kurth
Mar
23
2011
Three Key Things Employers and Employees Should Know about Social Media Much Shelist, P.C.
Mar
22
2011
Coverage Tips: Insured Versus Insured Exclusions Vedder Price
Mar
22
2011
Employment Practices Liability Insurance: The Benefits and Pitfalls Much Shelist, P.C.
Mar
22
2011
The Year 2010 In Review: Contractor Licensing Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
22
2011
Fifth Circuit Update: Preemption, Successor Liability and Fed Courts Final Exam Hunton Andrews Kurth
Mar
21
2011
Ninth Circuit Establishes Factors to Determine Keyword Advertising Infringement Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Mar
21
2011
Reasonable Royalty Damages: The “25 Percent Rule” Is Dead! Vedder Price
Mar
20
2011
Recent Developments in Dispositive Motions: To Be or Not, Twombly? Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
20
2011
The Supreme Court To Decide Whether FOIA Responses Trigger The False Claims Act's Public Disclosure Bar Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
16
2011
Indiana’s Environmental Legal Action (“ELA”) Statute of Limitations: 6 Years or 10? Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Mar
16
2011
There and Back Again: Supreme Court to Decide Whether Congress Can Provide Copyright Protection to Works Already in the Public Domain Bracewell LLP
Mar
15
2011
Staub v. Proctor Hospital—Supreme Court Creates Uncertainty for Employers When Taking Adverse Actions Against Members of a Protected Class Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
14
2011
Superfund Recycling Equity Act (SREA) Fee Shifting: PRP Group Liable for Third-Party Defendants’ Attorneys' Fees Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Mar
14
2011
A Guaranty Is a Guaranty Is a Guaranty, Except When It's Not: Understanding the Illinois Sureties Act Much Shelist, P.C.
Mar
13
2011
Why Companies Want Arbitrators Who Have A Public Profile On LinkedIn And The Internet Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
13
2011
Supreme Court Rules On “Cat’s Paw” Liability: Bad News for Business Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Mar
12
2011
State Policy Barring Development Seaward Of Most Landward Extension Of Historical Mean High Tide Line Invalid As Underground Regulation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
11
2011
New Jersey’s Appellate Division: Failure to Prove Emotional Distress Damages and Failure to Prove Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Does Not Necessarily Foreclose Punitive Damages under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Mar
10
2011
Apparently Pigs Can Fly: Senate Passes Historic Patent Reform Bill Bracewell LLP
Mar
10
2011
The Benefits of Properly Drafted and Administered Document Retention Policies: HR Tip of the Month Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Mar
9
2011
Delaware Court Enjoins Merger Vote Citing Conflicts of Interest of Financial Advisor Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
8
2011
U.S. District Court: School System Failed to Provide Disabled Student with a ‘Free Appropriate Public Education’ Required by IDEA; Ordered to Directly Pay Student’s Private School Tuition Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
8
2011
Appearance-Based Discrimination Not Actionable in Wisconsin Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Mar
7
2011
Climate Change and the Duty to Defend Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Mar
3
2011
Recent Supreme Court Case Allows Third Party Retaliation Claims Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Mar
3
2011
“I’m Sorry” Legislation Reintroduced in Wisconsin von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Mar
2
2011
U.S. Supreme Court Adopts "Cat's Paw" Doctrine in Discrimination Cases Bracewell LLP
Mar
2
2011
Section 145 Action to Obtain a Patent Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Mar
1
2011
The Columbus Dispatch Advocates for Lawmakers to Create an Ohio False Claims Act Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
 

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