News
February 3, 2012
Los Angeles Times |
February 3, 2012
There’s a chess game afoot involving three distinct parties in the Honda Civic hybrid Small Claims Court case.
Am Law Litigation Daily |
February 3, 2012
In the wake of a complaint by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Charles Schwab & Co. has lawyered up and gone to court to seek an unprecedented decision allowing it to escape investor class actions.
Atlantic |
February 3, 2012
Currently, 37 nations have ratified an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) anti-bribery convention and enacted national laws comparable to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
American Lawyer |
February 3, 2012
While cleanup efforts along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico have largely wound down, the sprawling litigation spawned by the disaster is getting ready to gear up.
Tags: Environmental Litigation
West Virginia Record |
February 3, 2012
Though a positive step forward, panelists at a legislative forum said revised rules of appellate procedure the state Supreme Court adopted a year ago don't go far enough in providing meaningful legal reform in West Virginia.
Las Cruses Bulletin |
February 3, 2012
Last year, the Legislature passed a similar bill to provide protection to launch-flight operators such as Virgin Galactic to limit lawsuits from passengers going to space. Barring gross negligence, passengers acknowledge in writing they are taking a risky ride into space.
Tags: Trial Lawyers' Influence
AZ Central |
February 3, 2012
In a key victory for the medical community, the Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled that doctors and hospitals facing malpractice charges do not have the same limits on the kind of information they may present in expert testimony that their accusers face.
Tags: Arizona, Medical Liability
February 2, 2012
Madison St. Clair Record |
February 2, 2012
The American Tort Reform Association says that a "WikiLeaks-like" website published by the Center for Media and Democracy had posted previously unsealed, proprietary documents related to a Madison County atrazine class action to undermine the defendant's standing with the public.
Tags: Class Action, Illinois
Star Tribune |
February 2, 2012
Republicans in the Minnesota House pushed through a package of bills Wednesday to limit the costs of lawsuits, which they view as a necessity to make the state competitive but which opponents see as a barrier to justice.
February 1, 2012
Wall Street Journal |
February 1, 2012
A FBI sting operation, a big bribery case, three months of trial and ten days of deliberations later, the Justice Department is nursing a black eye to a case one of its senior officials said was a pivotal case.
