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In e-mails spanning nearly four years, former leaders of Dewey & LeBoeuf discussed “fake income,” “accounting tricks,” and their “clueless auditor” in an elaborate […]
Independent artists are becoming increasingly litigious in an effort to protect copyright of their original designs that end up being sold by retailers or […]
Referring a trade secrets theft case to the government comes with risks, including the possibility that the prosecutor may not sufficiently protect the secrets at issue.
A district court has ruled that an employee who sues under the whistleblower provision of Dodd-Frank has no right to a jury trial. The […]
Kentucky’s Attorney General, Jack Conway, says he won’t appeal a federal judge’s decision requiring the state to honor same-sex marriage licenses performed elsewhere, but […]
Oil giant Chevron scored a major victory this week in a decades-long case that is rooted in pollution in Ecuador’s rain forests. Manhattan lawyer […]
The new cybersecurity standards for critical infrastructure from the National Institute for Standards and Technology’s (NIST), developed by executive order from President Obama, are […]
Though several Supreme Court judges agreed that making the losing side of an IP case pay attorney’s fees may be an effective way to […]
The Justice Department is backing cable television providers in a Supreme Court case pitting the traditional TV business model versus that of internet streaming […]
Employers would do well to remember that not all communications with counsel will per se be deemed protected under the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, and in conversations with outside counsel they should be explicit in stating they seek legal advice in anticipation of litigation.