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Most state law on bad faith by insurers is strong on liability, but weak on the award of damages. Each state has decisional law […]
In some industries, a pre-dispute jury waiver agreement may be preferable to an arbitration provision, but…
Predictive coding is computer or technology-assisted review that extrapolates human review decisions from a subset of materials to classify documents in a larger data […]
As the U.S. economy has become more patent-intensive, non-practicing entities (NPEs), business entities that do…
This paper outlines emerging best practices in the application of predictive coding to e-discovery. Having moved past its early experimental stages, this technology is […]
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act was enacted to deter abusive practices by third-party debt collectors. Violation can result in civil liability or enforcement […]
In recent years, there has been a number of regulatory investigations and securities fraud class actions instituted against Chinese companies listed on U.S. stock […]
Problems related to electronic communications and web-based interactions can have major legal implications. Therefore general counsel and chief information officers need to form close […]
After nearly 10 years of litigation, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed a judgment for the defendants in the consolidated nationwide class […]
In 2012, plaintiff attorneys filed a wave of lawsuits challenging annual shareholder proxy votes and disclosures of executive compensation. This litigation may increase during […]