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Litigation

  • Discussion of four key cases.

    February 01, 2017ljnstaff
  • Problems can arise for attorneys and their clients when a lawyer consults with a third party but ultimately is not retained. As the author discussed in Parts One and Two of this article, communication with such a potential client might disqualify the lawyer from representing his or her current client. Following are his six tips for avoiding this problem.

    February 01, 2017Matthew A. Feigin
  • Discussion of two cases, one involving 2016's “Judicial Hell Holes.”

    February 01, 2017ljnstaff
  • Is the Department of Labor's overtime rule now dead? Will the overtime rule be modified to a more modest version? Much uncertainty remains regarding the recently announced overtime rule in both the legal and the political sphere.

    February 01, 2017Tim K. Garrett
  • As 2017 commences, political protest against injustice is as relevant as ever in the United States. At the same time, a lawsuit concerning the copyright rights to the powerful anthem We Shall Overcome may proceed to trial. In November 2016, the case survived a motion to dismiss the copyright infringement claims.

    February 01, 2017Kyle-Beth Hilfer
  • The social networking company is being sued by videogame maker ZeniMax Media, which says Oculus stole its technology. Facebook responded that Zenimax's story is nothing but a "fantasy" by a company that was "embarrassed" and "humiliated." It's worth taking a closer look at how each side is framing the fight.

    February 01, 2017Jenna Greene
  • Clinical trials of the drug commonly known as “Ecstasy.”

    February 01, 2017ljnstaff