A look at recent cases of note.
December 22, 2010ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |When does a purchaser have a claim against a party with whom the purchaser has never dealt when that party made a negligent misrepresentation on which the purchaser relied?
December 22, 2010Stewart E. SterkThanks to a recent act of Congress, the oil spill may be seeping into product liability law. Meet the SPILL Act.
December 22, 2010Amy RuddThis article reviews two cases ' one decision and one case under review by the U.S. Supreme Court ' in which class counsel sought certification of a class after a similar class was denied certification in another jurisdiction.
December 22, 2010Benjamin R. Dwyer and Tracey B. EhlersMany commercial leases involve franchises. Consequently, a dispute between a franchisor and franchisee can result in problems for a landlord.
December 21, 2010David J. KaufmannIn-depth analysis of a recent key case.
December 21, 2010ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |The Dodd-Frank Act directs the Sentencing Commission to amend the Sentencing Guidelines for certain fraud offenses, just as SOX did ten years ago. Those SOX amendments led to sentences greater than under the original Guidelines Manual, and a similar result will likely follow from Dodd-Frank.
December 21, 2010Jodi Misher Peikin and James R. Stovall
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