Litigation

Rulings of importance to you and your practice.

Although a wife concealed the true paternity of a child born of an adulterous relationship and permitted her husband to incur the costs of raising that child, New York's high court found no "egregious conduct.

The abundance of media outlets and the 24/7 news cycle they have created, both driving and feeding America's insatiable appetite for up-to-the minute news and gossip ' make it necessary to be prepared to try high-profile cases in the media as well as in court.

Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.

It is no secret by now that employers, particularly those in such industries as the financial services, retail and health care, continue to be hit with the legal tsunami that is class action lawsuits. Here's how to cope.

A company's decision on where to draw the line on personal use of workplace computers poses a great challenge to employers, and recent court rulings do not make the decision and its enforcement any easier.

The trend toward cloud computing, use of third-party application service providers, and outsourcing functions that can include payroll, benefits, marketing and more, multiply the potential vulnerabilities, and up the ante when it comes to managing data-related risk.

Recently, in Kurz v. Holbrook, the Delaware Court of Chancery and Supreme Court confronted dueling consent solicitations over control of the board of directors of EMAK Worldwide, Inc. This contest generated three issues of first impression.