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.
May 26, 2010Charles McEvily
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.
May 26, 2010Jennifer Smith Finnegan and Leah LoebRecent rulings of interest to you and your practice.
May 26, 2010ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |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.
May 26, 2010Michael C. SchmidtA 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.
May 25, 2010Fernando M. Pinguelo and Laura J. TysonThe 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.
May 25, 2010Jonathan M. Cohen and Elise DieterichRecently, 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.
May 25, 2010Robert S. RederRecent rulings of interest to you and your practice.
May 25, 2010ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |In the recent decision in Mervyn's, LLC v. Lubert-Adler Group IV, LLC (In re Mervyn's Holdings LLC), a Delaware bankruptcy court allowed a debtor to proceed with a suit against its former parent, alleging a fraudulent conveyance and breach of fiduciary duty to the debtor and its creditors.
May 25, 2010Corinne BallIn a decision that could have wide-ranging consequences for secured lenders and the distressed debt market, a divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has held that secured creditors do not have an absolute right to credit bid the value of their loans in Chapter 11 plan-based sales of assets.
May 25, 2010Sam J. Alberts and David Lee Tayman