Federal district courts have recently denied class certification in instances in which the plaintiffs sought medical monitoring, citing causation issues better addressed on an individual basis.
May 27, 2008Geoffrey Phelan
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May 27, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |In-depth analysis of recent rulings.
May 27, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |This is the second in a series of articles discussing how in-house counsel can better manage litigation matters.
May 27, 2008Stewart M. WeltmanIn a closely watched case arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ('ERISA'), the U.S. Supreme Court recently clarified the right of employees to sue plan fiduciaries for mismanaging their individual 401(k) accounts. LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Associates, Inc., 128 S. Ct. 467, 42 EBC 2857 (2008)
May 27, 2008Michael S. Melbinger and Steve FloresThis article examines two issues that can arise when a company and its former officer or director are adverse to each other and one seeks access to potentially privileged documents of the other.
May 27, 2008Steven F. Reich and Arunabha BhoumikWhile the duty of lawyers representing financial institutions in the U.S. is almost solely toward their clients, in the EU, lawyers have affirmative obligations to report suspected money-laundering activity to government authorities. In other words, lawyers may be involuntarily conscripted as enforcement agents or 'gatekeepers' at the institutions they represent. American lawyers in the European offices of U.S.-based 'international' law firms are not exempt.
May 27, 2008Howard W. GoldsteinOn a blast-furnace of a day when normally chilly San Francisco hit 96 degrees, the California Supreme Court enhanced its reputation as a trail-blazing institution on May 15 by giving gays and lesbians the right to marry. 'The California Constitution,' Chief Justice Ronald George wrote in the 4-3 ruling, 'properly must be interpreted to guarantee this basic civil right to all Californians, whether gay or heterosexual, and to same-sex couples as well as to opposite-sex couples.'
May 15, 2008Mike McKee