Analysis of several recent cases.
December 20, 2013ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
Brazil's Clean Company Law, which imposes corporate civil and administrative liability for bribery of domestic and foreign public officials, is discussed in Part Two of this series.
December 20, 2013Andrew M. Levine, Bruce E. Yannett, Renata Muzzi Gomes de Almeida, Steven S. Michaels and Ana L. FrischtakThe government has exercised wide latitude in freezing or seizing assets connected to a charged crime prior to trial.
December 19, 2013Robert J. AnelloAll about Bitcoin: The problems and the perks.
December 19, 2013Laura Grossfield BirgerIntentionally or not, the U.S. Supreme Court chose Cyber Monday to announce it would not slow down the march of states seeking to impose sales taxes on Internet retail purchases.
December 02, 2013Tony MauroEveryone, especially corporate leaders, got a little paranoid last year when NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden pulled the alarm on U.S. surveillance. That paranoia turned into palpable risk after reports emerged of the NSA tapping the phones of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and executives at a Brazilian oil company.
November 30, 2013Angela HuntMaryland Franchise Attorneys Discuss Possible Law Changes
Maine Franchisees Launch AssociationNovember 30, 2013ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |A LinkedIn profile update alerting a user's contacts about her new job did not necessarily constitute a solicitation of business that ran afoul of her non-compete agreement, a Massachusetts trial judge has ruled.
November 30, 2013Sheri QualtersCopyright Infringement Claim Is Time-Barred If Ownership Claim Is, Too
Malpractice Suit Against Music Lawyer Ruled UntimelyNovember 30, 2013Stan SoocherOne of the most persistent problems encountered in e-discovery is that when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. As a result, in-house teams that have been subject to resource constraints and staff reductions must approach their litigation more thoughtfully and creatively than ever before. They need to establish an e-discovery "bucket list" that contains both new tools and basic processes to use when things go pear shaped.
November 30, 2013David Boyhan and Sanjay Manocha