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Specialists Should Be Diligent When Acquiring ESI Through LAW
May 28, 2008
As the courts are clarifying the new FRCP, good e-discovery specialists must diligently review the options, configurations and protocols of e-discovery products to ensure that the proper options are selected to match these new rules. One of the products available for ESI acquisition is Legal Access Ware PreDiscovery ('LAW').
In the Marketplace
May 28, 2008
Highlights of the latest equipment leasing news from around the country.
Strategic IT Decisions: The Backroom Brawl
May 28, 2008
This article discusses the business issues and challenges that are driving the need for lessors to reassess their IT strategy and approach. The focus of this discussion is on the factors management should consider as it examines the company's IT strategy for core leasing operations, <i>i.e.</i>, front-end and back-end systems.
What's New in the Law
May 28, 2008
Highlights of the latest equipment leasing cases.
What Lessors Need to Know About Antitrust : Competitors of Copier Equipment Provider Entitled to a 'Kodak Moment' in Alleging a Single Provider Relevant 'Aftermarket'
May 28, 2008
The Ninth Circuit recently examined an antitrust issue with significant relevance to the equipment leasing industry. In <i>Newcal v. IKON Office Solution</i>, competitors of a copier equipment provider, IKON Office Solution, alleged that defendant IKON used 'fraudulent practices' to secure and lengthen its customer contracts, thus reducing the ability of competing copier equipment providers to contest for 'aftermarket' business.'
Movers & Shakers
May 28, 2008
Who's doing what; who's going where.
Attorneys Awarded $218 Million for Work in Overturned Smokers' Class Action
May 28, 2008
On tax day, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge David C. Miller awarded $218 million in legal fees to Stanley and Susan Rosenblatt for years of work they put into now-defunct class action litigation against the nation's biggest cigarette makers.
Key Pre-emption Ruling in Third Circuit
May 28, 2008
On April 8, 2008, the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a significant decision concerning the authority of federal regulatory agencies to pre-empt state tort claims, <i>Colacicco v. Apotex Inc.</i>, No. 6-5148.
Eighth Circuit Decertifies Class in St. Jude Heart Valve Case: Issues of Individual Causation Predominate
May 28, 2008
The Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently decertified a class of more than 11,000 plaintiffs in the Silzone heart valve litigation on the basis that individual questions regarding causation would predominate over any common issues related to the truth or falsity of the alleged misrepresentations.
Litigation
May 28, 2008
Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.

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