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Feeding South Florida one Snickers bar at a time
If you’re looking forward to your flight to South Florida as much as I am (and attending DRI's Young Lawyers seminar), you’ve probably already got your stack of magazines ready. In flipping through US...
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Internet Broadens Definition of Federal Wire Fraud
As a recent post on PointofLaw.com noted, the Tenth Circuit recently affirmed the convictions of Howard O. Kieffer. Kieffer, who for several years practiced criminal defense law, had a problem - he...
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Looking Ahead To The Supreme Court’s 2013 Class Action Opinions
In recent years, the Court has provided important opinions for class action lawyers, including Dukes, Concepcion, Bayer Corp., Erica P. John Fund, and Janus Capital Group. The October Term 2012...
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Positive Trends for Women and Minority General Counsels
According to a recent survey published by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA), more women serve as general counsel at Fortune 500 companies in 2011 than ever before. Women now hold the...
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Affirmative Action – Supreme Court Case Re-Heats The Debate
This fall, the United States Supreme Court will reconsider the issue of affirmative action in higher education for the first time since its 2003 decision in Grutter v. Bollinger. In Grutter the Court...
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D.C. Circuit Sends the EPA Back to the Drawing Board
“Our decision today should not be interpreted as a comment on the wisdom or policy merits of EPA’s Transport Rule. It is not our job to set environmental policy. Our limited but important role is to...
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Apple v. Samsung - What Happened - What's Next?
On Friday, August 24, a nine member jury entered a verdict in favor of Apple and awarded almost $1.05 billion in damages. Apple filed suit against one of its largest competitors, Samsung Electronics,...
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Ethics 20/20: The Impact of Technology
Every day, we see the impact of technology on the practice of law. Blogs, social networking, electronically stored information, and other legal resources create enormous economies and unprecedented...
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Ethics Experts Question Bank of America’s Request for Legal Fee Credit
Bank of America’s new plan to seek reductions in its legal fees from certain outside law firms have some experts questioning the ethics of this unusual practice. The bank is seeking a credit on its...
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Individual Insurance Policies Can Be Part of an ERISA Plan
It is not uncommon for plaintiffs to argue - and for some defense lawyers to agree - that individual life, health, or disability insurance policies cannot be part of an employee welfare benefit plan...
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NFL’s Squeeze Play Forces “Harbowl” Trademark Owner to Forfeit Rights
Last year Roy Fox got to thinking – what if NFL Head Coaches and brothers Jim Harbaugh (San Francisco 49ers) and John Harbaugh (Baltimore Ravens) ended up facing each other in the Super Bowl? With...
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Supreme Court Decision in Comcast v. Behrend Aligns With DRI Amicus Brief
Class Action Deemed to Be Improperly Certified by Lower CourtsCHICAGO – (March 27, 2013) The Supreme Court this morning reversed the judgment of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of...
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Interpreting the Dodd-Frank Act
The Dodd-Frank Act prohibits retaliation against whistleblowers who report company wrongdoing. But a recent ruling of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal undercuts that protection by holding that...
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Too Good Looking to Work Here
Imagine the following scenario. Your boss calls you in to the office, tells you that you have been a stellar employee, and then fires you because “you’re so darn good looking that I’m afraid I’ll have...
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Don’t be a Cyber-Thief’s Next Victim
As the recent Target and Neiman Marcus data breaches have made clear, cyber security is one of the top threats to business today. These threats can be devastating to companies - damaging customer...
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