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Litigation
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Food Poison Journal
Whittier Farms Pasteurized Milk Listeria Outbreak Lawsuit – Massachusetts (2007)
On November 27, 2007, a health department officer in central Massachusetts contacted the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) to report a Listeria infection in an 87 year old man,…
California Employment Law
CA Supreme Court to Decide When Employers Can Recover Litigation Costs
The California Supreme Court may be poised to rewrite the rules on what costs an employer can recover if it wins a discrimination case. It's no secret how difficult it…
Dollars & Sense
How to get the IRS to Pay Your Legal Fees
By Admin
What can you do when the IRS is misbehaving and it directly affects you? You will have to fight them, but the law allows you to recover your litigation costs if…
Dollars & Sense
How to get the IRS to pay your legal fees
By Admin
What can you do when the IRS is misbehaving and it directly affects you? You will have to fight them, but the law allows you to recover your litigation costs if…
Employment & Labor
Eleventh Annual Workplace Class Action Report Webinar: Looking Back At Key Developments Of 2014 And What Lies Ahead In 2015
By Lorie Almon, Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., and Ian Morrison Back by popular demand, our Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report Webinar is on Thursday, January 22, 2015. Click here…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
Government Contracts Cases To Watch In 2015
In December, I had the pleasure of speaking with Law360 regarding “Government Contracts Cases To Watch In 2015.” To no one’s surprise, the continuing DCAA audit backlog, and the Contract…
EEOC Year-End Countdown
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument In Mach Mining v. EEOC
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. This morning the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Mach Mining v. EEOC. Mach Mining v. EEOC may be one of the most important…
M & A Law Prof Blog
The Great Litigation Game
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
Cain and Solomon have published their paper, A Great Game: The Dynamics of State Competition and Litigation. They find evidence of competition, perhaps inadvertant, for corporate litigation: We theorize a multi-dimensional…
La Revue
Squire Patton Boggs poursuit le développement international de son activité contentieuse avec la cooptation à Paris de deux nouvelles associées
Squire Patton Boggs renforce significativement son équipe contentieuse avec l’arrivée de deux associées Carole Sportes et Valérie Ravit ainsi qu’une équipe de trois collaboratrices.
Corporate Defense and Disputes
Managing Litigation Risk: Critical Questions for Private Equity Professionals Serving on Portfolio Company Boards
By Joel Cavanaugh, Michael R. Hackett, Timothy W. Mungovan
Private equity funds, and individuals affiliated with fund sponsors, are increasingly being named as defendants in lawsuits involving their portfolio companies. This litigation risk arises most frequently where a fund…