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DealLawyers.com Blog

DealLawyers.com Blog

Covers mergers & acquisitions. From editor Broc Romanek, who is also editor of TheCorporateCounsel.net.

http://www.deallawyers.com/Blog/
  • May 22

    NetSpend: Delaware Chancery Criticizes Single-Buyer Negotiating, Use of DADW & Revlon Process, But Denies Injunction

    NetSpend: Delaware Chancery Criticizes Single-Buyer Negotiating, Use of DADW & Revlon Process, But Denies Injunction
    NetSpend: Delaware Chancery Criticizes Single-Buyer Negotiating, Use of DADW & Revlon Process, But Denies Injunction Here's news from Greenberg Traurig's Cliff Neimeth: Vice Chancellor Glasscock's decision yesterday in Koehler v. Netspend…
  • May 20

    Safe Harbor: Del Monte in a Minor Key

    Safe Harbor: Del Monte in a Minor Key
    Safe Harbor: Del Monte in a Minor Key Here is an article from "The Deal": Corporate directors and their outside advisers would seem to have fulfilled their fiduciary duties to shareholders handsomely by agreeing to sell a company…
  • May 14

    In re Plains Exploration: A Revlon Review & the Kitchen Sink

    In re Plains Exploration: A Revlon Review & the Kitchen Sink
    In re Plains Exploration: A Revlon Review & the Kitchen Sink John Grossbauer of Potter Anderson notes: In In re Plains Exploration & Production Co. Shareholder Litigation, Delaware Vice Chancellor Noble rejected claims for breach of…
Rank this Week: 581

Death Penalty

Death Penalty

Get the latest news on the death penalty in the United States and worldwide, and learn how you can work with Amnesty International USA to abolish capital punishment.

http://blog.amnestyusa.org
  • Mar 29

    Syria’s Assad Targets Children for Detention and Torture

    Syria’s Assad Targets Children for Detention and Torture
    Syrian refugee children fleeing the violence in their country gather at a partially set up camp near Jordan's northern border. © KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP/Getty Images It’s almost unbelievable, a government targeting children in an attempt to…
  • Mar 28

    FDA Slammed For Allowing Illegal Execution Drug

    FDA Slammed For Allowing Illegal Execution Drug
    The death chamber in Huntsville, Texas. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Newsmakers) I’ve written before about how the death penalty degrades everything it touches, and in the words of Thomas Paine,  “leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to…
  • Mar 28

    Flames of Despair in Tibetan Protest for Human Right

    Flames of Despair in Tibetan Protest for Human Right
    Lhamo Tso, the wife of imprisoned Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen, in New York, March 9, 2012. (Photo EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) Tibetan exile Jampa Yeshi committed the ultimate act of protest Monday by setting himself on fire in…
Rank this Week: 246

Defending People: The Art and…

Defending People: The Art and Science of Criminal Defense Trial Lawyering

Covers criminal defense law. By Mark Bennett.

http://bennettandbennett.com/blog
  • May 14

    Math is Hard: Fear is Not Danger

    Math is Hard: Fear is Not Danger
    A recent Gallup poll names the Houston, Sugar Land, and Baytown region among the least safe U.S. metro areas, according to resident confidence in the safety of where they live. Only 63 percent of those polled in the Houston…
  • May 12

    Book Review and Giveaway: Mistrial

    Book Review and Giveaway: Mistrial
    When I got a copy of Mark Geragos and Pat Harris’s Mistrial: An Inside Look at How the Criminal Justice System Works … and Sometimes Doesn’t in the mail, I was primed to be either outraged or bored. I’ve expressed my…
  • May 9

    Texas SB 834: The Star Chamber Bill

    Texas SB 834: The Star Chamber Bill
    One of the few great virtues of American criminal justice is that it is committed in the light of day. Courts are open to the public, and generally—not always; anonymous juries are becoming more common, which ironically means that the…
Rank this Week: 207

Defero Law

Defero Law

Community of UK legal bloggers.

http://www.deferolaw.com/profiles/blog/list?promoted=1
  • May 22

    9 minutes a day to develop clients from LinkedIn

    9 minutes a day to develop clients from LinkedIn
    LinkedIn, as the most businesslike Social Media, offers a great opportunity to: Develop new client relationships Enhance existing client relationships Extend the life of a client and help them come back more readily That’s why many…
  • May 22

    Our Child Abuse Solicitors discuss claims of abuse at Knowl View School

    Our Child Abuse Solicitors discuss claims of abuse at Knowl View School
    The Guardian reported yesterday that the Greater Manchester Police are investigating new claims of abuse at Knowl View School in Rochdale. Knowl View School was a residential school for boys aged 8-16 with learning difficulties. It was…
  • May 22

    Managing Client Relationships - headlines from the 2013 "Truth in professional services" study

    Managing Client Relationships - headlines from the 2013 "Truth in professional services" study
    It's been a while coming, but we've just completing the exec report of the 2013 Managing Client Relationships 2013 "Truth in professional services" benchmark study, done in conjunction with Managing Partner Forum and PM Forum. Some of the…
Rank this Week: 297

Delaware Business Litigation…

Delaware Business Litigation Report

Offers case summaries of Delaware court decisions in business-related litigation. By Morris James.

http://www.delawarebusinesslitigation.com/
  • May 21

    Court Of Chancery Upholds Caremark Complaint

    Court Of Chancery Upholds Caremark Complaint
    In re China Agritech Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation, C.A. 7163-VCL (May 21, 2013) One of the harder aspects of practicing Delaware corporate law is dealing with all the decisions. This is an excellent summary of current Delaware…
  • May 17

    Court Of Chancery Explains Exculpation Clause

    Court Of Chancery Explains Exculpation Clause
    Anvil Holding Corporation v. Iron Acquisition Corporation, C.A. 7975-VCP (May 17, 2013) Many acquisition agreements contain provisions that are intended to limit the buyer's remedies. This decision explains what language to use to…
  • May 16

    Is the Court of Chancery Reforming Merger Litigation?

    Is the Court of Chancery Reforming Merger Litigation?
    Authored by Edward M. McNally This article was originally published in the Delaware Business Court Insider | May 15, 2013 There is an uproar going on about the practice of filing suit over every merger announced for a publicly…
Rank this Week: 508

Delaware Corporate and Commercial…

Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog

Offers Delaware Chancery Court and Suprme Court updates. By Francis G.X. Pileggi.

http://www.delawarelitigation.com/
  • Nov 26

    Supreme Court Imposes Jurisdiction on Foreign Party

    Supreme Court Imposes Jurisdiction on Foreign Party
    In Matthew v. Flakt Woods Group SA, Del. Supr., No. 150, 2012 (Nov. 20, 2012), the Delaware Supreme Court ruled that Delaware courts could impose jurisdiction on a foreign party involved in this case, based on the “conspiracy theory of…
  • Nov 22

    Chancery Grants Motion in Limine to Preclude Evidence Based on Assertion of Attorney Client Privilege

    Chancery Grants Motion in Limine to Preclude Evidence Based on Assertion of Attorney Client Privilege
    Grunstein v. Silva, No. 3932-VCN (Del. Ch., Nov. 20, 2012). The Court of Chancery granted a motion in limine to preclude evidence at trial based on the defendants’ assertion of attorney client privilege. This short letter ruling provides…
  • Nov 21

    Chancery Addresses Non-Disbursement of Class Action Settlement Fund

    Chancery Addresses Non-Disbursement of Class Action Settlement Fund
    In Norberg v. Security Storage Co. of Washington, C.A. No. 12885-VCN (Del. Ch. Nov. 19, 2012), the Court of Chancery addressed the issue of how to deal with funds from a class action settlement–approved many years ago, that have not yet…
Rank this Week: 173

Delaware IP Law Blog

Delaware IP Law Blog

Covers case analysis and commentary on intellectual property law. Published by Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP.

http://www.delawareiplaw.com/
Rank this Week: 477

Deliberations

Deliberations

Covers laws, news, and thoughts on juries and jury trials. By Anne Reed.

http://jurylaw.typepad.com/deliberations/
  • Feb 21

    Hmmmmm... Should I Facebook Friend the Defendant?

    Hmmmmm... Should I Facebook Friend the Defendant?
    Without question, the numbskull of the week award goes to Jacob Jock (seriously, that’s his name). The 29 year old juror was dismissed after he attempted to Facebook friend the defendant (a young woman) during jury selection. He was…
  • Jan 24

    What Great Basketball Coaches Can Teach Us About Trial Prep

    What Great Basketball Coaches Can Teach Us About Trial Prep
    Dean Smith, the hall-of-fame University of North Carolina basketball coach, was a master at preparing his players for opponents. I once heard a story that described a time when Coach Smith had to get his Tarheels ready for an opposing team…
  • Jan 18

    Don’t Call Me Fluffy: One Perspective on Mock Trial

    Don’t Call Me Fluffy: One Perspective on Mock Trial
    As a profession, litigation consulting sometimes faces a fluctuating level of credibility within the legal community. At times, trial attorneys question the necessity and even the validity of some trial consulting techniques. Similar to the…
Rank this Week: 671

Dennis Jansen

Dennis Jansen

Blawg of a University of Minnesota law student.

http://www.dennis-jansen.com/
  • Jan 4

    Advanti Wheels: Stunning Car Accessorie

    Advanti Wheels: Stunning Car Accessorie
    Advanti Wheels: Stunning Car Accessories The wide range of wheel brands nowadays increases the competition in the automobile industry. Being one of those who desire for the best wheels that can improve the looks of their car can choose from…
  • Jan 2

    Steering Wheel Control Car DVD

    Steering Wheel Control Car DVD
    Steering Wheel Control Car DVD Many people put their car as an extension of his personality. Today’s honda  DVD player– at least is the highest, can follow a method to control an aftermarket car DVD player with existing…
  • Jan 2

    Wheel Clamping & Car Park Management

    Wheel Clamping & Car Park Management
    Wheel Clamping & Car Park Management   This would come as common sense to most people, yet time and time again I hear of people reacting like spoilt children whenever they are caught with a clamp for being foolish and parking in a…
Rank this Week: 300

DennisKennedy.blog

DennisKennedy.blog

Covers legal technology, technology law and other musings. By Dennis Kennedy.

http://www.denniskennedy.com/blog/
  • Apr 29

    The Kennedy-Mighell Report: Pardon Our 100th Interruption

    The Kennedy-Mighell Report: Pardon Our 100th Interruption
    “Pardon Our 100th Interruption” is the title of the 100th episode of The Kennedy-Mighell Report podcast for the Legal Talk Network. Listeners who go back to the very beginning will know that there were six earlier episodes we did…
  • Apr 11

    New Podcasts: Creativity within Constraints and iPads for Litigator

    New Podcasts: Creativity within Constraints and iPads for Litigator
    Tom Mighell and I are getting ready to record the 100th Episode of our podcast, The Kennedy-Mighell Report, which is now appearing on both the Legal Talk Network and the ABA’s Legal Technology Resource Center. And it’s available…
  • Apr 1

    Two New Tech Columns: Law Firm Apps and Departure Policie

    Two New Tech Columns: Law Firm Apps and Departure Policie
    My latest two ABA Journal tech columns are called “Apt to make apps? What you need to consider before jumping in” and “5 tech policies law firms should consider to prep for job departures.” 1. Apt to make apps? What…
Rank this Week: 564

Disability Law

Disability Law

Covers developments in disability law and related fields.

http://disabilitylaw.blogspot.com/
  • May 22

    Interesting Article on the Construction of Disability in China

    Interesting Article on the Construction of Disability in China
    New on SSRN: Yee-Fui Ng, Disability Rights v. Quality Birth Rhetoric: The Construction of Disability in China, (2012) LAWASIA Journal 1.  The abstract doesn't really tell you much, but here's an excerpt from the paper:This…
  • May 20

    N.D. Ohio Grants Summary Judgment to Plaintiff in Fair Housing Act Failure-to-Accommodate Case

    N.D. Ohio Grants Summary Judgment to Plaintiff in Fair Housing Act Failure-to-Accommodate Case
    Last week, Senior District Judge James G. Carr of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio issued an opinion in Vance v. City of Maumee, 2013 WL 2102845 (N.D. Ohio, May 15, 2013).  The principal plaintiff,…
  • May 20

    Good Reuters Piece on Recent EEOC GINA Activity

    Good Reuters Piece on Recent EEOC GINA Activity
    See this article, which begins:The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has signaled it will actively sue employers it suspects of misusing genetic information to discriminate in the workplace, filing its first class action using a…
Rank this Week: 506

Disabled Worker Law Blog

Disabled Worker Law Blog

Covers workers compensation, social security disability, long term disability, disability pensions and construction accidents. By Turley, Redmond & Rosasco.

http://www.disabledworkerlaw.com/
  • May 10

    Fraud

    Fraud
    We’ve all heard those stereotypes about Worker’s Compensation Claims being a lot of bologna. People think of claimants wearing fake neck braces, getting hurt on purpose, hobbling into their hearing limping on one leg and walking…
  • May 9

    Illicit Drug Use and Your Worker’s Compensation Claim

    Illicit Drug Use and Your Worker’s Compensation Claim
    This week, we’ve talked a lot about the regulation of legal pharmaceutical products. Let us take a minute though to think about illicit substances. Worker’s Compensation is considered a no-fault system. The amount of money a…
  • May 8

    Links to the Latest Information on Drug Safety

    Links to the Latest Information on Drug Safety
    Index to Drug-Specific Information- if a drug has been the subject of review or safety advisory, you can find it on this alphabetical index MedWatch Alerts- you can sign up to receive email alerts from Medwatch, an agency that reports bad…
Rank this Week: 783

Discourse.net

Discourse.net

By University of Miami law professor Michael Froomkin. Covers civil liberties, the Internet, Guantanamo, Iraq attrocities, politics and more.

http://www.discourse.net/
  • May 20

    Crawford on Telco Monopolie

    Crawford on Telco Monopolie
    Nice profile of Susan Crawford, highlighting her campaign against telco internet monopolies, by David Carr in today’s NYT. A taste of Telecom’s Big Players Hold Back the Future: Susan Crawford, a professor at [Cardozo School of…
  • May 17

    EFF Is Accepting Bitcoins Again

    EFF Is Accepting Bitcoins Again
    EFF Will Accept Bitcoins to Support Digital Liberty. This follows a 2-year moratorium. One key difference from past practice: EFF will liquidate any Bitcoins it receives as soon as it gets them. EFF’s announcement pointed me to this…
  • May 15

    The Red Lionfish of Politic

    The Red Lionfish of Politic
    How can this be? Most people are now familiar with President’s Obama’s proposal to cut Social Security by reducing the annual cost of living adjustment. While the final formula is somewhat convoluted, the net effect is to reduce…
Rank this Week: 60

Disputing

Disputing

Discusses articles, court cases, legislation, and news relating to alternative dispute resolution with particular focus on Texas. By Karl Bayer, Victoria VanBuren, and Holly Hayes.

http://www.karlbayer.com/blog
  • May 22

    American Exceptionalism in Consumer Arbitration

    American Exceptionalism in Consumer Arbitration
    Amy Schmitz, Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School, has authored an interesting article entitled, American Exceptionalism in Consumer Arbitration, Loyola University Chicago International Law Review, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2013;…
  • May 22

    NADN Announces Partnership With DRI and AAJ

    NADN Announces Partnership With DRI and AAJ
    This week, the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN) announced a partnership with DRI - The Voice of The Defense Bar and the American Association for Justice (AAJ).
  • May 20

    Amazon.com Asks Federal Judge to Compel Third-Party Seller Dispute to Arbitration

    Amazon.com Asks Federal Judge to Compel Third-Party Seller Dispute to Arbitration
    Seattle, Washington-based Amazon.com has reportedly asked a U.S. District Court to compel a lawsuit filed by two individuals who formerly sold third-party items using the website to arbitration.
Rank this Week: 301

Dissenting Justice

Dissenting Justice

Provides commentary on law, politics and justice. By Professor Darren Hutchinson.

http://dissentingjustice.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 261

Divorce Law Journal

Divorce Law Journal

Covers adoptions, business valuation, collaborative family law, debt division, grandparent visitation, maintenance, relocation and same sex issues. By Diana L. Skaggs.

http://louisvilledivorce.typepad.com/info/
Rank this Week: 214

DNT - O Direito e as novas…

DNT - O Direito e as novas tecnologias

Covers Brazilian IT law. In Portuguese. By Alexandre Atheniense.

http://www.dnt.adv.br
  • Aug 17

    Processos sobre fraudes de Homebanking serão afetados por Súmula do STJ

    Processos sobre fraudes de Homebanking serão afetados por Súmula do STJ
    Uma orientação recente do Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ) determinou que os bancos, para não terem que arcar com prejuízos por fraudes ou delitos praticados por terceiros em operações financeiras, deverão comprovar que a culpa foi…
  • Aug 7

    Quais os limites de uso das imagens captadas nas webcams em locais públicos ?

    Quais os limites de uso das imagens captadas nas webcams em locais públicos ?
    Por volta das 16h de 23 de julho, o profissional que tomava conta da câmera 51 (situada na Avenida dos Andradas, perto da Praça da Estação) verificou que dois rapazes sentados perto de um ponto de ônibus pareciam estar enrolando um…
  • Jul 9

    Brasil é quem mais pede remoção de conteúdo ao Google. Você sabe por que ?

    Brasil é quem mais pede remoção de conteúdo ao Google. Você sabe por que ?
    O Google divulgou esta semana, em seu relatório de transparência, o número de pedidos de remoção de conteúdo recebidos entre julho e dezembro de 2011. O documento, o quinto do tipo, separa as solicitações por país de onde vieram. O…
Rank this Week: 156

Docket Report Patent Infringement…

Docket Report Patent Infringement Blog

Detailing substantive events regarding patent cases in the district courts.

http://docketreport.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 362

Domain Name Jurisprudence &…

Domain Name Jurisprudence & Commentaries on UDRP Cases

Review and analysis of cybersquatter cases decided under the Uniform Domain Name Resolution Policy. By Gerald M. Levine.

http://udrpcommentaries.wordpress.com
  • May 17

    Trademarks Composed of Elements that Include Dictionary Word

    Trademarks Composed of Elements that Include Dictionary Word
    www.udrpcommentaries.comTrademarks gather strength as they ascend the classification scale. In order, fanciful, arbitrary and suggestive are at the strong end of the scale, while descriptive and generic (if they qualify for registration) are…
  • May 2

    Similarity of Domain Name to Trademark Is Only the Beginning of the Assessment

    Similarity of Domain Name to Trademark Is Only the Beginning of the Assessment
    www.udrpcommentaries.comUDRP provides remedies on proof of abusive registration of domain names. What constitutes abuse sufficient to support a remedy is something more than having a trademark that another party is using as a domain name.…
  • Apr 22

    Inadvertent Lapse of Both Trademark Registration and Domain Name

    Inadvertent Lapse of Both Trademark Registration and Domain Name
    www.udrpcommentaries.comFalling out of the trademark registry for failure to file a section 8 affidavit may be embarrassing but not fatal; losing a domain name for inadvertence may be fatal depending on the strength or weakness of the…
Rank this Week: 666

Doorey's Workplace Law Blog

Doorey's Workplace Law Blog

Covers Canadian labour and employment law. By Professor David Doorey.

http://www.yorku.ca/ddoorey/lawblog
  • May 20

    Upcoming Work Law Conference

    Upcoming Work Law Conference
    It’s a busy time for labour and employment law academics. I, like many other scholars in work law and industrial relations, am bogged down right now in preparing papers for upcoming academic conferences.  This means fewer blog…
  • May 9

    My New Academic Papers on Labour Law

    My New Academic Papers on Labour Law
    One thing I do on this website is promote Canadian academic scholarship in labour and employment law.   You can always find links to many of the best academic papers in the field, from Canadian and foreign academics, on this list of SSRN…
  • May 7

    Osgoode Hall Law School’s, “Oh, the Cases You’ll Know”

    Osgoode Hall Law School’s, “Oh, the Cases You’ll Know”
    My favorite children’s poem, with a twist, as read by faculty at Osgoode Hall Law School.  
Rank this Week: 434

Dorf on Law

Dorf on Law

By Cornell Law School Professor Michael Dorf and his friends.

http://www.dorfonlaw.org/
Rank this Week: 225

Dougherty Leventhal and Price, LLP…

Dougherty Leventhal and Price, LLP Personal Injury Blog

Covers personal injury topics like auto accidents, truck accidents, and even gas drilling injuries in Pennsylvania.

http://www.dlplaw.com/category/dlp-law/
  • May 22

    Abogados en Scranton de Seguro Social por Incapacidad

    Abogados en Scranton de Seguro Social por Incapacidad
    A partir de Marzo del 2013, el Departamento del Tesoro de los Estados Unidos requerirá que todos los  pagos de cheques de los  beneficiarios del Seguro Social sean hechos por medio de una tarjeta de debito o por…
  • May 22

    Attorney Brian Price of DLP Attends NeighborWorks of Northeastern Pennsylvania Retreat at Scranton Hilton

    Attorney Brian Price of DLP Attends NeighborWorks of Northeastern Pennsylvania Retreat at Scranton Hilton
    Yesterday, I had the distinct honor and opportunity to attend the NeighborWorks of Northeastern Pennsylvania Retreat at the Hilton Hotel in Scranton, Pa.  I am proud to sit upon this Board for the past years and yesterday was an…
  • May 22

    Scranton Social Security Disability Lawyer

    Scranton Social Security Disability Lawyer
    As of March of 2013, the U.S. Department of Treasury will require that all Social Security benefeciaries’ federal check payments be made either on a debit card or by direct deposit.  Certain exceptions will apply, namely, for those…
Rank this Week: 550

Dreadnaught

Dreadnaught

Covers military law.

http://dreadnaught.wordpress.com
  • Aug 13

    Changing the Clip on a Spyderco Para-Military 2

    Changing the Clip on a Spyderco Para-Military 2
    The Spyderco Para-Military 2 has four positions for the mounting of the clip.  To change the clip to another position you will need a T7 Torx screwdriver. I ordered mine from Amazon.com.  The total price for a 6-piece set was $5.31 plus…
  • Apr 24

    Why President Obama Will Not Close Guantanamo Bay

    Why President Obama Will Not Close Guantanamo Bay
    As regular readers of Dreadnaught will recall, President Obama promised to close Guantanamo Bay within one year.  Then the president learned that it may not be so easy to close.  Congress then opposed the closing and withheld the necessary…
  • Apr 23

    Review of Spyderco Captain

    Review of Spyderco Captain
    I recently purchased a Spyderco  Captain.  This is my third Spyderco.  I purchased this knife from PDQ Blades.  Great customer service and fast shipping. This knife is no longer made by Spyderco, but you can still find it on ebay and…
Rank this Week: 498

Drug and Device Law

Drug and Device Law

Covers various topics that arise in the defense of pharmaceutical and medical device product liability litigation. By James M. Beck and Mark Herrmann.

http://druganddevicelaw.blogspot.com/
  • May 22

    Another Aredia-Zometa Win, Read Against That Institute You Can't Disparage

    Another Aredia-Zometa Win, Read Against That Institute You Can't Disparage
    Marriage is a civil institution, so it's natural that there are so many laws respecting it. Marriage is also an emotional, fragile relationship, so it's also natural that many of the laws are a bit nutty.   For instance,  on…
  • May 21

    Plaintiff’s Second Try Still Preempted

    Plaintiff’s Second Try Still Preempted
                We talk about a lot of motions to dismiss on this blog and being a defense blog, the overwhelming majority are successful.  Motions to dismiss being what they are –…
  • May 20

    Plaintiffs Discover Risks of Refusing to Participate in Predictive Coding Discovery

    Plaintiffs Discover Risks of Refusing to Participate in Predictive Coding Discovery
     Let’s see whether it works: Discovery!  Are you excited?  How about this: Technology Assisted Review!!  Nothing yet?  How about: Predictive Coding!!!  We gave you three exclamation points for that…
Rank this Week: 109

Drug Injury Attorney Blog

Drug Injury Attorney Blog

Covers dangerous drugs, dangerous medical devices and product liability law. By Jeffrey Lowe.

http://www.druginjuryattorneyblog.com/
  • May 22

    Judge Calls for Female Attorneys on Plaintiffs’ Committee for Mirena Injury Litigation

    Judge Calls for Female Attorneys on Plaintiffs’ Committee for Mirena Injury Litigation
    I was interested as a defective medical device attorney to see a recent news item about the gender makeup of the steering committee of plaintiffs’ attorneys in the Mirena IUD injury litigation. As Thomson Reuters reported, the New York…
  • May 22

    MDL Adds Iowa DVT Lawsuit

    MDL Adds Iowa DVT Lawsuit
    The current Yaz MDL that is taking place in Illinois federal court has just added a new complaint that was filed by April and Jamie Grimm. The Grimms' original Yaz lawsuit was filed in April in the U.S. District Court for the Southern…
  • May 20

    Vaginal Mesh Bellwether Trials Against CR Bard to Begin September 23

    Vaginal Mesh Bellwether Trials Against CR Bard to Begin September 23
    The first of the vaginal mesh bellwether trials against manufacturer C.R. Bard will begin on September 23, 2013. The complaints were filed in New Jersey’s Atlantic County Supreme Court. The vaginal mesh device that is the focus of these…
Rank this Week: 860

Drug Injury Watch

Drug Injury Watch

Site provides developing information about prescription drug side effects as well as up-to-date news from the legal, medical, FDA, and pharmaceutical sectors. From attorney Thomas J. Lamb.

http://www.drug-injury.com/druginjurycom/
Rank this Week: 259

Drug Recall Lawyer Blog

Drug Recall Lawyer Blog

Covers drug recall litigation news and updates. Published By Miller & Zois.

http://www.drugrecalllawyerblog.com/
  • Mar 11

    Januvia, Byetta, and Pancreatic Cancer

    Januvia, Byetta, and Pancreatic Cancer
    Type-2 diabetes is the most prevalent form of diabetes in America. 25.8 million children and adults in the US are being treated for the condition. Each year almost 2 million more people are diagnosed. In 2012 alone, the treatment cost of…
  • Feb 19

    First Actos Trial

    First Actos Trial
    Asia's biggest drugmarker, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., is facing its first trial of lawsuits involving Actos. Alleged to have caused cancer in some patients, Actos was once the world's biggest-selling diabetes drug. Like many diabetes drugs…
  • Feb 8

    Mirena IUD Lawsuits: Bayer is Fighting Class Action Effort

    Mirena IUD Lawsuits: Bayer is Fighting Class Action Effort
    Last month, a group of plaintiff's filed a motion requesting that all federal Mirena IUD lawsuits be consolidated into an MDL. The defendant, Bayer, is fighting this motion. The technical definition of an MDL is a "sort of a class action." …
Rank this Week: 890

Duets Blog

Duets Blog

Collaborative blog on advertising, intellectual property, and marketing.

http://www.duetsblog.com/
  • May 22

    Nutty News: Dear Biggest Fan, Here’s a Cease-and-Desist Letter

    Nutty News: Dear Biggest Fan, Here’s a Cease-and-Desist Letter
    You have to be one big fan of a company or product to establish a World {What-You-Cannot-Live-Without} Day.  Well, a sticky situation with the well-known hazelnut spread Nutella may have you rethinking your public affection. Back in…
  • May 21

    A Question, a Funny and a Curiosity: Three Things Coming from a Trip to New York City

    A Question, a Funny and a Curiosity: Three Things Coming from a Trip to New York City
    First, the curiosity, when you see a gaggle of characters and then notice they all have “tip purses” in some form with their respective costumes, beware. In a visit with a media company in Times Square (Viacom specifically) we had…
  • May 19

    The Most Famous Bottle Design, Forever?

    The Most Famous Bottle Design, Forever?
    Coca-Cola settled on its famous contour bottle design almost 100 years ago, in 1916, after several years of trials with other far less distinctive shapes (at least under today’s standards): Federal trademark registration data confirms…
Rank this Week: 224

Durham-in-Wonderland

Durham-in-Wonderland

Features comments and analysis about the Duke/Nifong case. By Professor KC Johnson.

http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/
  • May 11

    "We Are Not Radicals"

    "We Are Not Radicals"
     .  . . writes proud, defiant member of the Group of 88.In his co-authored op-ed, and after implying that his conduct might somehow be comparable to the brave civil rights activists who participated in the Greensboro sit-ins, Group…
  • May 7

    More on Penn State & Accountability

    More on Penn State & Accountability
    I’ve written extensively on the contrasting approaches to accountability between Penn State and Duke. The Penn State trustees, although they remained asleep at the switch for years, at the very least acted aggressively once the Sandusky…
  • Apr 22

    The Orin & Selena Show

    The Orin & Selena Show
    In the early stages of the lacrosse case, Orin Starn distinguished himself as among the Duke faculty members most eager to exploit his own students’ distress to advance his campus agenda. The Sociology professor never seemed to miss a…
Rank this Week: 340

E-Commerce Law

E-Commerce Law

Covers news, trends, and legal issues affecting e-commerce businesses. By Jonathan D. Frieden.

http://ecommercelaw.typepad.com/ecommerce_law/
Rank this Week: 830

e-discovery 2.0

e-discovery 2.0

Covers electronic discovery. By Aaref Hilaly.

http://www.clearwellsystems.com/e-discovery-blog
Rank this Week: 953

East Timor Law and Justice…

East Timor Law and Justice Bulletin

Covers legal news from Timor-Leste.

http://easttimorlegal.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 743

Eastern District of Texas Federal…

Eastern District of Texas Federal Court Practice

Devoted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, with special emphasis on patent litigation. By Michael C. Smith.

http://mcsmith.blogs.com/eastern_district_of_texas/
  • May 21

    Motion to Reconsider Order Denying Motion to Sever Denied

    Motion to Reconsider Order Denying Motion to Sever Denied
    MicroUnity v. Acer, et al., 2:10cv91 (3/26/13) Judge: Roy Payne Holding: Motion For Reconsideration Of Order Denying Motion To Sever Certain Claims DENIED Qualcomm asserted that the Court’s prior ruling denying its prior motion to sever…
  • May 21

    Chief Judge Leonard Davis Named Tex-ABOTA Jurist of the Year

    Chief Judge Leonard Davis Named Tex-ABOTA Jurist of the Year
    The 2013 TEX-ABOTA (American Board of Trial Advocates) Annual Award honorees were chosen in a vote at the TEX-ABOTA board meeting on May 18, 2013. The honorees listed below include East Texas’ own Chief Judge Leonard Davis, who was…
  • May 20

    There Are Two Ways to Lose a Case in the Eastern District of Texas...

    There Are Two Ways to Lose a Case in the Eastern District of Texas...
    Alexsam v. IDT, 2012-1063-1064 (Fed. Cir. 5/20/13) Holding: Judgment of Infringement Reversed ... Except for the Part That Was a Discovery Sanction Long time practitioners in the Eastern District of Texas will have heard it from former judge…
Rank this Week: 197

El Blog de Derecho Publico de…

El Blog de Derecho Publico de Sevach

Covers public law and legislation. By Professor J.R. Chaves.

http://www.contencioso.es
Rank this Week: 711

El Conta punto com

El Conta punto com

Herramientas para los contadores -México-

http://elconta.com/
Rank this Week: 200

Elder Law Prof Blog

Elder Law Prof Blog

By William Mitchell College of Law Professor Kim Dayton and Associate Professor Carolyn Grose

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/elder_law/
Rank this Week: 163

Election Law

Election Law

Covers election law, campaign finance, legislation, voting rights, initiatives, redistricting, and the Supreme Court nomination process.. By Rick Hasen.

http://electionlawblog.org/
Rank this Week: 83

Election Law @ Moritz

Election Law @ Moritz

Information and insight on the laws governing federal, state and local elections. By the Moritz College of Law.

http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/
Rank this Week: 804

Electronic Discovery Law

Electronic Discovery Law

Covers legal issues, news and best practices relating to the discovery of electronically stored information. By Preston Gates & Ellis.

http://www.ediscoverylaw.com/
Rank this Week: 350

eLegal Canton

eLegal Canton

Technology law blog covering software, copyright, privacy, the Internet, electronic commerce, and computers. By David Canton.

http://canton.elegal.ca
  • Nov 26

    New law accepts everyday activitie

    New law accepts everyday activitie
    For the London Free Press – November 26, 2012 Read this on Canoe You’re no longer breaking the law when you use your PVR to record your favourite TV show for later viewing. Teachers are no longer infringing copyright when they print…
  • Nov 21

    Bill Nye the Science Guy on lawyer

    Bill Nye the Science Guy on lawyer
    Today’s Slaw post. I had the pleasure of seeing Bill Nye speak last night at Western with my son. It was gratifying to see a scientist treated like a rock star in a sold out hall of more than 2000 people – mostly Western students. People…
  • Nov 14

    Lessons from DIG

    Lessons from DIG
    Today’s Slaw post I spent today at London’s 5th annual DIG (Digital Interactive & Gaming) Conference along with about 1500 others. The conference is divided into 3 tracks. One for game developers, another for web developers, and another…
Rank this Week: 519

Empirical Legal Studies

Empirical Legal Studies

Covers emerging empirical legal scholarship, conference updates and empirical claims. Edited by Professors Michael Heise, Theodore Eisenberg, William Ford, Sara Benesh, William Henderson, Frank Cross, Carolyn Shapiro, anbd Christopher Zorn

http://www.elsblog.org/the_empirical_legal_studi/
  • May 19

    Call For Papers: Midwest Law & Economics Association

    Call For Papers: Midwest Law & Economics Association
    Bob Lawless (Ill.) asked me to post the following Call for Papers for the 2013 MLEA, and I am delighted to do so. University of Illinois College of Law will host the conference and the deadline for proposals is August...
  • May 10

    Empirical Legal Scholars and "Special" Responsibilitie

    Empirical Legal Scholars and "Special" Responsibilitie
    A recent post by David Schwartz (Chicago-Kent)--wondering whether empirical legal scholars should shoulder "special ethical responsibilities"--ignited a fascinating (and timely) discussion over at Concurring Opinions. Two reasons…
  • May 3

    Helpful Reminders on How To Minimize Errors in Empirical Research

    Helpful Reminders on How To Minimize Errors in Empirical Research
    Responding to the recent debacle involving a grad student uncovering a blundering error in a paper by noted Harvard economists (here), Betsey Stevenson (Mich.) and Justin Wolfers (Mich.) initiated a (now growing) list of suggestions on how to…
Rank this Week: 96

Employee Benefits Legal Blog

Employee Benefits Legal Blog

Covers employee benefits related to labor and employment matters. Published by Keith R. McMurdy of Fox Rothschild, LLP.

http://employeebenefits.foxrothschild.com/
  • May 16

    Remember GINA?: EEOC Settles its First GINA Law Suit

    Remember GINA?: EEOC Settles its First GINA Law Suit
    The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) passed in 2008.  Since then, most of the discussion benefit plan professionals have had regarding GINA has focused on HIPAA notice requirements and compliance with GINA restrictions in…
  • May 10

    DOL Issues Model Notice for Coverge and COBRA: More PPACA Form

    DOL Issues Model Notice for Coverge and COBRA: More PPACA Form
    As a component of PPACA, employees will be able to opt out of employer coverage and go to exchanges (or go there directly if the employer does not offer coverage).  The government refers to this program as the "Health Insurance…
  • May 7

    Defining Eligibility: Start With Plan Term

    Defining Eligibility: Start With Plan Term
    One of the quirks about PPACA is that the measure of "affordability" of coverage is based on the value of single (or "employee only") coverage.  A qualifying plan has to make coverage available to dependents, but it can exclude spouses…
Rank this Week: 770

Employer Law Report

Employer Law Report

Covers recent legal developments and trends affecting employers. By Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP.

http://www.employerlawreport.com/
Rank this Week: 547

employerhelpcast

employerhelpcast

Covers employment law topics. By Helene Wasserman.

http://blip.tv/employerhelpcast/
  • Dec 15

    Interview with labor and employment law icon Bob Millman of Littler Mendelson.

    Interview with labor and employment law icon Bob Millman of Littler Mendelson.
    Some attorneys' names become synonymous with the area of law they practice. Having practiced in the area of labor and employment law for more than three decades, Bob Millman is one such person. In this special Helpcast, Host Helene…
  • Nov 13

    Interview with Robert Blumberg, Managing Shareholder, Littler Mendelson-Los Angele

    Interview with Robert Blumberg, Managing Shareholder, Littler Mendelson-Los Angele
    As many of you know, I have a new Firm. I recently joined the Los Angeles office of the National Employment and Labor Law Firm, Littler Mendelson. With more than 750 attorneys in 45 offices nationwide, Littler is the largest law firm in the…
  • Nov 7

    Global Employment Law

    Global Employment Law
    We live in a global economy. More and more companies based in the United States are opening operations internationally, and more international companies are commencing operations in the United States. And with those operations come employees.…
Rank this Week: 640

Employment & Labor Insider

Employment & Labor Insider

Discusses timely issues in labor and employment law and human resources from management's perspective, with subjects ranging from discrimination to employee handbooks and religious accommodations. By Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP.

http://www.employmentandlaborinsider.com/
  • May 17

    Four reasons your employment lawyer thinks firing should be a last resort

    Four reasons your employment lawyer thinks firing should be a last resort
    Last week's post about whether certain employees in the news deserved to be fired, in addition to generating some great comments from readers, got me thinking about firings in general. I don't like to fire people.  What's the world…
  • May 9

    Should these employees have been terminated? Tell us what you think!

    Should these employees have been terminated? Tell us what you think!
    Andy Warhol said that in the future everyone would be world-famous for 15 minutes. Wouldn't you hate for your 15 minutes of fame to be from getting fired from your job? Or having everybody on the Internet cyber-shouting for your employer to…
  • May 2

    Is your company a target of the EEOC?

    Is your company a target of the EEOC?
    Is your company an EEOC target? I've written before about the Strategic Enforcement Plan of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which was officially adopted last December, and the Commission's priorities. Last…
Rank this Week: 606