Mattel, represented by Quinn Emmanuel’s John Quinn, accuses MGA of essentially stealing the idea for Bratz dolls, and is trying to seize ownership of the Bratz line. [read post]

 According to the court, “[t]he presentation of the report constitut[ed] a waiver of privilege because the client, the Special Committee, disclosed its communications concerning the investigation and final report to third parties — the individual director defendants and [their counsel] Quinn Emmanuel — whose interests are not common with the client, precluding application of the common interest exception to protect the disclosed communications. [read post]

Jim Webb wrote: The most important--and unfortunately the least debated--issue in politics today is our society's steady drift toward a class-based system, the likes of which we have not seen since the 19th century. [read post]