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Posted by mandy 87 days ago (http://www.law.com)
The battle for e-discovery continues to march to the left side of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model as today's companies gird themselves with products and services that manage ESI before a lawsuit is considered or filed. Consultant Brett Burney goes "left" with Mimosa NearPoint.
Feds Drop Money-Laundering Case Against Miami Attorney
Posted by mandy 103 days ago (http://www.law.com)
When federal prosecutors dropped all charges Wednesday in its money-laundering case against prominent Miami attorney Ben Kuehne and two co-defendants, the Justice Department left in its tracks a string of courtroom failures. Kuehne said his case leaves a legacy that will protect his colleagues. "There is no doubt my case is the most telling reaffirmation of the vital importance of the Sixth Amend
Creditors Committee Raises Stakes in Lehman-Barclays Dispute
Posted by mandy 104 days ago (http://www.law.com)
The creditors committee in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy fired a shot Tuesday in a dispute over whether Barclays received an improper "windfall" in its purchase of Lehman's North American assets and liabilities last September. The dispute has resulted in several motions for discovery and at least three suits. Now, the creditors committee has filed a motion under the terms of the Hague Convention
Merck Knocks Out Second Fosamax Test Case Before Trial
Posted by mandy 105 days ago (http://www.law.com)
Wyeth and its new parent Pfizer are probably wishing they had more to be thankful for this week, after being hit with jury awards totaling more than $100 million over hormone drugs. But what started out as a tough week for Big Pharma got a little better late Monday, when Manhattan federal Judge John Keenan dismissed the second of three bellwether cases facing Merck over its osteoporosis drug Fosa
Court Dismisses Claims That Warner Music CEO Owed Former Simon & Schuster Exec for Role in Music Deal
Posted by mandy 106 days ago (http://www.law.com)
Warner Music Group mogul Edgar M. Bronfman Jr. is not obligated to pay former Simon & Schuster CEO Richard E. Snyder more than $100 million for work Snyder insists he did to facilitate Warner Music's purchase by Bronfman's investment group, the New York Court of Appeals ruled Monday. The ruling extinguished Snyder's final two claims of his entitlement to significant compensation for his role in w
Sutherland to Jettison Lockstep Associate Pay
Posted by mandy 106 days ago (http://www.law.com)
Sutherland will shift from lockstep associate compensation to a performance-based system in January. The firm's roughly 175 associates will be grouped into three tiers, with advancement and pay increases pegged to their mastery of various skills. "The driving force in the change is to be able to communicate to the client that an associate has a certain level of skills, and that's what you're payi
EDD Tale: Caught in the Middle
Posted by mandy 107 days ago (http://www.law.com)
When an e-discovery provider was assigned the job of looking for e-mail evidence in a recent business dispute, it seemed like just another job until the company found itself on the receiving end of a motion for contempt for reporting that 70,000 files had been deleted from a computer.
General Counsel Panelists Say They Like Firms That Take the Initiative
Posted by mandy 107 days ago (http://www.law.com)
A panel of general counsel and senior in-house lawyers at a conference last week revealed that cost isn't always their top criteria when picking outside lawyers. They also want outside lawyers to take the initiative in building a relationship. Julia Coyne, Nike's assistant GC, recalled a law firm that did a pitch even after learning that the work it wanted was farmed out elsewhere. The firm later
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