Litigation/Liability Trends
Bouchard Nominated as Chief Judge of Delaware’s Chancery Court
Delaware lawyer Andre Bouchard was nominated on Thursday to replace Leo Strine as the chief judge of the state's Court of Chancery, one of the premier venues for business disputes, according to a ...
Lawyers Troll Internet for GM Customers as Race to Courthouse Gets Underway
General Motors may face lawsuits for millions of dollars over its recall of 1.6 million cars, but first lawyers have to find clients if they hope to get a foot in the courthouse door. To do so they ...
Judge Rules for Google; Privacy Plaintiffs Not a Class
Google Inc. won a significant legal victory as a U.S. judge decided not to combine several lawsuits that accuse the Internet search company of violating the privacy rights of hundreds of millions of ...
Viacom Settles $1B Suit Against Google Over Youtube Videos
Google Inc. and Viacom Inc. settled Viacom's $1 billion lawsuit claiming YouTube violated copyrights by letting users post video clips from television shows without authorization after a federal ...
Lawyer Appeals Ruling Preventing $9.5B Payday in Chevron Case
A U.S. lawyer on Tuesday appealed a federal judge's ruling that he used fraud to secure a multibillion-dollar pollution judgment against Chevron Corp in Ecuador, a decision that bars him from ...
Florida Supreme Court Finds Medical Damages Caps Unconstitutional
The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that the state's caps on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice wrongful death cases violate the state Constitution's equal protection clause. The 5-2 opinion ...
Mind Your Wallet: Why the Underworld Loves Bitcoin
Criminals may already have made off with up to $500 million worth of bitcoins since the virtual currency launched in 2009—and you can double that if it turns out they emptied Mt. Gox. Internet ...
U.S. SEC Charges Brokers in Scheme to Profit From Terminally Ill Through VA Sales
U.S. securities regulators filed civil charges against two brokers and seven others, saying they were involved in a scheme to profit from the death of terminally ill patients through variable annuity ...