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BusinessWeek
January 8, 2007
Michael Orey |
How Business Trounced The Trial Lawyers By focusing on litigation reform at the state level, business has won key battles. Suddenly, it's a tough time to be a plantiffs' attorney.   |
BusinessWeek
July 10, 2006
Lorraine Woellert |
Does Welding Make You Sick? The welding industry won an early round, but a mass tort battle could be brewing. |
Reason
August 2002
Michael McMenamin |
Knave of Torts Cooler coffee for $3 million and other lawyer bargains: a review of Why Lawsuits Are Good for America: Disciplined Democracy, Big Business, and the Common Law, by Carl T. Bogus |
CFO
August 1, 2006
Lori Calabro |
Problem Solvent Recent litigation against Polar Beverages and other beverage makers worries some CFOs and corporate attorneys. They foresee a flood tide of benzene suits, including cases that have nothing to do with occupational exposure. |
CFO
November 1, 2003
Russ Banham |
Unequal Justice The Bush Administration's broad hope for tort reform has now been limited to class-action legislation. |
BusinessWeek
March 9, 2011
Paul M. Barrett |
Amazon Crusader. Chevron Pest. Fraud? Attorney Steven Donziger won an $18 billion pollution verdict against Chevron. But is he clean enough to collect? |
BusinessWeek
March 24, 2011
Greg Stohr |
Wal-Mart Faces the Big Box of Bias Suits A Supreme Court review of a massive gender discrimination suit against Wal-Mart could usher in new rules regarding class actions. |
BusinessWeek
February 27, 2006
Lorraine Woellert |
Fractured Class Actions Opting out of class settlements in hopes of winning more money are growing headache for companies. |
Managed Care
January 2002
Donald Wilcox & Stephanie Kanwit |
Debating RICO Suits vs. Health Plans States Failed To Protect Docs From Insurers... Patients Will Suffer; Greedy Lawyers to Blame... |
BusinessWeek
December 20, 2004
Mike France |
Taking The Fear Factor Out Of E-Mail An obscure committee is proposing controversial rules for digital evidence -- which includes spreadsheets, databases, memos, letters, PowerPoint presentations and, most important, the e-mail messages that have recently plagued so many companies in court. |
BusinessWeek
June 22, 2011
Greg Stohr |
Wal-Mart Case: Another Loss for Trial Lawyers The Supreme Court's ruling is the latest in a series of decisions that make it clear the justices aim to curb mass litigation. |
ifeminists
June 30, 2004
Wendy McElroy |
Jackpot Justice, the Wal-Mart Case No one knows how to definitively resolve the abuses and dangers of class action suits without denying the underdog access to the courts. |
BusinessWeek
July 30, 2007 |
Another Risk Factor For Merck Plaintiffs' lawyers are salivating over evidence they hope could support their argument that even patients who used the painkiller for short periods were in danger. |
BusinessWeek
October 20, 2003
Spencer E. Ante |
Was IBM Hazardous To Workers' Health? A lawsuit claims chemicals used in making chips and drives caused cancer |
Reason
January 2003
Walter K. Olson |
Courting Stupidity Why smart lawyers pick dumb jurors. |
BusinessWeek
July 9, 2007
Michael Orey |
The Supreme Court: Open For Business The Roberts Court is showing a willingness to referee corporate concerns. |
BusinessWeek
April 18, 2005
Lorraine Woellert |
The Asbestos Mess: There Is A Way Out If Bush wants to end the asbestos impasse, he'll have to put the weight of the White House behind the simpler yet effective approach. A medical-criteria bill would give business and the courts much-needed relief while protecting the rights of real asbestos victims. |
BusinessWeek
July 24, 2006
Jane Sasseen |
A Wild Card Named Weinstein For the past decade, cigarette executives have been trying to convince Wall Street that their legal expenses are predictable and manageable. But every time they appear to be on the verge of succeeding, a new courtroom threat chills the markets. |
Entrepreneur
February 2005
Jane Easter Bahls |
It's Settled A new law makes it easier to reach settlements in employment discrimination cases. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2003
John S. McClenahen |
Order In The Torts Despite company plans to settle asbestos claims, business continues to seek federal civil-suit limits. The states, however, may have the final word. |
BusinessWeek
March 21, 2005
Aaron Bernstein |
Wal-Mart vs. Class Actions The retail giant's novel defense in a massive sex discrimination suit could rewrite the playbook for all corporate class-action suits. |
Registered Rep.
March 28, 2011
Diana Britton |
Securities America Nears Resolution With Plaintiffs Securities America has made "substantial progress" in its mediation with plaintiffs' attorneys involved in class action suits against the independent broker/dealer. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2004
Bill Mann |
Attack of the Killer Attorneys It's inevitable in every investor's career that he or she will hold a company that will attract class action lawsuits alleging some form of securities fraud. |
CFO
May 1, 2003
Kris Frieswick |
Misery Loves Another Company Federal-Mogul, burdened with asbestos claims, tests the limits of bankruptcy law. |
Entrepreneur
August 2005
Jane Easter Bahls |
Action Sacked A new law aims to protect you from class-action suits. Under the new law, all class-action lawsuits with plaintiffs from more than one state will have to be filed in federal courts, which tend to be less sympathetic than state courts to these suits. |
Chemistry World
February 3, 2012
Rebecca Trager |
Whistleblowers accuse FDA of spying, persecution The US Food and Drug Administration is being sued by its own scientists and doctors who allege they were spied on and persecuted by the agency for expressing safety concerns about the approval of medical devices. |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2011
David Lee Smith |
Chevron Clears Ecuadorian Legal Hurdle A judge has rescued Chevron -- for now. The ruling, in the form of a temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, could have a profound effect of protecting Chevron, the second-largest U.S. oil company, from severe damage or worse. |
Managed Care
May 2005
Michael S. Victoroff |
Class Action Suit: Windfall or Just Wind? Is using the tort system and class action lawsuits the best way to solve problems between business professionals? That and $54.37 can go toward the creation of a foundation to bring about meaningful organizational change. |
Reason
October 2000
Walter Olson |
All About Erin Heroine of screen and courtroom Erin Brockovich deserves a prize, all right. But not for what you think... |
Pharmaceutical Executive
September 1, 2005 |
Legal: Jumping the Pond Class-action lawsuits are commonplace in the United States. Now, aggregate litigation is a looming threat in Europe. |
CFO
March 15, 2006
Tim Reason |
The Spitzer Backlash As state attorneys general clamp down on corporate wrong-doers, companies fight back. |
Registered Rep.
June 15, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
Merrill Requests End to Discovery in Racial Discrimination Suit Registered Rep. reported in error that a judge ruled in favor of Merrill Lynch in a discrimination suit. The judge in the case has referred the decision to a magistrate judge and a ruling has yet to be made. |
Managed Care
March 2005
John Carroll |
Going on the Offensive Against Defensive Medicine The $60 billion to $108 billion that could be saved through tort reform would help 2.4 million to 4.3 million uninsured get coverage, the government claims. |
Inc.
March 2004
Bobbie Gossage |
Lawyers Rethink Their Pay The American Bar Association is seriously considering new pay rules. |
AskMen.com
Tara Weiss |
Reasons Not To Become A Doctor There were once many rewards to being in the medical profession. For decades, doctors earned hefty paychecks, had autonomy and respect. Those benefits are fading, and as a result, so is the number of doctors. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
May 1, 2006
Ron Feemster |
Teamsters v. Pfizer A New Jersey Teamsters local says Pfizer tricked them into paying for off-label Lipitor prescriptions. Do you have any questions about that? We do. |
Reason
March 2007
Walter Olson |
Dangerous When in Power In the U.S., does government protect us from hazardous products, or does it put us in harm's way? |
BusinessWeek
September 16, 2009
Catherine Arnst |
The Truth About Malpractice Lawsuits President Barack Obama tapped into a large vein of public support when he suggested recently that he is open to reforming medical malpractice laws. |
InternetNews
March 14, 2008
Stuart J. Johnston |
Tit For Tat in 'Vista Capable' Suit Microsoft fights back following embarrassing disclosures, as new details emerge and plaintiffs charge even more PC buyers felt duped by the software giant. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2008
Anne B. Schmidt |
Provention Plan Property owners can reduce their risk of asbestos-related litigation. |
Registered Rep.
December 22, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
Spitzer Wants More Settlement Dollars for New York UBS Reps New York Attorney General and Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer is asking a Northern California court to disapprove the settlement terms of an overtime suit against UBS. |
InternetNews
November 30, 2007
Stuart J. Johnston |
Ballmer: All I Want for Xmas is a Few Less Lawsuits Santa's legal department might bring Microsoft more lumps of coal than presents this year. |
BusinessWeek
October 30, 2006
Carey & Woellert |
Global Warming: Here Come The Lawyers It's the next wave of litigation - after tobacco, guns, and junk food. Why Detroit, Big Oil, and utilities should worry. |
BusinessWeek
January 24, 2005
Adrienne Carter |
What If Companies Fessed Up? Massachusetts' William Galvin is pushing for admissions of guilt in corporate fraud cases. |
BusinessWeek
August 13, 2007
Lewis Braham |
Want To Take On Your Broker? Investors' odds have shrunk in recent years. Even if you win, don't expect a windfall. |
CFO
October 1, 2008
Alix Stuart |
The Jury's Out A reversal of a big jury award to shareholders of Apollo Group lends support to critics of proposed revisions to FAS 5. |
InternetNews
February 25, 2008
Stuart J. Johnston |
'Class Action' Status for Vista Suit A federal judge in Seattle late Friday granted "class action" status to a lawsuit regarding the way Microsoft and its hardware partners marketed new PCs during the 2006 Christmas season |
Entrepreneur
March 2005
Jane Easter Bahls |
Lay Down the Law Business owners afraid of losing big in a lawsuit should feel safer: A bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in September takes aim at nuisance lawsuits and class-action suits. |
Mother Jones
June 2000
Maryanne Vollers & Andrea Barnett |
Libby's Deadly Grace W.R. Grace & Company knew all along that abestos from its Libby, Montana, mine was sickening workers and their families -- but said nothing. Only now, a decade after the mine closed, are the town's residents learning the painful truth. |
BusinessWeek
May 15, 2006
Michael Orey |
White Men Can't Help It Courts have been buying the idea that they have innate biases. |
