Is Exercising Employee Stock Options Illegal Insider Trading? Maybe
Daniel Nathan and Brian Neil Hoffman of Morrison & Foerster write: Stock option exercises may create additional risks of violating the securities laws depending upon how they are exercised. Through...
View ArticleThe Bill of Rights and the Religion of Business
In his Civil Rights and Civil Liberties column, Christopher Dunn, the associate legal director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, writes: From a constitutional perspective, the major tension in two...
View ArticleRoger Clemens Strikes Out On Privilege Arguments
Michael Cardello III and Stephen J. Ginsberg of Moritt Hock & Hamroff, discuss the Roger Clemens case and write that in certain instances, communications between a law firm and a public relations...
View ArticleAffirmative Action: New Requirements
In their Labor Relations column, John P. Furfaro and Risa M. Salins of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom review final regulations expanding affirmative action obligations covering veterans and...
View ArticleTrade Secrets and California Ban on Noncompetition Agreements
In their Employment Law column, Weil, Gotshal & Manges partners Jeffrey S. Klein and Nicholas J. Pappas discuss the unsettled state of employee noncompetition/solicitation agreements, which are...
View Article'Allied' May Expand Circumstances for Reopening a Bankruptcy Auction
Kristopher M. Hansen, Jayme T. Goldstein and Jonathan D. Canfield of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan write: A recent decision by the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware illustrates the...
View ArticleUnique Issues On the Road to Discovery
In her Trusts and Estates Update column, Ilene Sherwyn Cooper of Farrell Fritz, examines decisions addressed to matters affecting discovery in the Surrogate?s Court, including the privilege respecting...
View ArticleUtilizing Computer-Generated Evidence in Medical Malpractice Cases
Robert B. Gibson and Jesse D. Capell of Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach write: While preparing for trial, litigators in medical malpractice lawsuits are inevitably confronted with the conundrum of...
View ArticleHow Inter Partes Review Differs From District Court Patent Litigation
Christopher E. Loh and Christopher P. Hill of Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto write: Inter partes review is an adversarial process that involves discovery and depositions, is subject to the...
View ArticleDefining the Scope of Cyber-Insurance Protection
Lon A. Berk and Robert J. Morrow of Hunton & Williams write that as more and more companies are subjected to and become aware of the risk of being a part of interconnected electronic networks, more...
View ArticleSupreme Court Should Review 'Washing Machine' Class Cases
In his Complex Litigation column, Herzfeld & Rubin member Michael Hoenig writes that the Supreme Court's grant-vacate-remand orders in two consumer class action suits seemed to be telling the Sixth...
View ArticleDeciding Depraved Indifference: Jury's or Judge's Domain?
James M. McGuire, a partner at Dechert, reviews the Court of Appeals' recent affirmations of the depraved indifference murder convictions of three automobile drivers who either were highly intoxicated...
View ArticleFTC Broadens Filing Requirements for Exclusive Patent Licenses
In their Antitrust Trade and Practice column, Shepard Goldfein and James A. Keyte of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom analyze a new rule amending the filing requirements for patent transfers...
View ArticleAnalyzing the Competing Interests Between a School and Its Students
In their Privacy Matters column, Richard Raysman, a partner at Holland & Knight, and Peter Brown, the principal at Peter Brown & Associates, write: Whether through proprietary software...
View ArticleThe 'Ethic' of Getting Up to Speed 'Technologically'
In their Ethics and Criminal Practice column, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan's Joel Cohen and James L. Bernard write: For many lawyers, the old ways die hard, and learning new tricks is not easy....
View ArticleEvaluating Confidential Informant Allegations Under 'Tellabs'
In their Corporate and Securities Litigation column, Sarah S. Gold and Richard L. Spinogatti of Proskauer Rose write: Since the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in 'Tellabs', federal courts have wrestled...
View ArticleMarketplace
Goldberg Segalla will be moving its New York City office to 600 Lexington Ave. The Buffalo-based law firm has signed a five-year lease for 12,487 square feet, more than double the size of its current...
View ArticleKey Rulings Concerning Cleanup of Former Grumman Sites
In their Corporate Insurance Law column, Howard B. Epstein and Theodore A. Keyes of Schulte Roth & Zabel analyze a recent decision involving remediation of environmental contamination claims that...
View ArticleHealth Club Liability: Work Out The Law Before You Get Physical
Andrea M. Alonso and Kevin G. Faley, partners at Morris Duffy Alonso & Faley, discuss caselaw related to health clubs, gyms and other fitness centers, including the recent Court of Appeals holding...
View ArticleRealty Law Digest
Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein and an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law, reviews "County of Suffolk v. Givens," "Deutsche Bank National Trust v. Hinds," and...
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