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Salespeople Sue for Overtime Pay

Reflecting a recent surge in class-action overtime litigation, another wave of lawsuits is being filed across...

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Viacom Sues YouTube

On March 13, Viacom, Inc., parent company of such cable mainstays as MTV, VH1, and Comedy Central, sued...

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Verizon Wins Infringement Suit, Vonage to Appeal

On Thursday, March 8, an Alexandria, VA, jury found that Vonage was infringing upon three Verizon...

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YouTube, BBC Reach Partnership Agreement

Google, Inc.'s YouTube has reached a partnership agreement with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and...

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''Sex Addict'' Fired by IBM Sues for $5 Million

A $5 million lawsuit filed against IBM by a former employee who was terminated because he entered an adult...

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MySpace to Block Unauthorized Copyrighted Material

MySpace.com, the social-networking website owned by Fox Interactive Media, Inc., recently announced that it...

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Samsung to Pay $90 Million in Price-Fixing Lawsuit

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest memory-chip maker, has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a...

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Media Conglomerate Demands That YouTube Remove Unauthorized Videos

Viacom, Inc., which owns MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, and Paramount Pictures, has demanded that YouTube take down...

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Wal-Mart to Pay More Than $33 million to Employees in Back Wages

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., will pay more than $33 million in back wages to thousands of employees after turning...

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Growing Complaints against Highly Paid Executives Compel the Senate Finance Committee to Approve Limit on Executive Compensation Plans

The Senate Finance Committee recently approved legislation that will place a $1-million annual limit on the...

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Consulting Giant Demands Diversity among Outside Counsel

Accenture, one of the world's largest consulting firms, is pushing its outside counsel to add more diversity...

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Top 3 Reasons Attorneys Decide to Move In-house

What is it about going in-house that seems to increasingly draw attorneys from law firms to in-house legal...

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Real Estate Attorneys Play Bigger Role in Corporate Deal-Making

Real estate attorneys are adopting more deal-making skills characteristic of their corporate counterparts,...

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Survey finds dissatisfaction of companies hiring outside Consel

Corporate America is not happy with its outside counsel, according to a recent client-service survey. Only 32%...

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New Disclosure Rules for Public Employers

As new accounting rules go into effect for public employers, lawyers can expect an influx of legal work.

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Electronic documents is a must for all litigation cases

On December 1, amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) relating to e-discovery went into...

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General Counsel Frustrated with Licensing Rules

Frustration is brewing for many general counsel, as new licensing laws are being approved in more states....

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Cybercrime Costly for Companies

Whether or not corporate cybercrime is escalating is unclear, but one thing is certain: companies are...

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Corporate Counsel Salaries Soar

In-house attorneys continue to make top dollar. Their base salaries have risen between 2.2% and 9.5%...

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The importance of using blogs by In-House Counsel's

Millions of Internet users post or read online blogs, and that number is slowly beginning to include in-house...

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Execute Internal Investigations Carefully

In the wake of corporate scandals, internal investigations into corporate practices are increasingly common,...

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Backdating stirs up controversy

Companies consistently backdate stock option grants, which may cost shareholders hundreds of millions of...

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Preference given to arbitration in comparison to trial

Arbitration has become increasingly popular in commercial contracts. In fact, most contracts now require...

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Recruiters Face New Obstacles in an Unstable Market

In today's uncertain economic climate, lawyers are more reluctant to change positions, forcing recruiters to...