A guide for clients, lawyers, information technology staff and others interested in the litigation-related obligation to preserve electronically stored information (ESI) in United States litigation.
An ever-expanding group of plaintiffs- are using the citizen suit provision of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA") to address alleged regulatory violations, seek cleanup of wastes alleged to be causing an imminent and substantial endangerment, and pursue fee awards. Defendants should consider the following key questions when sued under RCRA's citizen suit provisions.
This InfoPAK is intended to assist in-house counsel at public companies in addressing the issues that arise most frequently in connection with shareholder derivative litigation. It discusses litigating shareholder derivative lawsuits, responding to shareholder litigation demands and responding to shareholder books-and-records inspection demands. This InfoPAK also provides checklists on specific topics such as derivative litigation basics, demand letters, special litigation committees, and books-and-records inspection demands.
With the huge sports events hosted by Brazil getting closer, one issue has been constantly discussed in the media and attracting most of the population's attention: the lack of structure of Brazilian airports and its consequences on the day-to-day routine of all those resorting to this means of transportation.
As a result of the global economic crisis and a lack of opportunities, many enterprises are trying to participate in public tenders in Bulgaria in order to develop business activities financed by public resources including those provided by the structural funds of the European Union. This brief article discusses the participation in public tenders in Bulgaria.
Courts are increasingly recognizing the manageability issues inherent in class-wide treatment of alleged misclassification claims, which may curtail class certification of unwieldy misclassification cases. However, independent contractor lawsuits are on the rise as employers attempt to rely on non-employee workers to fall outside US Fair Labor Standards ACt ("FLSA") regulations.
This report is a summary of the Committee findings to date and an overview of the key issues identified which have implications for the health care system as a whole.
A guide on contract interpretation in a US context.
More than 350 in-house lawyers from 30+ countries celebrated the 20th anniversary of ACC Europe and discussed today’s biggest challenges at the ACC Europe Annual Conference in London. A rich program of sessions on specialist legal and business subjects, networking events and social gatherings filled the two-and-a-half day conference, providing delegates the opportunity to discuss the latest trends affecting in-house counsel.
Having practiced in wide-ranging areas of the law, from construction litigation to Medicare compliance, the author decided to move in-house. In addition to the most visible changes — an open office space, a khakis-and-shirt uniform, etc. — the author discusses less salient ones, like navigating a new cultural landscape and managing day-to-day tasks for a singular client.