Litigation-Business
Trump’s Supreme Court List: All Conservative, Some Provocative
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Donald Trump’s list of people he would consider nominating to the Supreme Court includes judges who have indicated support for various conservative causes, range in age from 41 to 58 and hail primarily from conservative and Republican-governed states, reports Reuters.
Ernest Aliseda Joins Dykema’s McAllen Office
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Ernest Aliseda has joined Dykema in its Commercial Litigation Practice Group as a member in the firm’s McAllen, Texas office.
Wal-Mart Wins Dismissal of Mexico Bribery Lawsuit
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A Delaware judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. shareholders who accused the board of the world’s largest retailer of trying to cover up bribes paid by company executives in Mexico, according to a report by Reuters.
$100M Uber Settlement Attacked By Drivers Saying Lawyer Sold Out
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The lawyer who struck a $100 million deal with Uber Technologies Inc. is being accused of greed by some of the drivers covered by the accord who want her bumped, reports Bloomberg News.
On the Nature of Being Mistaken in Contract
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Successful cases of contract reformation based on unilateral mistake are exceedingly rare — so endeavor not to be mistaken, cautions Glenn West of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in the firm’s Global Private Equity Watch.
Recent Ruling Creates Potential Liability For Use of Common Contractual Terms
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While the law generally favors freedom of contract and supports the enforceability of uniform terms and conditions, a recent case applying New Jersey law shows that a business could be exposed to liability for simply including certain types of limiting clauses in consumer contracts.
eTERA Consulting to Host Webinar on Social Media and eDiscovery
Event, May 19, 11 a.m. EDT
eTERA Consulting, a data and technology management company, will present a complimentary webinar focused on eDiscovery and social media on May 19, 2016 at 11 a.m. EDT.
Litigator Sean Whyte Joins Gardere Wynne Sewell
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Sean M. Whyte’s litigation practice includes complex commercial litigation, consumer class actions and products liability.
Judge: Dallas’ Billionaire Wyly Brothers Committed Tax Fraud
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A federal bankruptcy judge in Dallas ruled late Tuesday that Dallas entrepreneurs Sam and Charles Wyly committed tax fraud when they created a series of offshore trusts in the Isle of Man in the 1990s to shield more than $1 billion for the family tax-free, according to a report in The Dallas Morning News.
Eric Schmidt Plays Good Defense at the Oracle-Google Trial
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Eric Schmidt took the witness stand Tuesday in Oracle’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Google, and he gave little ground during some tense exchanges with Oracle’s attorney, reports PCWorld.
Choice-of-Law Provision in Employment and Non-Compete Agreement Disregarded
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A Dallas appellate court considered whether California law governed contract and tort claims against California-based former employees who signed employment agreements containing a choice-of-law clause stating that Texas substantive law would apply, according to a report by Neil R. Burger of Carrington Coleman Sloman.
Roberts Refuses to be Drawn Into Controversy About Filling Supreme Court Vacancy
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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. shrugged off any difficulty the Supreme Court might be having reaching consensus with an equal number of ideologically divided justices, reports The Washington Post.
Want to Sue Your Bank? Regulators Push to Make It Easier
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a rule Thursday that would ban arbitration clauses, which would affect the entire financial industry and the hundreds of millions of bank accounts, credit cards and other financial services Americans use, reports the Associated Press.
CFPB Arbitration Rule Vulnerable to Legal Challenge, Industry Lawyers Say
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Financial services lawyers are predicting that efforts by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to prevent companies from keeping consumer complaints out of a courtroom will wind up being challenged in court, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Judge to Consider Timing of Trump University Trial
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Trump’s lawyers, who have put the candidate on a list of witnesses who may testify, oppose a trial while Trump is in the race, citing the possibility of a zoo-like atmosphere.
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Seattle Minimum Wage Law
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The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a challenge by business groups to Seattle’s law raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour, a move echoed by other locales, in a case focusing on how the ordinance affected local franchises like McDonald’s, reports Reuters.
Quinn Emanuel Sues Hillel Chodos’ Estate
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Los Angeles-based Quinn Emanuel law firm and two of its partners sued the estate of high-profile attorney Hillel Chodos, claiming the famous litigator crossed the line in one of the final cases of his career, reports Courthouse News.
The Ultimate Expert Witness Objection Checklist
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Being familiar with objections to expert testimony is the best way to protect the credibility of your expert’s testimony and also challenge that of the opposing expert’s, writes Mehjabeen Rahman for the Expert Institute. From discovery to trial, there are several occasions where objections as to an expert’s opinion are proper.
Recommind and Hire Counsel Expand Alliance
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Recommind, a developer of advanced analytics software, today announced that its alliance partner, Hire Counsel, has offered a unique fixed-price document review model to solve price uncertainty issues in eDiscovery.
Agreement to Arbitrate May Not Require a Written Contract
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From two different courts in two different states on two very different claims come the same concept: an agreement to arbitrate may be binding even without a signed contract, according to a report by Stan Martin on the Commonsense Construction Law website.
