Legal Insights Archive

By the Book: Anonymous Lawyer

Mentoring Made Easy and Effective

Determination of the branching of the 1P1 Ba I level from studies of the intensity dependence of resonance fluorescence

What We Do Is More Important Than Who We Are

The Persistence of Antitrust Controversy and Litigation in Credit Card Networks

Clause and Effect: Parties agreeing to standard arbitration clauses may unwittingly alter their rights

Nursing Negligence

Consumer Alert: Increased Risk of Blood Clots with Use of Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch

Conspirators, Special Agents and Other Bad Actors: Refining Allegations of Vicarious Liability

Parallel Investigations: Can They Do That?

Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Williams

How to Uncomplicate the Complicated

Civil RICO - What Remains After Anza?

Class Action Takes Aim at MasterCard IPO

The Supreme Court Awakens: Review of the Court’s 2005-Term Antitrust Decisions

Canon Settles Patent Case Amid Ethics Questions

Consumer Alert: FOSAMAX® May Cause Osteonecrosis ("Jaw Death")

Update: Investigation into Mirapex and its Link With Compulsive Gambling Disorders

The Supreme Court Rules that Patents Do Not Create a Presumption of Market Power: Illinois Tool Works, Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc.

Update in Race Discrimination March 2005-March 2006

New Study Shows Women Using the Ortho Evra Birth-Control Patch Double Risk of Blood Clots Compared With Those Taking Birth-Control Pill

Ortho Evra Patch for Birth-Control Exposes Women to High Estrogen Levels, Potential Risk of Dangerous Blood Clots

Building a Good Mentoring Relationship

California Adopts Sophisticated User Doctrine

The Fifth Amendment, Vicarious Liability, and the Attorney Client Privilege; How Cooperation and Waiver Can Leave Your Corporation Exposed

Paxil® Linked To Birth Defects and Congenital Malformations

Warranty Tie-in Sales Provisions Are Generally Illegal, But Could They Also Violate Antitrust Laws?

Obtaining Justice When A Child Dies

Consumer Alert: FDA Orders Class 1 Recall of Baxter International's Colleague Volumetric Infusion Pumps

Hospital Liability in Minnesota for Negligent Credentialing and Privileging of Physicians

Consumer Alert: Mirapex May Cause Compulsive Gambling Disorder

Nowhere to Turn: A Glance at the Facts Behind the Supposed Need for Tort "Reform"

Consumer Alert: Guidant Defibrillators Recalled

"Opt-In" Requirement Nixed for Absent Class Members

No Harm, No Foul, No Accrual

You Can Run But You Can't Hide - 271(a) Goes Wireless.

Consumer Alert: Guidant Ventak Prizm 2 Defibrillator

Ninth Circuit Outlines Three-Part Test For Class-Certification Review

Consumer Alert: Latest News on VIOXX Recall

Tax Free Exchanges Using Tenant in Common Interests: The IRS Clarifies an Otherwise Murky Area

Access To Records Clause Does Not Trump Privilege

Razing the Roof: High Court's Elsner Decision Changes the Way Cal/OSHA is Used at Trial

Federal Judge Orders Four Insurers to Honor Broad Discovery Requests

Vioxx Pulled Off the Market Because of Increased Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke

Consumer Alert: FDA Panel Urges Stronger Child and Adolescent Suicide Warnings on Antidepressants, including Paxil, Zoloft and Effexor

Case Management Issues in Patent Litigation

The Murky Future of Interchange

Unanimous Supreme Court Holds that ERISA Preempts State Law Action on Coverage Issue Reverses Fifth Circuit

Taking an Old Route: Protecting Trade Secrets By Applying the Route Cases

Hot Potato: Tossing OSHA Questions from the Judicial Realm to the Administrative Forum