Notable 2007 Jury Verdicts: $50M punitive award sidesteps high court ruling

January 2, 2008 Comments Off on Notable 2007 Jury Verdicts: $50M punitive award sidesteps high court ruling

In the first major punitive damages award since the U.S. Supreme Court placed new limits on punitive damages last February, a Los Angeles jury ordered DaimlerChrysler to pay $5.2 million in compensatory damages and $50 million in punitives to a ...

Notable 2007 Jury Verdicts: Nevada woman wins $47.6 million in hormone therapy case

January 2, 2008 Comments Off on Notable 2007 Jury Verdicts: Nevada woman wins $47.6 million in hormone therapy case

Award is part of a $134 million verdict to three women

Notable 2007 Jury Verdicts: $47.5 million Vioxx verdict helps prompt global settlement

January 2, 2008 Comments Off on Notable 2007 Jury Verdicts: $47.5 million Vioxx verdict helps prompt global settlement

Nine months before Merck reached a global settlement with thousands of Vioxx plaintiffs, a New Jersey jury awarded one man $47.5 million for a heart attack caused by taking the painkiller drug for just two months. Frederick “Mike” Humeston lost ...

No Surprises Please! Early case evaluation and cost-benefit analysis

January 2, 2008 Comments Off on No Surprises Please! Early case evaluation and cost-benefit analysis

(Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a six-part series on litigation management. Barry Weiner is a dean of the Massachusetts trial bar, having tried many cases over his 40-year career. He also has extensive experience in resolving cases ...

Changing the paradigm: Going in-house means altering your view

January 2, 2008 Comments Off on Changing the paradigm: Going in-house means altering your view

What changes when lawyers go in-house? Much of it boils down to how you approach legal decisions. Below are perspectives from three lawyers whose experiences in going in-house may guide new in-house counsel. (The names and some of the facts ...

Career Track: High Fidelity

January 2, 2008 Comments Off on Career Track: High Fidelity

After successfully overseeing rapid growth of financial giant

ACC / Northeast Chapter: New chapter president begins term

January 2, 2008 Comments Off on ACC / Northeast Chapter: New chapter president begins term

As I begin my term as president of ACC-Northeast, it is with some trepidation, as I have big shoes to fill! Bill O’Brien, our immediate past president, brought enormous experience and some great, innovative plans to the chapter, and I ...

Defrauded investors can’t sue third party vendors

January 2, 2008 Comments Off on Defrauded investors can’t sue third party vendors

Lawyers grapple with implications on future cases

‘It’s open season’

November 30, 2007 Comments Off on ‘It’s open season’

Growing numbers of in-house lawyers have reason to fret they might find themselves in the crosshairs of a criminal or civil fraud case. Over this past year, 11 general counsel (a record number) have been charged with civil or criminal fraud by the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Survey: Corporate lawsuits, use of outside counsel trending downward

November 30, 2007 Comments Off on Survey: Corporate lawsuits, use of outside counsel trending downward

The overall number of lawsuits filed against companies is down to 2005 levels, and companies are relying less on outside counsel than two years ago, according to a recent survey of corporate litigation trends conducted by Fulbright & Jaworski. The fourth annual survey looked at litigation trends from the perspective of in-house counsel.