Blog Posts Can’t Carry Securities Fraud Claim Against Company, Appeals Court Rules
A blogger’s opinion could conceivably drive down a company’s stock price. But it might not be “factual” enough to prove the company’s disclosures were...
NLRB Coaxing More Parties Into its ADR Program
The National Labor Relations Board wants to see more workers and employers use its in-house alternative dispute resolution. Time will tell if its new...
Data Breach Cost Study Raises Red Flag on IoT
Data breaches have such wide-ranging effects that it’s tricky to pre-dict the financial damage they might do. But still predictions are made.
This month the...
Overseas Lost Profits Fair Game for Patent Damages — in Limited Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court had a chance last month to vastly broaden the amount of damages that global companies could recover for sales that...
Path Forward Remains Uncertain for SEC’s ALJ Cases
The securities world’s collective eyes were on the Supreme Court and whether it would find the Securities and Exchange Commission’s administrative law judge system...
Supreme Court Halts Follow-On Class Actions
The U.S. Supreme Court’s flurry of major end-of-session decisions included one that gives companies some relief should they face a class action.
On June 11,...
Bankruptcy Reform Bill Could Keep Businesses in State for Legal Proceedings
A vast majority of bankruptcy filings are done in Delaware and New York, but a bill in Congress might change that.
A 2015 report from...
Appeals Court Checks FTC Authority in Cybersecurity Actions
Following a federal appeals decision, the Federal Trade Commission’s ability to police companies over cybersecurity remains intact, except that it must be specific on...
Unions May Continue Pushing Smaller Bargaining Units
The NLRB’s new stance on so-called “micro units” might not discourage unions from proposing smaller bargaining groups to win elections.
On May 31, a small...
Dodd-Frank Rollback Begins With Enacted Bill
Since President Donald Trump took office, the finance and corporate world had been anticipating relief on banking regulations that were instituted after the 2008...