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This is FindLaw's collection of Civil Litigation articles, part of the Litigation and Disputes section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.
Civil Litigation
Civil Litigation Articles
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Guidelines: ‚ Making slow but steady progress, this past fall OSHA published its first set of industry-specific guidelines on ergonomics. ‚ Focusing on the nursing home industry, the first set of guidelines consists of three components: ‚ management practices, work-site analysis and control methods. -
At first glance, it would appear that state law would have no place in a patent dispute. As experience has dictated, this is simply not the case. From establishing declaratory judgment jurisdiction in a tenuous forum to adding a litany of potent counterclaims, state law can be used (or used against you) during the course of patent litigation in a variety of ways. -
The right to present a full defense is crucial in every case, but it takes on special significance in the class action context. The courts have explicitly acknowledged what corporate defendants have long recognized; the decision to certify a class can coerce settlement of non-meritorious claims. -
In a landmark decision expected to have far-reaching consequences for businesses that collect and use personal information about their customers, patients, employees or consumers, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled recently that Minnesota should join a vast majority of states that recognize a civil cause of action for "invasion of privacy." -
Minors are always in the news. 2002 has featured stories on kidnapped children, sexual abuse by members of the clergy, foster children lost by their social workers, the dating habits of teenage pop-stars, and a seventeen year-old alleged serial sniper. Relying on children as news sources about non-controversial events is not problematic. But conducting or publishing interviews with minors about sensitive subjects, or about their own involvement in controversial events, poses legal risks not present when adults provide information. -
In late August 2002, the California Supreme Court issued three decisions that broadly reaffirm the reach of California's anti-SLAPP statute. The decisions strengthen the protection for expressive activities by confirming that the statute applies to any lawsuit arising from a defendant's exercise of First Amendment rights —even where the plaintiff did not subjectively intend to chill the defendant's expression, and even where the defendant's expression is alleged to be a breach of confidentiality or otherwise unlawful. -
The American public has always wanted quality, affordable healthcare and union families are no exception. Since 19. -
This article reviews the practice of benchmarking between two companies and the impact of this activity on antitrust laws. -
This article provides tips on how to preserve arguments for appeal and minimize the chance of being held to have failed to preserve a key ground for reversal. -
This article discusses retaliation, stock option and trade secret issues relating to labor and employment law.