Other Litigation and Disputes
This is FindLaw’s collection of Other Litigation and Dispute articles, part of the Litigation and Disputes section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Here you’ll find valuable information on Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Protection extended by the Supreme Court of the United States, an informative piece on understanding your ethical obligations as in-house counsel if you represent an employee, as well as the company, and frequently asked litigation questions. You’ll also be able to learn the advantages that litigation finance offers to both corporate clients and their lawyers. 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.
Litigation and Disputes
Other Litigation and Disputes Articles
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Buying Green: The Government Steps Up Environmentally Friendly Preferable Purchasing
With an annual contract budget of over $400 billion, the U.S. government is the largest purchaser of goods and services in the world. Approximately $62 billion in that outlay is spent on information technology equipment and related services. Unlike ...
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California Employers Gain Yet One More Reason for Internal Grievance Policies and Procedures
In Palmer v. Regents of the University of California, 107 Cal. App. 4th 899 (2003), a California appellate court recently upheld dismissal of a former employee's whistle blowing claim because the employee had failed to fully avail herself of either ...
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California’s Controversial Ergonomics Regulation Is Upheld
More than six years ago, the California Legislature enacted Labor Code section 6357, requiring a Cal/OSHA standard for ergonomics in the workplace designed to minimize repetitive motion injuries (RMIs). As a result of that directive, the California ...
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California to Unify Energy Policy and Planning to Ward Off Future Energy Crisis
In two different forums, California government entities continue to implement changes reacting to the California energy crisis of 2000 and 2001. Each of these initiatives is aimed at unifying energy policy and planning in California. On May 8, the ...
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Can the IRS take Your Home? Your Business?
The answer to these questions is "yes". If you owe the IRS and do not pay your tax bill in a timely manner, the IRS is empowered by Congress to undertake enforced collection in the form of levies, seizures and public sale. There is very little that ...
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Capital Currents: Views on Global Business from Washington Legal Leaders
By Dick Powers Armed with automatic weapons, pirates stormed an Indonesian chemical tanker ship recently, escaping with equipment and cash valued at $13,000. The Malacca Strait is one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, but its numerous islets ...
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Car Ads: Reading Between the Lines
Many new car dealers advertise unusually low interest rates and other special promotions. Ads promising high trade-in allowances and free or low-cost options may help you shop, but finding the best deal requires careful comparisons. Many factors ...
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Careers in Law
Rules by which society governs itself are called laws. Such rules originated with the dawn of civilization. They began as simple tribal laws, passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth. Eventually they developed into formal written ...
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Caution: Workers’ Compensation Filing Affects Third Party Asbestos Statute
The rules governing when a claim must be filed as a result of an occupational exposure to asbestos have been changed by the New Jersey Supreme Court. A signed and sworn workers' compensation claim petition, even though unsupported by medical ...
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CFTC Clarifies Applicability of “Letters” Definitions
The Staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") recently issued an advisory clarifying that the following definitions and corresponding distinctions as to the scope and effect of exemptive, no-action and interpretive letters apply ...
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