Corporate Law

2575 ABA Journal Corporate Law articles.

Afternoon Briefs: GCs are overloaded with coronavirus webinars; former judge dies at 88

General counsels are overloaded with COVID-19 emails and webinar invites

Corporate clients are inundated with emails and webinar invitations from law firms offering information on the novel coronavirus, according to…

Mar 26, 2020 4:36 PM CDT

Can jails return inmate cash in the form of fee-laden debit cards? 9th Circuit allows suit

A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit by a jailed protester in Oregon who turned over nearly $31 to her jailers and was repaid upon release with a fee-laden debit card.

Mar 26, 2020 12:44 PM CDT

Sounding the alarm: One whistleblower’s story

Mar 26, 2020 9:24 AM CDT

The ‘emergency room of law’: Protections are critical for whistleblowers and their lawyers

“The whistleblower often comes to us in pretty bad shape,” attorney Stephen Kohn says. “He’s at risk to be killed [in his profession]. It’s our job to get those bandages on, get him back to health and have him walk out in good condition.”

Mar 26, 2020 9:24 AM CDT

Afternoon Briefs: ABA backs stay-home exemption for legal services; PG&E to plead guilty in fire deaths

ABA: Exempt legal services from any US stay-home order

ABA President Judy Perry Martinez says legal services should be deemed essential and exempted from any national stay-home order. “The American…

Mar 25, 2020 4:05 PM CDT

2 SCOTUS justices agree to amend financial disclosures after Fix the Court asks questions

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Sonia Sotomayor agreed to amend their financial disclosure forms after the court transparency group Fix the Court raised questions about their apparent failure to list some reimbursements for a few their trips.

Mar 24, 2020 3:04 PM CDT

Afternoon Briefs: Lawsuits challenge shutdown orders; judge ordered to stop hearings

Suits challenging shutdown orders fail in two states

Lawsuits challenging shutdown orders in Pennsylvania and New Hampshire have so far been unsuccessful.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Sunday denied a…

Mar 23, 2020 5:10 PM CDT

Ethics and civil procedure are most important knowledge areas for new lawyers, survey says

A survey of nearly 15,000 lawyers sought to determine what knowledge, skills and abilities are needed by newly licensed attorneys.

Mar 12, 2020 12:04 PM CDT

Letter from 50 in-house counsels seeks change in expert testimony standards

Top legal officers from 50 major corporations sent a letter Monday requesting more rigorous scrutiny of expert testimony by the federal court system.

Mar 3, 2020 2:36 PM CST

Apple agrees to pay up to $500 million in settlement over slow phones

Apple has agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle a class action lawsuit that accuses the multinational technology company of slowing down older iPhones to induce owners to buy new models.

Mar 3, 2020 10:50 AM CST

Afternoon Briefs: RBG outpaces colleagues for written opinions; DOJ lawyer who wrote risky footnote dies

DOJ lawyer who risked his career over a footnote dies at 88

A former deputy solicitor general who served under eight presidents, Lawrence Wallace, has died at age 88. Wallace…

Feb 27, 2020 3:40 PM CST

Afternoon Briefs: Texas university leader leaves without blame for law school scandal; judge sides with immigrants

Texas Southern University president leaves school with no blame for alleged law school misconduct

Texas Southern University is parting ways with its president without any claims of wrongdoing, which is…

Feb 21, 2020 4:50 PM CST

Top tips to secure legal tech investors in 2020

Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Jerry Ting, the CEO and co-founder of Evisort, an artificial-intelligence-powered contract-analysis system based in San Mateo, California.

Feb 21, 2020 9:38 AM CST

Dissolved law firm has no right to profits in hourly fee matters taken to new firm, appeals court says

The bankruptcy trustee for the dissolved Howrey law firm has lost another round in his bid to claw back profits from partners who took hourly matters with them to new law firms.

Feb 18, 2020 11:01 AM CST

Judge tosses law firm’s suit alleging rival’s ads inflated recoveries

A Kansas law firm that claimed that a competitor was inflating client recoveries in its advertising won’t be able to pursue its lawsuit.

Feb 18, 2020 10:37 AM CST

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