The year end reports of Chief Justice Roberts often include a history lesson, and a chuckle or two. His year end report for 2020 provides...

An arbitration agreement may specify confidentiality, but does that term necessarily control and require sealing of subsequent...

An ounce of prevention versus ………. VW’s $18 billion charge for the emissions cheating scandal provides a timely example of the need to...

For companies operating in the UK, there are more issues for public company directors and risk managers to consider when evaluating...

When should corporate officers face criminal charges? Judge Rakoff famously commented on DOJ not indicting bankers from the 2008...

Which direction will GM take for its ignition switch failures – a compensation fund or litigation? Relevant considerations include the...

The NYT story is here. One can assume that day-traders and hedge funds will be busy shorting bank stocks and otherwise betting on the...

Hard to believe. Banks do face pressures these days, and B of A is under particular pressure with its stock price down 53%. But now B of...

Class actions and mass filings raise the stakes for mass tort defendants. Back in the day, before "free fall" descents into chapter 11, ...

Suppose you are a crisis manager worried about your public company’s falling stock price due to massive tort claims and/or regulatory...

Here is a different example of how mass tort litigation ends up becoming a media story. In this instance, the media consists of the...