E-discovery in large litigation matters has focused primarily on "unstructured data," such as emails, documents stored on file shares and spreadsheets, but the production of so-called structured data may be-come more routine.
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While it makes sense for manufacturers that produce items with large transportation costs to open factories where they do business, what about companies that offshore operations like human resources, IT services or customer call centers?
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High-profile litigation often poses a serious threat to a company's reputation. Ignoring this fact can lead to a loss of customers and market share, damage to crucial business relationships and declines in market capitalization.
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The authors, attorneys in Australia, delineate advantages and some of the nuts and bolts of doing business in that country, which they characterize as prosperous, politically stable and with "relatively low cost structures."
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Recalls of imported toys in 2007 led to the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, which increases civil and criminal penalties for consumer product safety violations, strengthens the Consumer Product Safety Commission's recall authority and authorizes higher budgets and more staff.
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The concept of collaborative law was developed in the early 1990s and has been used primarily in family law cases. Recently, lawyers have been exploring its application to commercial, employment and technology matters.
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Companies in need of cash are selling property they own and occupy, reinvesting the sale profits in their businesses and leasing the property back from the new owner.
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Late last year, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided In re Bilski, addressing the patentability of software and business methods.
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Groups with a variety of interests ranging from short-term return on investment to environmental activism are poised to gain greater corporate control and change the way we need to think about corporate management.
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The move from traditional defined benefit retirement plans to 401 (k) plans comes with a risk that often is overlooked: that the company will be subject to class action litigation by plan participants.
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