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Where Pro Bono Is Embedded In Firm Culture
Editor: With your many other commitments both in terms of your demanding career and time spent in public and community service, why were you willing to take on the time-consuming role of chair of Weil Gotshal's Pro Bono Committee? Reiss: I think there are very few things that are more important,...
Read MoreDOJ And FTC Issue Joint Report On Antitrust And Intellectual Property
On April 17, 2007, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (the "Agencies") issued a joint report titled "Antitrust Enforcement and Intellectual Property Rights: Promoting Innovation and Competition" (the "Report"). Based on a series of hearings held by the Agencies starting in...
Read MoreSupreme Court Holds That Antitrust Conspiracy Complaint Must Be Based On Factual Allegations Beyond Mere Speculation
In a decision important to the business community, the Supreme Court has made it more difficult for antitrust (and perhaps other) plaintiffs to avoid dismissal of conspiracy claims based on conclusory allegations. On May 21, the Court, by a 7-2 vote, reversed a decision by the Second Circuit Court...
Read MoreGeneral Counsel: The Glue Between The CEO And The Board
E. Norman Veasey and T. Di Guglielmo wrote an article in the November 2006 Business Lawyer page 1 entitled The Tensions, Stresses and Professional Responsibilities of the Lawyer for the Corporation ("Article"), in which he discusses the expanded role of general counsel. In this interview we ask...
Read MoreLingering Issues In Employment Discrimination Class Action Law
On February 6, 2007, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in a 2-1 decision, affirmed the district court's certification of a nationwide class of approximately 1.5 million current and former female employees who were employed at one or more of Wal-Mart's 3,400 stores across the...
Read MoreTrends In Approval And Enforcement Of Multi-State And Nationwide Class Action Settlements - Part II
Editor's Note: Part I of this article appeared in the April issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. Please refer to our website, www.metrocorpcounsel.com, for the footnotes to this article. A. Certification standard. Courts engage in a two-pronged analysis when assessing the propriety of...
Read MoreTrends In Approval And Enforcement Of Multi-State And Nationwide Class Action Settlements - Part I
Editor's Note: Part II of this article will appear in the May issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. I. Introduction Imagine that you have recently signed and received court approval of the settlement of a nationwide class action on behalf of your defendant corporate client. Further...
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