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Many blog sites on the Internet are devoted to complaints or criticism of the practices of businesses and their executives. For example, we recently blogged about a site that critiques the practices of beauty company Mary Kay, Inc. --read more
According to a recent study to be published in the Virginia Law Review, the decision taken six years ago by the Supreme Court that transformed civil litigation in the federal courts has affected the powerless the hardest. The study looked at over 4000 opinions and orders in 15 federal cour
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Miller v. McDonald (In re World Health Alternatives, Inc.) ---- B.R. ----, 2008 WL 1002035 (Bkrtcy D.Del. April 2008) Issue: Do corporate officers owe a fiduciary duty to a corporation? Do they breach this duty by “failing to implement an adequate monitoring system and/or the failure to utilize such system to safeguard against corporate wrongdoing”? Holding: Yes - Yes Judge Walsh The tru
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Sea World, California has been hit with another class action lawsuit. The aquatic theme park company has been accused of misleading the public into believing that its captive, performing killer whales are happy and healthy. This is the third lawsuit in three weeks involving Sea
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In a decision by a federal court in Los Angeles, singers Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke have been ordered to pay damages of $7.3 million to the Marvin Gaye estate. The jury has ruled that Williams’ single "Blurred Lines" infringed the cop
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On December 17, we reported on the Convertino case in which a judge found that the attorney-client privilege was not waived for emails exchanged on an employer's netw
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Microsoft and Samsung have finally ended their dispute after six months. Microsoft had sued Samsung for violating terms of a patent licensing agreement. It claimed that Samsung had failed to make timely royalty payments related to their patent licensing deal and had withheld interest payments stemming from the
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In a latest legal controversy, Phillip Phillips, the American Idol star of Season 11 has sued the show to void his 19 Entertainment contract. Phillips is the latest in a long line of plaintiffs that have tried to take the show to court but to date, American Idol has remained undefeated. Among the claims made by former finalists and disgruntled auditioners include raci
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Ten former employees of a Virginia-based franchise have sued McDonalds on the grounds that the company has violated their civil rights. The lawsuit has been filed in federal court. According to the plaintiffs, McDonald's has violated Title VII o the 1964 Civil Rights Act and has subjected the employees to rampant racial and sexual harassment. This alleged abuse has taken place at three McDonald's restaurants in Virginia. All three are owned by Soweva Corporation. The employees have complai
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