7 lessons to guide you through the e-discovery landscape

By Melissa Maleske

As the e-discovery march goes on, litigants continue to wrestle with questions and disputes both familiar and novel

In-house counsel's growing social media conscience

By Cathleen Flahardy

The explosion of social media is nothing new.

Why building your personal brand is important

By Stephen Kaplan

This issue of InsideCounsel focuses on the continuing social media discussion.

Roughly half of U.S. and U.K. companies push for alternative fee arrangements

By Ashley Post

Although a recent report found that the once-steady increase in law departments adopting AFAs has plateaued, experts say such arrangements aren’t a passing trend.

Google owns up to privacy violations in Street View settlement

By Julie Beck

Some of Google Inc.’s cars were snapping up a lot more than pictures during the company’s Street View mapping project—they collected personal data, such as emails and passwords, from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks as they drove by.

Cases test whether law firm partners are employees for human rights purposes

By Melissa Maleske

It is generally settled in Canada that when employers impose mandatory retirement policies on their employees, it amounts to age discrimination in violation of the country’s human rights code.

Unpaid internships pose a litigation risk for employers

By Mary Swanton

As summer approaches, corporations and non-profits around the country are preparing to welcome a new crop of interns.

Content industries try a new strategy to combat file-sharing

By Steven Seidenberg

The music and movie industries have been waging war against file-sharing for years, asserting this popular activity has produced an epidemic of online copyright infringement. The war, however, has not gone well.

Federal court orders losing party to pay the costs of computer-assisted review

By Michael Kozubek

Responding to e-discovery demands remains an important but budget-busting stage of litigation.

Speaking the language of law as Rosetta Stone's GC

By Cathleen Flahardy

Michael Wu had what he describes as a “nomadic” upbringing.

Employer not obligated to provide FMLA “light duty” assignment

By Alanna Byrne

Employers do not have an obligation to return employees to light duty assignments under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) before the employee can perform essential job functions, the 7th Circuit ruled in James v. Hyatt Regency Chicago.

Campaign contributions not enough to establish arbitrator partiality

By Alanna Byrne

When James Freeman and his former employer Pittsburgh Glass Works (PGW) selected an arbitrator to settle Freeman’s age discrimination claim against the company, Maureen Lally-Green topped both parties’ lists.

Citing Dukes, court overturns class certification in wage and hour dispute

By Ashley Post

A recent 9th Circuit decision demonstrates the power of the landmark 2011 Supreme Court case Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes in employment class actions.

Roundup: 2nd, 5th, 6th and 8th Circuits

By Julie Beck

Merck's pro bono program expands as it grows up

By Julie Beck

Like a tree, a successful corporate pro bono program starts small and compact, then grows, getting bigger and branching out with time.

Externs who received credit can’t sue for wages

By Mary Swanton

While the large class action unpaid intern wage and hour suits against Hearst Corp. and Fox Entertainment Group are still pending or have settled, the 11th Circuit recently sided with the employer-defendants in a case raising similar issues.

What e-discovery costs are recoverable?

By Michael Kozubek

A key issue for federal courts continues to be interpreting what parts of the expensive collection, processing and production of electronic data are recoverable.

Drafting social media policies under pressure

By Adele Nicholas

With growing scrutiny on social media policies from regulators and plaintiffs, now is the time to review existing policies for potential pitfalls.

Rule 502 is a powerful but underutilized cost-cutting tool

By Melissa Maleske

Why do litigants continue to underuse a powerful tool that could cut the often-considerable costs of privilege review?

Company is penalized for not engaging in proportionality analysis

By Melissa Maleske

KPMG "is hoist on its own petard" after seeking to limit the scope of its preservation obligations