Inside Insights

Ex-Yahoo executive, fund manager plead guilty to insider trading

By Alanna Byrne | May 22, 2012

This has been the month of Yahoo executives behaving badly. Just a week after CEO Scott Thompson resigned for lying on his resume, another of the company’s higher-ups has landed in hot water, this time for insider trading.
Antitrust precedent may be set in Chinese vitamin C settlement

By Julie Beck | May 22, 2012

A groundbreaking antitrust case is taking place over something so small as a vitamin.
Gucci wins trademark infringement cases against Guess

By Cathleen Flahardy | May 22, 2012

Gucci may not be getting even close to the full $120 million it was seeking in its trademark infringement suit against Guess Inc., but it is walking away the victor.
Ex-Enron CEO Skilling seeks new trial

By Ashley Post | May 22, 2012

Jeffrey Skilling desperately wants to get out of jail.
Owens Corning could be liable in proposed class action despite bankruptcy

By Alanna Byrne | May 21, 2012

The 3rd Circuit ruled Friday that fiberglass manufacturer Owens Corning Sales could be liable for reportedly defective roof shingles despite having filed for bankruptcy, in a decision that limited one of the court’s earlier bankruptcy rulings.
Facebook users sue company for $15 billion

By Cathleen Flahardy | May 21, 2012

It’s been a week of ups and downs—mostly ups—for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Don’t draw male genitalia during depositions at Dunkin Donuts

By Julie Beck | May 21, 2012

It’s good to stay in touch with your inner child, but a Florida attorney is perhaps too well-acquainted with his inner 13-year-old boy.
Trial begins for former Baker & McKenzie partner

By Ashley Post | May 21, 2012

As if Mondays weren’t bad enough, one former lawyer goes to trial today on charges that he diverted $1.6 million of one of his clients’ escrow funds.
Saints’ linebacker sues NFL commissioner for defamation

By Alex Vorro | May 21, 2012

New Orleans Saints’ linebacker Jonathan Vilma may not be allowed to tackle any National Football League (NFL) players on the gridiron next season, but he will try to take down his employer in a court of law.
Dewey prepares for bankruptcy

By Alex Vorro | May 21, 2012

It appears as though Dewey & LeBoeuf’s hiring of bankruptcy counsel Albert Togut in April really was foreshadowing for a final filing. Despite many assertions to the contrary by firm leadership, of which all save for one already has jumped ship, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday that the New...