Protecting fiduciary duty *

USA - August 2 2012
It is a commonplace of corporate law that officers and directors owe fiduciary duties to the business entities they serve.

Co-authors: Randy Gordon.

Failure to issue a litigation hold could lead to a spoliation holding *

USA - July 27 2012
In a July 24, 2012 order in the Apple Inc. patent infringement case against Samsung Electronics Co., a U.S. magistrate judge in California ruled that Samsung admitted it was on notice that Apple would file a patent infringement lawsuit in August 2010, but Samsung did not institute a litigation hold notice.

Co-authors: Peter S. Vogel, Mark Bayer.

Reduce litigation costs during the discovery process *

USA - June 4 2009
Each day seems to bring more bad economic news.

Co-authors: David Grant.

2008 tax relief for losses from investment schemes *

USA - April 1 2009
Recent guidance from the Internal Revenue Service will enable more taxpayers suffering losses from investment schemes (such as those perpetrated by Bernard Madoff and Robert Stanford) to claim such losses on their 2008 tax returns.

Co-authors: John Eliason.