2013 Proves Great for Whistleblowers
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Mergers and Acquisitions (UPDATE)
Google is back in the news with another large sale M&A transaction, but this time, as the seller. In May of 2012, Google purchased Motorola for $12.5 billion in an effort to create a new means of producing hardware to operate the Android operating system. Well this week, it seems Google is giving up, but wishing all the best to Lenova, a strong PC business growing in the smartphone market. Google is selling its Motorola Mobility smartphone unit to Lenovo for $2.9 billion. Continue reading ›
Class Arbitration Confusion
Class Arbitration Confusion
A Market of Acquisitions and Mergers
A Market of Acquisitions and Mergers
Litigation Holds and Governor Christie
Coordinate Jurisdiction and Law of the Case
by Edward Kang
A vital thing people need to know and understand when dealing with the court system is all the laws and options in operation on a daily basis. One such law is the “Law of the Case” doctrine. When a judge determines the outcome of a question in a lawsuit… Continue reading ›
Federal Budget Cuts and Its Impact on the Court System
by Jacklyn Fetbroyt
The “sequester” of 2013 has been a hot button topic in economic and political circles alike as the country braced for and is still in the process of coping with large scale federal spending cuts. Opposing sides of the political spectrum fought back and forth for months over various provisions of the Budget Control Act of 2011. Continue reading ›
The Sherman Act and its International Reach
by Jacklyn Fetbroyt, Esq.
The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 has long stood as a benchmark in antitrust law, aimed at the prevention and dismantling of business enterprises which have knowingly set out to gain monopolistic power over a given market. While the Sherman Act… Continue reading ›
Getting Lost in the Woods: The PA Superior Court Decision Regarding Unrecorded Timber Contracts
by Daniel D. Haggerty, Esquire
In Zitney v. Appalachian Timber Products, Inc., decided July 3, 2103, the PA Superior Court considered a claim for damages by bona fide purchaser of real estate against the holder of an unrecorded timber contract, who commenced harvesting timber on the purchaser’s property after the purchaser entered into an agreement of sale to purchase the property. Continue reading ›
Discovery to be Coordinated in Massive $11 Billion Whistleblower Suit
by Edward Kang
Discovery to be Coordinated in Massive $11 Billion Whistleblower Suit
Discovery should be coordinated in two qui tam cases filed against Education Management Corp., or EDMC, an education company…
U.S. District Judge Terrence McVerry of the Western District of Pennsylvania has ruled that discovery should be coordinated in two qui tam cases filed against Education Management Corp., or EDMC, an education company based out of Pittsburgh. Two former recruiters of the massive campus manager which runs over 100 campuses nationwide allege that EDMC violated the Higher Education Act in using incentives to college recruiters based upon how many students they were able to draw. Continue reading ›