Attorneys Frederic Bellamy and Mark Freeze of Steptoe & Johnson examine the ground-breaking TJX litigation in the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts involving the largest known data base security breach in history. The authors take particular not ...

In late summer and early fall of 2007, a group of law professors submitted proposals to the American Bar Association's Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility aimed at rectifying what they assert are commonplace improprieties inherent in ce ...

Class action settlement funds often have money remaining after class members have filed all their claims. Sometimes, these unclaimed funds can run into the millions of dollars. If the settlement agreement does not address how unused funds are to be dis ...

In September 2006, the federal district court for the Eastern District of New ...

Professor Michael Steenson provides an overview of the numerous legal issues arising in the aftermath of the Minneapolis bridge collapse. His commentary contains a discussion of the potential defendants, theories of liability, and defenses, as well as ...