Category: Corporate Litigation

Wed Oct 29, 2014

Posted in Corporate Litigation, Employment Law by Gene Killian | Share

Toward the end of “The Wizard of Oz,” when the man behind the curtain is discovered, he tells the scarecrow that a brain really isn’t necessary...all that’s necessary is a...

Sat Aug 9, 2014

Posted in Commercial Litigation, Corporate Litigation, Discovery, Employment Law by Gene Killian | Share

There’s an old saying about the difference between trial lawyers and litigators: Trial lawyers are always ready, but never prepared; litigators are always prepared, but never ready.  Funny...

Wed Jul 23, 2014

Posted in Commercial Litigation, Corporate Litigation, Employment Law by Gene Killian | Share

With the recent brouhaha over missing e-mails and destroyed hard drives at the IRS, the subject of spoliation of evidence has been in the news a lot.  Spoliation is a topic that strikes fear in...

Tue Mar 11, 2014

Posted in Corporate Litigation, Employment Law by Gene Killian | Share

I recently read that Dell Computer had replaced its Chief Financial Officer. Dell’s press release contained the usual public relations babble (the outgoing CFO “has been instrumental in...

Thu Feb 20, 2014

Posted in Commercial Litigation, Corporate Litigation, Employment Law by Gene Killian | Share

Truth be told, I’m not the biggest fan of arbitration. I don’t think it lives up to its advertising in many instances. It’s often expensive. It’s often time-consuming. And, in...

Fri Nov 8, 2013

Posted in Corporate Litigation, Employment Law by Gene Killian | Share

With the widely reported financial fraud that has taken place over the past few years in numerous high-profile cases, in-house lawyers are often placed in a very difficult position. On the one hand,...

Thu Oct 3, 2013

Posted in Corporate Litigation, Employment Law by Gene Killian | Share

Social media is a wonderful tool for making friends and discussing the issues of the day, but it also brings out the worst in everyone. Since you’re not face-to-face with your partner in the...

Wed Sep 11, 2013

Posted in Corporate Litigation, Employment Law by Gene Killian | Share

I once heard a speaker describe an appearance before a hostile audience as saying he felt like “a fire hydrant at a dog convention.”  I sometimes think that description is apt for the...

Fri Jun 28, 2013

Posted in Corporate Litigation, Employment Law by Gene Killian | Share

A wise person once wrote:  “Some family trees bear an enormous crop of nuts.”  As any lawyer who’s participated in litigation involving a closely-held family business (or,...