Legal Update 2007: Where the Lawsuits Are
Information Today, Vol. 24, No. 10, p. 1, 2007
4 Pages Posted: 8 Jul 2009
Abstract
Lawsuits are a fact of life for most major corporations, organizations, and agencies. Over the course of a typical year, they may be involved in dozens of lawsuits over a wide variety of issues. Customers and users sue over products or services. Employers sue over workplace issues. Suppliers sue – or get sued – over contract issues. Or they initiate lawsuits to protect their products, services, employers or suppliers. Lawsuits are a fairly routine cost of doing business. However, some lawsuits have an impact that is far beyond the routine. They may start quietly or with a splash of headlines, but the results may impact the life or bottom line of a company, its products, services or practices, or the industry as a whole. Some companies survive such lawsuits, as Microsoft survived after the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuits in the 1990's. Other companies don’t, as witnessed by the original Napster.
Keywords: lawsuits, legal process, business interests, commercial interests, security, copyright infringement, Google Book Search, data breaches, Department of Veteran Affairs, class action lawsuits, digital lawsuits, negligence
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