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- March 2019
- Supplement
Gender and Free Speech at Google (B)
By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Sarah Mehta
In November 2018, 20,000 Google employees participated in a walkout to protest the company’s decision to grant a $90 million exit package to a former executive accused of sexual misconduct. The case explores organizers’ demands and asks how the company’s senior leaders...
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Keywords:
Free Speech;
Ethnicity;
Gender;
Race;
Employees;
Employee Relationship Management;
Recruitment;
Labor;
Employment;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Technology Industry;
United States;
California
Hsieh, Nien-hê, and Sarah Mehta. "Gender and Free Speech at Google (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 319-085, March 2019.
- January 2002
- Case
Price-Fixing Vignettes
By: Guhan Subramanian and Michelle Kalka
This case escribes the antitrust prosecutions in the United States and abroad of the international bulk vitamins cartel. Both the civil and criminal fines were historically high, and it was the first time the United States prosecuted foreign nationals for U.S. criminal...
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Keywords:
Price;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Governance Compliance;
Auctions;
Laws and Statutes;
Monopoly;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Retail Industry;
Health Industry;
United States
Subramanian, Guhan, and Michelle Kalka. "Price-Fixing Vignettes." Harvard Business School Case 902-068, January 2002.
- April 2011 (Revised March 2012)
- Supplement
U.S. Healthcare Reform: Reaction to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
Supplement to "U.S. Healthcare Reform: International Perspectives" updating key events and disputes concerning the reform law, including the 2010 Congressional elections, legislative proposals, legal challenges, and responses by employers.
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Keywords:
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Government Legislation;
Political Elections;
Health Care and Treatment;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Business and Government Relations;
Public Opinion;
Health Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
United States
Daemmrich, Arthur A. "U.S. Healthcare Reform: Reaction to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010." Harvard Business School Supplement 711-103, April 2011. (Revised March 2012.)
- June 2001
- Case
GE's Early Dispute Resolution Initiative (A)
By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
GE's chief litigation counsel sought to rationalize litigation flow by viewing it as a manufacturing process. By applying the principles of Six Sigma, P.D. Villareal created an Early Dispute Resolution (EDR) system that enabled both lawyers and managers to work...
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Keywords:
Corporate Governance;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Six Sigma;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Problems and Challenges;
Conflict and Resolution;
Energy Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States
Wheeler, Michael A., and Gillian Morris. "GE's Early Dispute Resolution Initiative (A)." Harvard Business School Case 801-395, June 2001.
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
lawsuits against Blitz had followed. A former Blitz employee has testified that Blitz presented a revised gas can design to Walmart that would prevent the burn injuries by installing an "arrestor," a device that would prevent a...
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- 13 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Biotech Work as a Business
system in biotech. Parties entering into agreements bring different levels of information, causing valuation problems and high governance costs. IP rights are also tricky. The lawsuits that crop up in biotech are usually about IP, said...
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- 22 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 22
unrelated to the allegedly infringing patents. We next show that NPEs target firms irrespective of the closeness of those firms' patents to the NPEs', and that NPEs typically target firms that are busy with other (non-IP related) lawsuits...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 19
major lawsuits and actions by NGOs. The case describes those challenges and raises questions about what is the optimal response on the part of the company in order to ensure future growth and profitability, and how those challenges are...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
activists (e.g., social movement organizations vs. religious groups and activist investors) rely on dissimilar tactics (e.g., boycotts and protests vs. lawsuits and proxy votes). Further, we show how protests and boycotts drag companies...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
fraud and other violations by both the U.S. Attorney's office and the SEC. The Board was faced with the resignation of the founder and chairman, management succession issues, the failed merger with Cerberus, and the lawsuit in Delaware....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
Unix and threatened Linux users with lawsuits over infringement of those rights unless they agree to pay substantial licensing fees. IBM, which was one of the prime corporate sponsors of Linux as well as the target of a View Details
- February 2020
- Supplement
Theranos: Who Has Blood on Their Hands? (B)
By: Nien-he Hsieh, Christina R. Wing and John Masko
This supplemental case tracks the results of the Colman and Taubman-Dye class action suit against Theranos as well as Theranos’ other legal challenges and chronicles the final demise of the company in 2019.
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Keywords:
Health Testing and Trials;
Corporate Accountability;
Organizational Culture;
Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising;
Crime and Corruption;
Entrepreneurship;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
California;
United States
Hsieh, Nien-he, Christina R. Wing, and John Masko. "Theranos: Who Has Blood on Their Hands? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 320-091, February 2020.
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
the information can be used against them in malpractice lawsuits. Wouldn't you expect that to be the case? A: We believe that the more you measure results, the fewer lawsuits you will have, in part because many View Details
- May 2007
- Case
Free the Grapes--Direct-to-Consumer Shipping in the Wine Industry
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Dennis A. Yao, Patricia Wu and Libby Cantrill
While wine tourism in the United States was booming, the majority of consumers who tasted a Cabernet Sauvignon in one of Napa Valley's tasting rooms were not permitted to ship the wine directly to their home. In 2002, direct-to-consumer shipping was either banned or...
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Keywords:
Business Conglomerates;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Business and Government Relations;
Corporate Strategy;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Dennis A. Yao, Patricia Wu, and Libby Cantrill. "Free the Grapes--Direct-to-Consumer Shipping in the Wine Industry." Harvard Business School Case 707-472, May 2007.
- December 2019 (Revised December 2021)
- Supplement
Negotiating for Equal Pay: The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (B)
By: Christine Exley, John Beshears, Manuela Collis and Davis Heniford
Supplements the (A) case and describes the events following it
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Keywords:
Equal Pay;
Negotiation;
Compensation and Benefits;
Equality and Inequality;
Gender;
Prejudice and Bias;
Ethics;
Negotiation Tactics;
Corporate Governance;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Sports;
Sports Industry;
United States
Exley, Christine, John Beshears, Manuela Collis, and Davis Heniford. "Negotiating for Equal Pay: The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 920-030, December 2019. (Revised December 2021.)
- July 2010 (Revised October 2012)
- Case
Employment Vignettes
By: Lena G. Goldberg and Chad M. Carr
Six vignettes drawn from decided cases explore legal and business issues in hiring, firing, promoting, and demoting employees, with an emphasis on protected classes, pretext, and anti-discrimination laws in the setting of start-ups and privately held companies.
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
For-Profit Firms;
Employees;
Resignation and Termination;
Selection and Staffing;
Laws and Statutes;
Lawsuits and Litigation
Goldberg, Lena G., and Chad M. Carr. "Employment Vignettes." Harvard Business School Case 311-021, July 2010. (Revised October 2012.)
- Teaching Interest
Overview
Lena teaches the required first year MBA course on Leadership and Corporate Accountability, an elective second year MBA course on Law, Management and Entrepreurship, and an elective second year MBA course on Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry.
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Keywords:
Compliance;
Governance;
Fiduciary Duties;
Responsibilities To Investors;
Responsibilities To Customers;
Restaurants;
Sustainability;
Private Equity Documentation;
Start-ups;
Entrepreneurship;
Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition;
Law;
Laws and Statutes;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Corporate Governance;
Governance Compliance;
Governance Controls;
Food;
Environmental Sustainability;
Private Ownership;
Private Equity;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
United States;
Europe;
Chile;
India
- July 2002 (Revised August 2003)
- Case
Unilever Superannuation Fund vs. Merrill Lynch, The
By: Andre F. Perold and Joshua Musher
In 2001, the Unilever Superannuation Fund sued Merrill Lynch for damages of 130 million British pounds. Over the period 1977 to 1998, the Unilever Fund had significantly underperformed the benchmark, and its trustees contended that the poor returns resulted from...
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Keywords:
Investment;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Performance Evaluation;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Customer Relationship Management;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Asset Management;
Risk Management;
Legal Liability;
Financial Services Industry;
United Kingdom
Perold, Andre F., and Joshua Musher. "Unilever Superannuation Fund vs. Merrill Lynch, The." Harvard Business School Case 203-034, July 2002. (Revised August 2003.)
- September 2004 (Revised January 2005)
- Case
Brazil's WTO Cotton Case: Negotiation Through Litigation
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Robert Lawrence and J. Katherine Milligan
Brazil has just won a case action against the U.S. cotton agriculture program at the World Trade Organization. What does this mean for future agricultural programs in the United States? For future trade policies of the United States, Brazil, and others in the global...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Trade;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Policy;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Negotiation Process;
Negotiation Types;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
United States;
Brazil
Goldberg, Ray A., Robert Lawrence, and J. Katherine Milligan. "Brazil's WTO Cotton Case: Negotiation Through Litigation." Harvard Business School Case 905-405, September 2004. (Revised January 2005.)
- June 2001
- Supplement
GE's Early Dispute Resolution Initiative (B)
By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
Early Dispute Resolution (EDR) has proved successful at GE. Yet, when Michael McIlwrath, new counsel at an Italian subsidiary, attempted to translate it to his company, problems arose. He had to gain internal acceptance, and explain the concept of early mediation to a...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Globalization;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Effectiveness;
Problems and Challenges;
Conflict of Interests;
Complexity;
Italy;
New York (state, US)
Wheeler, Michael A., and Gillian Morris. "GE's Early Dispute Resolution Initiative (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 801-453, June 2001.