Appellate Archive » February, 2009

Appellate - February, 2009

163 articles

• 2nd Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of XL Capital Suit
• Novartis Unit To Appeal $47.1M Contact Lens Ruling
• Best Buy Suit Can Move To Federal Court: 9th Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Denies Attys Cut Of Kodak Pension Funds
• 8th Circ. Sets Bar Lower For CAFA Removals
• 7th Circ. Affirms Waste Management CFO Verdict
• Mo. Beer Drinkers' Bid To Block InBev Merger Cut Off
• FERC Can't OK Retroactive Power Rates: DC Circ.
• Calif. High Court Greenlights Whistleblower Suit
• Mo. High Court Upholds Tweaked Workers' Comp Law
• 6th Circ. Upholds EPA Decision On Ky. Plant Permit
• Sans Agreement, Patent Exhaustion Still Matters
• 8th Circ. Tosses Overcharging Suit V. Time Warner
• Judge Sides Against Milbank In Document Spat
• Ex-Adelphia VP Gets Slight Reprieve From 2nd Circ.
• 10th Circ. Reinstates Nacchio Conviction
• Trustee Objects To Circuit City's $2.3M Bonus Plan
• The Scope Of Fraud In Multiclass Registrations
• DC Circ. Impels EPA To Set New Soot Standards
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Stay Extension In Evista Dispute
• Supreme Court Hears Immigrant ID Theft Case
• High Court LinkLine Ruling Bars Price-Squeeze Claims
• No New Trial For Applied In Covidien IP Spat: Court
• High Court Mulls $42M Shell, Railroads Superfund Case
• AIG Off Hook For Live Nation Antitrust Suits: 9th Circ.
• Class Certified In Landmark Tellabs Securities Suit
• Physical Supply Contracts Under Bankruptcy Code
• 1st Circ. Refuses To Rehear Dispute Over Visudyne
• Goldman Shareholder's Appeal Moot: 2nd Circ.
• Buyer Class Still Valid In Nifedipine Antitrust Suit
• 7th Circ. Tosses Investors' Class Action V. Fidelity
• 3rd Circ. Upholds OSHA Chromium Limit
• Cisco Asks To Stay Royalty Talks In Telcordia IP Suit
• Bilski Bailout: Why SCOTUS Should Grant Cert
• High Court Upholds Ban On Union Payroll Deductions
• 6th Circ. Revives Unlawful Firing Suit V. Court, Judge
• 1st Circ. Pondering En Banc Hearing In Columbia Suit
• Staples Ordered To Pay $2.5M In FLSA Suit
• Estee Lauder Insurer Back On Hook In $4.9M Suit
• Bush Mercury Rule Faces Final Defeat
• Supreme Court Nixes FTC Antitrust Suit V. Rambus
• High Court Denies Holocaust Survivors' Insurance Suit
• Calif. Court Kills $31M Malpractice Award V. Seyfarth
• ERII Liable For $22M Arbitration Award: Calif. Court
• High Court To Review Union Pacific Arbitration Case
• High Court Refusal Lets Lexapro Patent Suit Continue
• Texas And The Eight-Corners Rule
• Solicitor General Asked To File Briefs In 9/11 Case
• High Court Hears Arguments In Navajo Royalties Case
• 3M, Others Oppose Microsoft In $511M Spat
• Justices' Retaliation Ruling Leaves Lawyers Guessing
• Fed. Circ. Reopens Enzo DNA Detection Patent Case
• 7th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of 401(k) Case V. Deere
• Fed. Circ. Takes On Prior Claim Construction Issue
• EPA Tells Mich. To Review NMU Boiler Permit
• Telenor Must Pay $1.7B In Damages: Russian Court
• Twombly Leads To More Title VII Dismissals: Study
• 4th Circ. Rules For States Over FERC In Permit Spat
• 10th Circ. Clarifies Loss Causation Standard
• Katrina Fraud Suit Against Insurers Mostly Revived
• Rescuecom And Keyword Advertising Issues
• Okla. Guns-At-Work Law Not Preempted: 10th Circ.
• 4 Significant Corporate Law Rulings
• Rehearing Denied In 5th Amendment Case Against US
• 1st Circ. Denies Insurer's Removal Bid Under CAFA
• 2nd Circ. Upholds 20-Year Prison Term For Bayou CFO
• Meth Epidemic: Invitation To Social Engineering
• Comcast Fails In Challenge To Antitrust Ruling
• Circuit City Gets Green Light For Liquidation
• 2nd Circ. Denies Appeals From 2 Parmalat Units
• 2nd Circ. Paves Way For Antitrust Suits V. AmEx
• Ind. Court Nixes Ex-Shareholders' Claims V. Biomet
• Medtronic Wins On Preemption In Wis. High Court
• Fed. Circ. Revives Patent Suit Over Magnetic Eyewear
• NAIC, NCOIL Challenge FIA Rule
• Wal-Mart Wins En Banc Hearing In Sex Bias Suit
• 2nd Circ. Clears Out AIG Shelf-Space Class Action
• Supreme Court To Mull 9/11 Victims' Bid V. Saudis
• NYC Calorie-Posting Law Not Preempted: 2nd Circ.
• Sidley Appellate Group Leader Heads To DOJ
• Fed. Circ. Nixes $8M Basketball Patent Verdict
• Inequitable Conduct Ruling V. Bra Maker Reversed
• Life After Lexecon: MDL And Bellwether Trials
• 1st Circ. Revives Libel Suit Against Staples
• 6th Circ. Reverses Ruling For GE In Age Bias Case
• 4th Circ. Nixes Ruling For Ohio Casualty In Mold Suit
• 5th Circ. Won't Review Ex-Enron CEO Appeal
• 4th Circ. Blasts Away W.Va. Coal Mining Injunctions
• 4th Circ. Revives DII Trade Secrets Case V. Sentia
• 3rd-Party Payers In Guidant Case Seek Appeal
• 4th Circ. Reverses Rulings On National Gas Contracts
• Courts Get Tough On Willfulness Claims After Seagate
• AT&T Workers Invoke Ledbetter In High Court Fight
• Injunction Barring Worldcom Claims V. UBS Affirmed
• 7th Circ. Upholds Evidence Limits In Effexor Suit
• CSX Units Must Pay For NJ River Cleanup: 3rd Circ.
• Wal-Mart Worker Life Insurance Claims Can Proceed
• Medical Cos.' Success With Riegel May Be Short-Lived
• 9th Circ. Sets Terms For SLUSA Del. Carve-Out
• Judge Accuses Stryker Of Warped Riegel Reading
• Landlords Call Circuit City Bid Procedures Unfair
• H2B Workers Not Entitled To Reimbursement: 5th Circ.
• Law Experts Call For Overhaul Of Supreme Court
• Miners Union Gets Partial Win Over MSHA Rule
• Enforcing Class Action Waiver Provisions
• Post-Bilski Standards For Data
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Hayes Lemmerz Wheel Patent Win
• Fed. Circ. Nixes $2M Ruling V. Bath & Body Works
• DC Circ. Rejects Verizon Petition Over 'Porting'
• 1st Circ. Sets Criteria For SOX Whistleblower Claims
• Judge Finalizes Rambus Ruling Over Shredded Docs
• Reinsurer NICO Off Hook Over $12M In Surety Bonds
• Vt. High Court Upholds Permitting Of Wind Turbine
• The Problem With IMS Health V. Ayotte
• Insurer Has Duty To Defend Furmanite: Appeals Court
• 11th Circ. Revives Suit Over Stolen Aircraft Blueprints
• 1st Circ. Nixes SEC Appeal In $4M Putnam Fraud Suit
• Bogosian, Linerboard After Hydrogen Peroxide
• Federal Preemption Shifting, Not Dead: Experts
• Obviousness Of Enantiomers After KSR
• Obama Drops Challenge To Emissions Rule Decision
• 'Ordinary' Skill In The Art After KSR
• EU 'Very Much Welcomes' US-Style Cap On Bank Pay
• Railroads Fund Partial Superfund Cleanup In Calif.
• 9th Circ. Revives Postal Inspectors' Fight For OT Pay
• $2M Cancer Suit Against GM, Ford Remanded
• 5th Circ. Denies Forum Challenge In Exxon Fire MDL
• DOJ Snags Jenner & Block Litigator For ADAG Post
• 6th Circ. Revives Suit Over Ohio Gas Co. Tax Breaks
• AGs Urge EPA To Begin Regulating Greenhouse Gases
• EPDM Seeks Support In Peroxide, Plastics Rulings
• Reinsurer Off Hook In Hospital Malpractice Suit
• DC Circ. Expedites Challenge To SEC FIA Rule
• Injunctions And Medical Devices
• Judge Tosses Appeal In Global Power Case
• 3rd Circ. Backs Tax Offset In Worker Bias Awards
• Title VII Investigators Beware: 'Silent Opposition'
• French Appeals Court Won't Allow IPhone-Orange Deal
• 3rd Circ. Holds Lucent As Insider In Winstar's Demise
• Spirco Must Indemnify Surety Bond Issuer: 8th Circ.
• Dechert Nabs Bingham Bankruptcy Guru
• North Hartland Can't Sue US Over Plant: Fed. Circ.
• Insurer Off The Hook For Trade Dress Settlement
• 7th Circ. Rejects En Banc Rehearing In EEOC HIV Case
• Mich. AG Appeals Dismissal Of Blue Cross Suit
• 'Business Risk' Exclusions In CGL Policies
• The FTC Pursuit Of Supreme Court Strategy
• Comedy Club Arbitration Ruling Too Harsh: 9th Circ.
• Circuit Split — CAFA V. Securities Act § 22(a)
• Clarity For Plan Administrators
• The Significance Of Takeda V. Mylan
• Persistence Of Trigger, Allocation Disputes
• KCI Vacuum Patents Valid, Uninfringed: Fed. Circ.
• Market Timing Suits Preempted By SLUSA: 4th Circ.
• Mass. High Court OKs Citigroup Stock Plan
• Court Nixes Enviro Groups' Objections To Coal Plant
• Rent-A-Wreck Securities Suit Breaks Down In 4th Circ.
• 1st Circ. Won't Intervene In Defunct Power Plant Case
• Court Remands Penis-Enhancement Product Suit
• Fed. Circ. Revives Sud-Chemie Dessicant Suit
• Workers' EEOC Claim Not Protected Speech: 5th Circ.
• Insurer Must Cover Condo Damage: 5th Circ.
• GE's Constitutional Challenge To EPA Authority Nixed