Appellate Archive » February, 2014

Appellate - February, 2014

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• High Court Must Fix Claim Construction Rule Now, Teva Says
• Texas Justices Uphold Forum Clause In $33M Oil Merger Row
• Md. Appeals Court Backs Dominion's LNG Export Plans
• Jersey City Property Owner Gets Records Claims Revived
• 9th Circ. Won't Let Google Repost Anti-Muslim YouTube Video
• Kluger Peretz Aided $130M Ponzi Scheme, 11th Circ. Hears
• Retailers Urge Justices To Hear Family Dollar Pay Bias Suit
• Halliburton Could Be Star Turn For Baker Botts Young Gun
• Pa. High Court's Design Ruling Revives Fen-Phen Suit
• Leo Strine Sworn In As 8th Chief Justice Of Del. High Court
• DC Circ. Won't Reopen Bankrupt Condo Developer's Appeal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holland & Knight's Anita Mosner
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Covington's Christine Haskett
• Texas Justices Revive Stock Buyout Row In Light Of Drennen
• Takeaways From Fed. Circ. Lighting Ballast Ruling
• Pa. Court Affirms Sittig Cortese Fee Award In RE Dispute
• Right To Privacy Extends To Texts, Wash. High Court Says
• NY Court Revives Damage Claims In $1.8B Credit Suisse Suit
• 7th Circ. Maintains Liquor Liability Exclusion
• Pom Fights 9th Circ. Ruling In Coca-Cola Juice Label War
• Nev. Justices Say Ex-Vegas Sands Exec Can't Compel Docs
• Fla. Justices Rule On Limits For Defendant Status Changes
• DC Circ. Won't Disturb FCC's Handset Ruling Against Carriers
• 5th Circ. Partially Revives Texas Transit Rail Contract Row
• Individual Damages No Bar To Class Cert., 2nd Circ. Hears
• Sprague Urges Inquiry Of Pa. Court's Delay On Libel Appeal
• Calif. To Make Waves With New Drinking Water Standard
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revisit Decision To Revive Superfund Suit
• Daughter's Facebook Boast Kills Dad's Age Bias Deal
• Fired Associate Rightly Given Unemployment, NY Court Says
• Fla. High Court Ditches Appeals In 2 Engle Cases
• Pa. Justice, Wife Launch Libel Suit Against Philly Inquirer
• Update On Intent Standard For Criminal Export Violations
• EPA Asks 5th Circ. To Flip Gulf Dead Zone Ruling
• BB&T Says It Will Appeal $74M Tax Fraud Ruling
• 1st Video Of Supreme Court Oral Arguments Posted Online
• McDonald's, Others Escape Cancer Warning Suits Once Again
• 9th Circ.'s Google Ruling Leaves Copyright Attys Speechless
• Loan Foreclosure Suit Over NYC Hotel Project Advances
• Using Apps While Driving Is OK, Calif. Panel Says
• Convicted Ex-Crowell Atty Disbarred By DC Court Of Appeals
• Wash. High Court Clears Paper Mill Biomass Project
• 6th Circ. Boots Judge From Firefighter's Revived ADA Suit
• Judges' Split May Help EEOC Press Abercrombie Hijab Case
• Mining Co. Turns To High Court In EEOC Conciliation Case
• Amgen Anniversary Brings New Battle To Supreme Court
• Landowners Want Enbridge To Pay For Bulldozing Property
• Telemarketer Tells 11th Circ. Injunction Killed Its Biz
• DOJ Skittish About Supreme Court Review Of FCA Pleading
• Invalid Alice IP Shouldn't Bar Software Patents, Tech Cos. Say
• TD Asks 11th Circ. To Nix $67M Rothstein Scheme Verdict
• Limelight Tells Justices To Nix Fed. Circ. Inducement Rule
• Insurer Can't Cap Defense Costs In Crane Collapse Suits
• Barclays Investors Mount Libor Fraud Case In 2nd Circ.
• NYT Gets Defamation Suit Over Firebomb Plot Nixed
• Bulk Of $4M Fen-Phen Referral Fee Award Upheld On Appeal
• 5th Circ. Analyzes Additional-Insured Endorsement Scope
• 2nd Circ.'s Broad View Of Insider Trader's Civil Liability
• Nev. High Court Hands Win To Caesars Palace In Tax Dispute
• Quarles & Brady Escapes Malpractice Suit Over TWA Row
• There's No Harm In Asking For Harm Post-Spokeo
• Hedge Fund Exec's Wife Tries To Revive Nude Pics Row
• Epstein Becker Asks Texas Justices To Nix Malpractice Suit
• Calif. Court Revives Condo Owners' Suit Over $17.5M Lien
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Apple Bid To Get Patent Case Out Of Texas
• Quinn Emanuel Beats Retaliation Claim In NY Appeals Court
• Calif. Appeals Court Won't Certify Class In PacBell Wage Row
• Cigna Takes ERISA Coverage Row To Pa. Superior Court
• Verizon Wins Again In Qui Tam Suit Over Calif. Tax Habits
• NY Appeals Court Won't Let Sprint Escape $300M Tax Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Buchalter's Shawn Christianson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Robins Kaplan's Hollis Salzman
• Pa. Commonwealth Court To Rehear Grand Jury Secrecy Case
• Texas Cops Need Warrant For Arrestee Cellphone Search
• TV Pitchman's Partners Can't Halt GIN Sale, 7th Circ. Says
• Proskauer, Chadbourne Could Face Billions In Damages
• Preclusive Effect Of Arbitration Must Be Arbitrated: 1st Circ.
• Fed. Circ. Won't Rehear IP Suit Over Hanmi's Nexium Generic
• 10th Circ. Fleshes Out High Court 'Supervisor' Definition
• High Court's Whirlpool Snub Casts Doubt On Comcast's Reach
• Attorneys React To High Court's Stanford Decision
• Justices Divided Over Sanctions For 'Baseless' Patent Suits
• SEC Caught In Crossfire In High Court's Stanford Ruling
• Marcellus Drilling Rules In Flux As Pa. Wrestles With Act 13
• 9th Circ. Takes Up CalPERS Appeal In San Bernardino Ch. 9
• Stiefel Urges 11th Circ. To Reverse $1.5M Stock Sale Ruling
• Panel Revives Fla. City's Suit Over Deepwater Horizon Funds
• High Court Says Military Can Bar Protestor From Base
• ArcelorMittal Rips $6M Workplace Racism Award In 2nd Circ.
• High Court's Hard Rock Snub Bolsters Condo-Hotel Market
• 11th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of SunTrust Worker's ERISA Suit
• Google Must Take Down 'Muslims' Trailer, 9th Circ. Says
• 2nd Circ. Case Highlights CAFA Home State Exception Trend
• BigLaw Firms Push Justices To Review Del. Arbitration Case
• Fed. Circ. Nixes CyberFone Patent In Warner Bros., CBS Suits
• Tax Pro Asks 6th Circ. To Lift Ban To Finish Contracts
• SEPTA's Sovereign Immunity Backed By Appeals Court
• Siemens Asks Court To Toss $20M Faulty-Turbine Suit
• 3rd Circ. Ruling Over NJ Merit Statute May Have Nat'l Impact
• Are Temp Nurses Hospital Employees For Insurance Policies?
• AIG Loses Bid To Shield Clausen Miller, Podvey Meanor Docs
• Asbestos Attys Fight CSX's Racketeering Claims In 4th Circ.
• 10th Circ. Won't Rethink Abercrombie Win In EEOC Hijab Row
• 11th Circ. Affirms Arbitration For Carnival Worker's Injury
• Law Firm Loses Class Cert. Appeal in Courier Pricing Suit
• D&O Insurers Move To Settle IndyMac Fight At 9th Circ.
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sedgwick's Stephanie Sheridan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Pryor Cashman's Colleen Caden
• Hurricane Curbing System Full Of Hot Air, Fed. Circ. Says
• High Court Should Reverse 4th Circ.'s Flawed FCA Ruling
• 3rd Circ. Wants US Views On Legality Of NJ Power Subsidies
• Apple Says It Boosted Competition In E-Books Market
• High Court Says Law Firms Can't Avoid Stanford Ponzi Suits
• Police Can Search Homes If Objector Isn't There: High Court
• Supreme Court Says Ga. DEA Agent Can't Be Sued In Nev.
• Thoughts On Oral Arguments In Supreme Court GHG Case
• Computers Don't Make Abstract Ideas Patentable, Justices Told
• Sponsors Should Update ERISA Plans After High Court Ruling
• 7th Circ. Reminder On Challenging A Class's Predominance
• DC Circ. Puts DOL On Defense In Cowboy Labor Case
• Miami Hotel-Water Suit Should Be Covered, 11th Circ. Told
• Workers Can Choose Not To Use FMLA Leave, 9th Circ. Says
• 4th Circ. Upholds $163M 'Scareware' Penalty Against Exec
• $18M Tax Shelter Battle Remanded By 5th Circ.
• Grand Jury Gets Last Word On Criminal Charges: High Court
• 3rd Circ. Leaves State Power Subsidies In No Man's Land
• NY Court Won't Rehear Patterson Belknap Real Estate Row
• Empire State Building Owners Duck Suit Over REIT Roll-Up
• Ex-Event Planning Co. Execs Dealt Blow In Noncompete Row
• 11th Circ. Blow Prompts LabMD To Drop FTC Fight For Now
• Texas Justices Asked To Ax $5M Award In Gas Reservoir Row
• Pa. Justices Won't Touch Pro-Plaintiff Wrongful Death Ruling
• DC Circ. Grapples With Applying Decency Act To Facebook
• 10th Circ. Denies New Trial For Clapton Songwriter's Widow
• Hospital Discipline In Flux After Doc's Whistleblower Win
• The Unstoppable Trailblazer: Judge Shira Scheindlin
• 5th Circ. Axes State Claims Over BP Deepwater Horizon Spill
• Kraft Tells 4th Circ. Standing Sinks $600M Junk Email Suit
• Hospital Can't Lock Out Nonstaff Doctor, 9th Circ. Says
• Ballard Spahr Draws Dickstein Antitrust Litigation Duo
• NY Justices Reopen Door For Lawsuit Against Broker
• Citi, Home Lending Specialists Reach Deal On OT Claims
• Elmslie Aide Wants Resentencing Over Missing Testimony
• 6th Circ. Blocks $245M Casino As Mich. Preps For High Court
• Insurers Lose Bid To Revive $1.8B MBS Suit In Top NY Court
• Your Options After An ITC Exclusion Order
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dentons' Kara Baysinger
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Winston & Strawn's Joan Fife
• The Continuing Saga Of Mayo V. Prometheus
• Applying Comcast To Securities Cases: A Plaintiff's View
• Plastics Co. Dodges Safety Fines Over Fatal Heater Explosion
• Rajaratnam Takes Insider Trading Conviction To High Court
• High Court Won't Disturb Aussie Co.'s Ch. 15 Protection
• 9th Circ. Nixes Daw's Prosthetic Knee Antitrust Suit
• Atty In Bid-Rigging Plot Deserved Disbarment, Court Says
• Fed. Circ. Revives Supply Chain Patent Suit Against SAP
• High Court's Whirlpool Snub Invites More Defect Suits
• High Court Won't Hear FCA Suit Over Minn. Housing Contracts
• NJ Court Won't Hear Paul Weiss, Lowenstein Sanctions Case
• 7th Circ. Affirms Chicago Ponzi Schemer's 23-Year Sentence
• Poker Players Lose Supreme Court Bet
• 2nd Circ. Ruling Bolsters Pa. 'Reasonable Expectation' Law
• High Court Refuses Appeal Over Calif. Drainage Project
• Split High Court Presses Industry, EPA Over Carbon Rules
• TV Networks Blast Aereo Before Supreme Court
• High Court Cases May Strike Blow Against 'Patent Trolls'
• Texas Justices Asked To Revive $14M Sales Tax Refund Suit
• Astrotech Wins Appeal Of Ex-CFO's Derivatives Suit
• Fed. Circ. OKs Using Plain Meanings For IP Claims In AT&T Suit
• Whistleblower Doctor's EMTALA Case Nixed By High Court
• Equifax Blasts Miss. Tax Appeal Process In Certiorari Bid
• High Court Refuses Widow's Appeal In Hyatt Terrorism Suit
• Pa. Justices Defend Landmark Fracking Ruling To Lawmakers
• Calif. Appeals Court Sides With KB In Allstate Repair Row
• Ore. Counties Back To Urban-Development Drawing Board
• High Court Moldy Washer Ruling May Increase Class Actions
• High Court Cuts Off Challenge To Stoli Vodka Trademark
• High Court Leaves Hotelier Win In Hard Rock Securities Row
• Fed. Circ. Upholds GSK Win Over Avodart Patent
• First American Beats Privacy Class In Calif. Appeal
• Supreme Court Boots $25M Pilgrim's Pride Antitrust Row
• High Court Won't Hear Ariz. Appeal Of Abortion Funds Ruling
• Wis. Union Restrictions Unconstitutional, 7th Circ. Hears
• Supreme Court Won't Hear TCPA Spam-Fax Ruling
• High Court Won't Hear Citgo Appeal In $180M Oil Spill Case
• 2nd Circ. Securities Transfer Safe Harbor Ruling To Stand
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bingham's Debra Fischer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Nossaman's Nancy Smith
• High Court Rebuffs Moldy Washer Class Cert. Appeals
• High Court Rejects Atty's Appeal In $4M Junk Fax Case
• Justices Snub Tennis Channel Appeal In Comcast Bias Case
• NLRB Blasts Tribe's 6th Circ. Bid To Skirt Casino Order
• High Court Won't Take Up FERC Tariff Change Cases
• Notre Dame Can't Escape ACA Waiver Requirement: 7th Circ.
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Suit Over Black Eyed Peas Song
• Fed. Circ. Split May Send Claim Construction To High Court
• 2nd Circ. Remands NYC Stop-And-Frisk Suits Amid Deal
• Neb. Justices Say Sex Assault Judgment Sunk By Bankruptcy
• Pa. Justices Won't Reconsider Landmark Fracking Decision
• SG Can Argue Against Halliburton In High Court Case
• 10th Circ. Upholds Ex-SEC Atty's Green Scheme Conviction
• 3rd Circ. Widens Colleges' Student Debt FCRA Liability
• Fla. Appeals Court Revives Excavation Permit Suit
• 4th Circ. Axes Whistleblower's FCA Suit Against Omnicare
• 5th Circ. Affirms Brand, Generic Wins In Reglan Suits
• NJ Limits Insurer Cancellation Of Med Malpractice Coverage
• State-Backed Citizens Argues Immunity From Bad Faith Claims
• Kan. Court Upholds Coverage For Drilling Equipment Dealer
• Ex-Texas Atty's Bid To Reverse 20-Year Sentence Rejected
• The Storm Has Passed For NY Insurance Law
• FERC Wrong To Keep Tariff On BNP Paribas, DC Circ. Says
• Staff Agency Not Liable For Employee Poisoning, Panel Says
• Ill. Justices Apply Repose Statute To Nonclient's Atty Suit
• Texas Justices Again Nix $1M Porter Hedges Malpractice Suit
• 11th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Cigna ERISA Case
• Fed. Circ. Won't Defer To Judges On Claim Construction
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ropes & Gray's Jane Goldstein
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Snell & Wilmer's Barb Dawson
• Pa. Appeals Court Won't Rehear Fixodent Evidence Dispute
• Funk Legend's $10M Malpractice Suit Is An Oldie: 9th Circ.
• 9th Circ. Refuses To Revive Novartis Jaw Injury Suit
• Virgin Islands May Intervene In Tax Cases, 11th Circ. Says
• Rotech Appeals Baker & McKenzie's Fee Award In Ch. 11 Case
• CarMax Says Worker Arbitration Agreement Not 'Illusory'
• J&J Mesh Suits Belong In Federal Court, 10th Circ. Told
• Ala. Court Urged To Lift Gag Order In Exterminator Suits
• SEC Defends Internal Whistleblower Protections At 2nd Circ.
• High Court To Define EPA's Regulatory Latitude In GHG Case
• NY AG Can Seek $150M Of E&Y's Lehman Fees: Appeals Court
• Group Wants McDonald's, KFC Cancer Warning Suits Revived
• NJ High Court To Mull Hospitals' Charitable Immunity
• NY Residency Ruling Shortens Leash For Auditors
• NY Panel Shields IBM From Medical Monitoring Damages
• Cipro Buyers Say Cos. Are Denying 'Stark Reality' Of Actavis
• Calif. Justices Back Whistleblowing Doctors' Right To Sue
• 9th Circ. Won't Restart Copyright Suit Over 'The Unborn'
• 2nd Circ. Won't Stay Class Notice In Fox Intern Wage Suit
• Michael Jordan's 7th Circ. Win Puts Image Fight Back In Play
• Ind. High Court Says New Evidence Can't Save Spill Suit
• NJ Bar Urges Christie To Keep State Chief Justice
• 3rd Circ. Sides With FERC Over State Power Plant Subsidies
• Insurers Don't Owe $11M For Gas Shortage, 4th Circ. Says
• FDA Agrees To FSMA Rollout Deadlines In Settlement
• Cozen Urges Pa. Justices To Let It Retire US Rep.'s Debt
• DC Circ. Wary Of Nixing EPA Soot Rule
• Facebook's $20M Ad Deal Harms Teen Privacy, 9th Circ. Told
• NJ Justices To Weigh Insurance Arbitration Remand Powers
• Flood Of Decisions Washes Away EPA Permits On Stormwater
• Dish's Hopper Chooses Content For Viewers, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Philly Paper Slams Sprague's Bid To Revive Libel Suit
• W.Va. High Court Finds 1 Occurrence In Carbon Monoxide Case
• Texas Atty's Appeal For Cut Of Personal Injury Award Axed
• High Court Employee Benefits Cases: A Review And Look Ahead
• Courts Continue To Accentuate The Ascertainable Class
• 4th Circ. Lowers Threshold For Criminal Violations Of ITAR
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Win For Takeda In Generic Prevacid Case
• Medicaid Subcontractor Pay Isn't Public Info, Pa. Court Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Choate's Melissa Tearney
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Littler's Lee Schreter
• ACA Doesn't Permit IRS Subsidies, DC Circ. Told
• NY Appeals Court OKs License For Union Square Restaurant
• 9th Circ. Ruling Helps Nonparties Fight Abusive Discovery
• Barnet Sets Stage For Potential Chapter 15 Circuit Split
• Retired Chicago Cops Lose Bid For Pension Credits
• 9th Circ. Flips Ruling Trimming Atty Fees In Liquor Co. OT Suit
• K2 Reversal Adds To Series Of Coverage Flip-Flops
• FDA, Consumer Groups Settle FSMA Rollout Spat
• FERC Skirted Input On NJ-NY Pipeline Study, DC Circ. Told
• Oilfield Co. Asks Texas Justices To Nix Ex-Worker's Fee Award
• Fee-Shifting Bylaw Valid Under Del. Law, Tennis Tour Says
• 7th Circ. Asked To Nix Delta Flight-Delay Suit Citing EU Law
• Feds Back Truckers' Meal-Break Claims Before 9th Circ.
• 3rd Circ. Restores Bulk Of Pa. Funeral Director Law
• Deployed Ex-Lowe's Worker Gets Retrial In Benefits Scrap
• Evanston Must Defend Title Co. In Fraud Suit: 4th Circ.
• Ga. High Court Holds Fire On $3M Glock Theft Case
• USPS Fights Netflix Price Discrimination Fix At DC Circ.
• The Latest On Fee-Shifting In Patent Cases
• 9th Circ. Clarifies Scope Of Rule 26 Expert Discovery
• Fed. Circ. Rules 'Foreseeable' Equivalents Can Infringe
• 10th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-UPS Driver's Retaliation Suit
• Alaska Slaps Oil Giants With $10B Property Tax Valuation
• Injunctive Relief Over Trade Secrets Now Easier In Texas
• Top Court Asks If $150M Saudi Currency Tangle Belongs In NY
• Privilege Can't Protect Pa. Turnpike Panel, Justices Rule
• 3rd Circ. OKs Indy Downs' Settlement Of $50M Contract Row
• Texas High Court Asked To Void Town's Water Permit
• Fox Rothschild Dodges Superfluous Philly RE Suit Claim
• NY Court Upholds Suit Over Fire Death From Floor Finish
• EEOC Can't Get New 'Bite' At Peoplemark Fees, 6th Circ. Told
• Valero Fights Tax Assessor's Bid For Texas Refinery Data
• A Precedent-Setting 9th Circ. Victory For Tribes
• NJ High Court Will Hear Coverage Row In Sex Assault Case
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Steptoe's Mimi Addy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Mary Mullany
• 'Big Short' Author Denies Defamation In 2nd Circ.
• Fed. Circ. Metcalf Ruling — A Major Boost To Contractors
• What We Learned About The Ill. Supreme Court In 2013
• 9th Circ. Sides With Coca-Cola Bottler In $19M Wage Suit
• Paul McCartney's Ex-Wife Doesn't Owe PR Rep, 9th Circ. Says
• 8th Circ. Urged To Revive Suit Over $925M Bakken Shale Buy
• Argentina Asks High Court To Overturn $1.4B Debt Order
• Warrant Needed For Cell Data, Mass. High Court Rules
• The Captain Of The Mother Court: Judge Loretta Preska
• Hearst, Conde Nast Off The Hook In 'Shine The Light' Suits
• NY Judge Wants Defamation Case Against Daily News Revived
• Apple E-Books Ruling Wrong On Antitrust Law, 2nd Circ. Told
• 3rd Circ. Says ArcelorMittal's Coverage Claim Not Barred
• 1st Circ. Says Title VII Offers Broad Retaliation Ban
• Dwyer Head Calls NJ Atty Advertising Rule Unconstitutional
• Tenn. Fuel Tax Unfair To Rail Carriers, Group Tells 6th Circ.
• 7th Circ. Affirms Reduced Atty Fee In TCPA Settlement
• Fed. Circ. Won't Block Ossur Prosthetic Production In IP Row
• Class Urges 10th Circ. To Back $1B Dow Antitrust Award
• NY High Court Do-Over Preserves Power Of Policy Exclusions
• Fed. Circ. Lets Contractor Seek Damages For Gov't Bungling
• 9th Circ. Gives $5B Hawaii Rail Project Green Light
• 9th Circ. Raises Bar For Standing In GHG Citizen Suits
• Ballard Spahr Nabs Litigator From Kaye Scholer
• Trustees Group Backs Picard In 2nd Circ. Clawbacks Appeal
• No Strict Liability For NY Medical Cos. Over Info Leaks
• NJ High Court Admonishes Judge Who Helped Girlfriend
• ACA Subsidies Backed By Health Groups, Dems In DC Circ.
• Fed. Circ. Revives Butamax Biofuel Patent Suit Against Gevo
• NY Court Restores Wyle's Suit Over $235M Merger
• NJ Asks Supreme Court To Hear Sports Gambling Case
• Fed. Circ. Refuses To Revive Automatic Hazard Light Suit
• Late Paperwork Costs Deutsche Bank In Tax Refund Appeal
• 2nd Circ. Warned Of 'Red Herring' In Applebee's Wage Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kaye Scholer's Lori Leskin
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hirschler's Courtney Paulk
• DeLay PAC's Attys Defamed Ex-Treasurer, DC Circ. Told
• Mere Acceleration Does Not Trigger Prepayment Premium
• NY High Court Balks At Tax Authority's Residency Test
• 9th Circ. UMG Case Changes Music-Licensing Landscape
• Insurer Disclaimer Delays OK In Some Cases: NY High Court
• Ex-Jefferies Fund Head Must Pay $7.2M Loss, 2nd Circ. Rules
• NYC Opposes Police Intervention In Stop-And-Frisk Suits
• 7th Circ. Won't Let Atty Escape $14M Class Action Deal
• 5th Circ. Adds New Wrinkle To Construction Defect Debate
• Criminalizing Taped Cell Calls 'Makes No Sense,' Judge Says
• Hawaii High Court Guides 9th Circ. On State's Insurance Law
• High Court Asked To Weigh Reimbursement For H-2 Workers
• DC Circ. Revives Epic Navy Sex Discrimination Battle
• FTC Pans Debt-Relief Scammers' Appeal Of $5.7M Judgment
• Law Firm Isn't Owed Defense For RE Suit, 11th Circ. Says
• Calif. Court Rips Document 'Deluge,' Revives Age Bias Suit
• Declaratory Judgment OK For CAFA $5M Hurdle: 11th Circ.
• NJ Court Sides With Town On Eminent Domain Interest
• FHFA Attys Fire Back At Appeals Over Tax Exemption
• High Court Asked To Tweak Securities Fraud Sentencing
• Ky. Panel Quashes Asbestos Injury Suit Against Lorillard
• 9th Circ. Urged To Revive $100M Bryan Cave Malpractice Suits
• ND Joins High Court Fight Over EPA Haze Authority
• DSW On Hook For Filene's Lease, Landlord Tells NY Court
• Why The 5th Circ. Was Wrong In Asadi V. GE Energy
• Texas Justices Pass On $72M Rig Worker Insurance Suit
• Atty's Libel Claims Against BBB Nixed By Texas High Court
• Texas High Court To Hear $7.5M Post-Hurricane Award Appeal
• Reclamation Fee An Unlawful Tax, Coal Cos. Tell High Court
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hughes Hubbard's Bassey
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Mitchell Silberberg's Coyoca
• Doctor's High-Court Plea Tests Whistleblower Protections
• Cadwalader Can't Shake Nomura Malpractice Suit
• Twombly Affects All Elements Of Antitrust Claims
• BP To Begin Medical Claim Payouts In $130M Deepwater Deal
• 9th Circ. Strikes Down San Diego's 'Good Cause' Gun Law
• NY High Court Denies Atty Fees For Accounting Firm
• 9th Circ. Revives BP Investors' Alaska Spill Suit
• Both Sides Claim Victory In 5th Circ. SOX Row
• Fla. Supreme Court Clarifies Speedy Trial Recapture Rule
• Wrongful Termination Suit Against John Wood Revived
• Texas Justices Urged To Let $21M Exxon Royalty Suit Proceed
• Tobacco Cos. Ask 11th Circ. To Reverse $3M Punitive Award
• Wynn Can't Duck Joe Francis' Casino Debt Defamation Suit
• NY Says Cut To Judges' Health Benefits Is Constitutional
• AUO Exec's Price-Fixing Conviction Should Be Upheld: DOJ
• Ill. Law Bars FDCPA Suit Against Attys, Appeals Court Finds
• IRS May Turn To Hostile Congress To Regulate Tax Preparers
• SunTrust Returns ERISA Case To 11th Circ.
• Medicare Audit Provision Immune To Court Review: 3rd Circ.
• Netflix-Walmart Deal Hurt Competition, 9th Circ. Hears
• CBS Chief Says Aereo Win Wouldn't Harm Bottom Line
• Orange County Retirees Can't Pool Benefits, 9th Circ. Says
• Hospital's Suit Over NY Workers' Comp Law Dismissed
• Ex-Red Robin Worker's Gay Bias Suit Nixed By 2nd Circ.
• Ski Resorts Can't Be Blamed For Avalanches, Court Says
• Takeaways From 9th Circ. FCRA Ruling Against Spokeo
• Limiting Scope Of Discovery In Fla. Premises Liability
• 10th Circ. Told J&J Pelvic Mesh Suits Belong In State Court
• $20M Facebook Ad Deal Hurts Kids' Privacy, 9th Circ. Told
• NY High Court Says Deadline Unenforceable In Coverage Suit
• Ore. Tax Reform Ballot Initiative Unclear, State Justices Say
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's Sharton
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Levenfeld's Patti O'Connor
• Halliburton: Do Plaintiffs Have A Fix In Affiliated Ute?
• Calculating Patent Term Adjustment Post-Novartis
• Pa. Justices To Mull Providers' Insurance Dept. Billing Row
• W.Va. Doesn't Understand The Scientific Method: Part 2
• Longtime Justice To Retire From Calif. Supreme Court
• Banking Group To Withdraw Suits Over Volcker Rule
• 5th Circ. Affirms Limits On SOX Whistleblower Protection
• Cooley Adds DLA Piper Consumer Litigation Pro At LA Office
• Enfamil Maker Fights Bid To Reinstate Infant Death Suit
• 10th Circ. Says Whistleblower Failed To Seek 'Higher Authority'
• Fed. Circ. Says NYC High Line Neighbors Can't Sue US
• 10th Circ. Sends Insurance Rule Quandary To Colo. Justices
• Appeals Bond On $595M Award Slashed In Eagle Ford Suit
• 3rd Circ. OKs $9M In Attys' Fees In VW Class Action
• Bankrupt Oil Co. Wrongly Split Assets, 9th Circ. Told
• Merle Norman Retaliation Plaintiff Owed Benefits, Court Says
• Notre Dame Asks 7th Circ. For Birth Control Waiver
• Friedman Schuman Escapes Race Bias Suit In 3rd Circ.
• Fla. Court Reverses Judgment For RJR In Smoker's Suit
• Meeder Owes Attys' Fees In Noncompete Row, 10th Circ. Says
• 3rd Circ. Mulls Class Cert. In J&J Reagent Antitrust Case
• Adorno & Yoss Rebuffed In Real Estate Malpractice Appeal
• NJ Justices Clarify Time Limit On Theft, Laundering Charges
• Ruling Sets Unrealistic Product Safety Bar, NY Justices Hear
• Town Asks NY High Court To Revive Challenge To Enviro Regs
• Kaplin Stewart Discovery Order Lacked Privilege Analysis
• Fed. Circ. Hands Win To Honeywell In Solvay Patent Row
• Fla. Appeals Court Nixes Atty Fees For Zurich In Caustic Fight
• Immersion Shareholders Urge 9th Circ. To Revive Fraud Suit
• K&L Gates Says It Needs Oil Data For Malpractice Defense
• 8th Circ. Won't Revive Fraudster's US Adversary Suit
• Texas Court Reverses Comptroller On Helicopter Sales Tax
• 3rd Circ. Closes Qualified Subsidiary Tax Election Loophole
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Emilie Ninan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Steptoe's Lucinda Low
• Fair Use Win May Be Cold Comfort To Bloomberg
• The Significance Of Patent Invalidity As A Public Right
• W.Va. Doesn't Understand The Scientific Method: Part 1
• 5 First Amendment Employment Issues To Watch In 2014
• Stakes Are High For ERISA Fiduciaries
• Fla. Supreme Court Untangles Self-Insured Retentions
• Fish & Richardson Must Face Fraud Suit, Texas Court Told
• Biolitec Appeals $63M Sanction, CEO Arrest Order In IP Row
• Chrysler Franchisee Terms Won't Do, Dealership Tells 9th Circ.
• Hawker Whistleblowers Contest Discharge Of $2.3B Claims
• UMass Takes Patent Dispute With Univ. Of Utah To High Court
• 11th Circ. Nominee Tells Sens. High Caseload Is Manageable
• HHS Botched Hospital Merger Valuation, DC Circ. Told
• 9th Circ. To Reconsider Its Remand Of Teva Painkiller Suit
• Nuke Group Asks DC Circ. To Keep $750M Waste Fees Buried
• EPA Asks DC Circ. To Reconsider Truck Emissions Ruling
• Ariz. Credit Union Fraudster Asks 9th Circ. To Overturn Verdict
• Pa. High Court Strikes 'Error Of Judgment' Jury Instruction
• Royston Rayzor Wants $5.5M Malpractice Suit Arbitrated
• Ind. Supreme Court Stubs Out City's Smoking Ban
• 9th Circ. Urged To Revive Libor Suit Against Deutsche Bank
• Fed. Circ. Urged To Nix Google, Microsoft Auction Patent Win
• Justices Urged To Take Up KBR Electrocuted-Soldier Case
• Pepper Hamilton Barred From Defamation Row Due To Conflict
• 4th Circ. Affirms SEC Ban For Ex-Taylor Bean Chairman
• La. High Court Reins In State AG Medicaid Fraud Suits
• Mich. Drug Companies Now Less Immune Under Tort Reform
• FTC Says 1st Amendment Doesn't Shield Pom's Health Claims
• 6th Circ. Nixes Retrial For Man Who Sold Old Parts To Navy
• DC Circ. Rejects IRS' Bid To Regulate Tax Preparers
• 2nd Circ. Judge Chides Quinn Emanuel Atty In Citigroup Case
• $20M Facebook Ad Deal Shortchanges Class, 9th Circ. Told
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ropes & Gray's Laurel FitzPatrick
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Baker Donelson's Donna Fraiche
• Waivers Of Appellate And Collateral Rights Are Distinct
• Unocal Hid Congo Profits In Shell Corp., 9th Circ. Hears
• 9th Circ. Asked To Revive $19M Coca-Cola Pay Stub Suit
• Medtronic Tells 10th Circ. Bone Device Suit Is Preempted
• Apple Can't Stay Goodwin Procter Monitor In E-Book Suit
• 11th Circ. Says RBC Can't Arbitrate Overdraft Litigation
• DC Circ. Mulls Coverage Of Temp Nurse In Malpractice Row
• 3rd Circ. Won't Scrap Musicland Investor's $31M Disgorgement
• Silence Is Not So Golden When Gov't Has Breached Contract
• Fed. Circ. Revives Lengthy Tivoli Lighting Patent Re-Exam
• NorthMarq's Failed Refinancing Didn't Cause Losses: 3rd Circ.
• 11th Circ. Says Flood Insurance Regs Set Minimum Amount
• 9th Circ., DC Federal Judges Added To Surveillance Court
• Texas High Court Urged To Affirm Bickel's Ouster In $60M Suit
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Chinese Co.'s Try For New Garlic-Duty Review
• Hobby Lobby Urges High Court To Block Contraception Rule
• Chinese-Owned Wind Co. Takes CFIUS Challenge To DC Circ.
• Court Split Over Medical Device Claims Persists
• 2nd Circ. Says NJ Law Applies To $5M Insurance Suit
• DC Circ. Considers Extent Of EPA Mountaintop Authority
• Roche Looks To Sink $2M Accutane Verdict On Appeal
• 4th Circ. Revives $13M Liberty Mutual Bad-Faith Verdict
• Pa. Court Quashes Insurer's Appeal In Lowe's Row
• Pfizer Says 2nd Circ. Can't Review Lipitor FCA Suit
• Justices Asked To Clarify FCA Liability For Universities
• NJ Justices Refuse To Consider Highlands Zoning Dispute
• Disciplinary Action Upheld For Furlough-Defying NJ Cop
• Appeals Court Affirms Age Bias Verdict Against Austin
• Fla. Loses Bid To Seize Property Tied To Illegal Gambling
• Fisker Suitor's Credit Bid Cap Appeal Gets Thrown Out
• Apple Injunction Flouts Deal, Simon & Schuster Tells 2nd Circ.
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: FordHarrison's Tracey Jaensch
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McManis' Neda Mansoorian
• 5 Items Calif. Employers Should Review On Arbitration Deals
• Sirius Can't Arbitrate TCPA Suit, Plaintiff Tells 9th Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Weighs 100,000-Member Debt Collection Class