February 8, 2012

Legal Analysis Articles on Litigation, Trial Practice, Class Action & Mass Tort Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution

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Details of actions by federal and state and local regulatory agencies as well as private actions from across the U.S. are added daily.

 

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Class Action Arbitration Waiver Rejected by Federal Appellate Court Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 2/8/2012
Court May Consider Extrinsic Evidence When Analyzing Duty To Defend von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 2/8/2012
Ginsburg, The Originalist (Golan v. Holder) Andrews Kurth LLP 2/6/2012
Exceptional Case Fee Award Appropriate if Patent Owner’s Litigation Conduct Is Deemed Vexatious McDermott Will & Emery 2/6/2012
Utah Supreme Court Advances Policyholder Rights Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 2/6/2012
Reminder to Merchants: Your Receipts Must Truncate Credit and Debit Card Numbers as well as Expiration Dates Much Shelist, P.C. 2/6/2012
Recent Security Screening Litigation in the Retail Industry, a Morgan Lewis Retail Did You Know? Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 2/6/2012
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts Decision Rejects Associational Discrimination Claims under Chapter 151B Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 2/3/2012
FTC Enlists Surprising Watchdogs to Police Marketers’ Practices Ifrah Law 2/3/2012
Utilizing Search Expertise to Reduce the Costs and Risks of Document Review Xerox Litigation Services 2/2/2012
Private Suits Under FCPA — An Ill-Advised Idea Ifrah Law 2/1/2012
NLRB Strikes Down Employer’s Mandatory Arbitration Agreement With Class Action Waiver Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP 1/31/2012
High Court: Police Tracking of Suspect Via GPS Requires Warrant Ifrah Law 1/31/2012
The Ninth Circuit Applies the Brakes to Runaway Nationwide Class Actions Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/31/2012
The Emerging Risks of 2012 Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 1/30/2012
New York Mah Jong Ruling May Help Cause of Online Poker Ifrah Law 1/30/2012
In the Wake of Concepcion and Dukes, Consumer Class Action Lawyers Must Soldier Forward By Leveraging Their Rich History and Taking Some Clues from the Whistleblower Bar Berk Law PLLC 1/30/2012
Death Penalty Overturned Because of Sleeping, Tweeting Jurors Ifrah Law 1/29/2012
Malicious Falsehood During a Broadcast: Claims Must be Particularised McDermott Will & Emery 1/28/2012
New 7th Circuit Decision Endorses Heightened Scrutiny of Experts at Class Certification Stage While Potentially Lowering the Bar to the Predominance Element at Class Certification Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/28/2012
Private Sector Bias Charges Hit All-Time High U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 1/27/2012
New York Appellate Court Orders Reinsurers to Follow Cedent's Settlement Schiff Hardin LLP 1/27/2012
Delaware Corporations Continue to Deploy Forum Selection Clauses to Counter Forum Shopping Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP 1/27/2012
Federal Report Slams Record of Putting Youth in Adult Prison Center for Public Integrity 1/27/2012
Henry Gifford’s Lawsuit Against U.S. Green Building Council Dismissed Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/27/2012
Arbitration: Hidden Dangers Could Leave You Holding an Empty Evidence Bag Much Shelist, P.C. 1/26/2012
Supreme Court Upholds Ruling: PAs Cannot Administer EMGs Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 1/24/2012
The Federal Circuit Agrees to Consider En Banc Whether Intervening Rights Can Apply To Independent Claims Not Amended During Reexamination Andrews Kurth LLP 1/24/2012
Sanctions Imposed on Qui Tam Counsel for Failing to Meet Ethical Standards Relating to the Use of Privileged Documents Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/23/2012
Aiding Victims of Clergy Sexual Abuse: What’s a Good Samaritan to Do? McDermott Will & Emery 1/23/2012
Indictments of Megaupload Are a Greater Threat to Web Users Than Piracy Ifrah Law 1/23/2012
Post-Grant Review Aspect of New Patent Law Andrews Kurth LLP 1/23/2012
Damage Caused By Water-Borne Debris Beyond Flood and Wave Exclusion in Homeowner's Policy Williams Kastner 1/20/2012
Domsey Trading Corporation, Domsey Fiber Corporation and Domsey International Sales Corporation, a single employer (29-CA-14548, et al.; 357 NLRB No. 180) National Labor Relations Board 1/19/2012
Dyson v Vax Ltd: Court of Appeal Of England and Wales Finds “These are Different Designs” McDermott Will & Emery 1/19/2012
Here We Go Again: Another Attempt at Recovery for Ratepayers Resulting from KeySpan-Morgan Stanley Swap Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 1/17/2012
Washington Covenant Judgment Scrutinized and Greatly Reduced Williams Kastner 1/17/2012
CAFA Connection: Cases Decided Under the Class Action Fairness Act Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 1/16/2012
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Splits On Extension of Tort of Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress Foley, Cognetti, Comerford, Cimini & Cummins 1/16/2012
Protecting Your Company from the Latest Threat --- Class Actions Under the California 'Shine the Light' Law Greenberg Traurig, LLP 1/16/2012
Foreign Corporation's Mere Awareness That Its Products May Ultimately End Up In a Forum State Is Not Sufficient Contact to Support Personal Jurisdiction Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/15/2012
Settlement to Require Eaton Corporation to Address TCE Contamination at Vehicle Group Plant in Kearney, Neb. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1/14/2012
Pepsi to Pay $3.13 Million & Made Major Policy Changes to Resolve EEOC Finding of Nationwide Hiring Discrimination Against African Americans U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 1/13/2012
Default Judgment Is Not Available In Actions To Quiet Title Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/13/2012
Securing Ownership of Your Company’s Digital Property Barnes & Thornburg LLP 1/13/2012
The New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act Has Limits In Commercial Transactions Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 1/12/2012
Washington Federal District Court Rejects Technical Claims Handling Violations as Basis for Extra-Contractual Claims Against Liability Insurer Williams Kastner 1/11/2012
Amending Rule 45: Clarifying And Changing Subpoena Practices Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 1/11/2012
Arbitration Agreement Barring Class Litigation Violates the NLRA Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1/10/2012
Defendants’ State of Incorporation Is Entitled to Little Weight in Transfer-of-Venue Analysis McDermott Will & Emery 1/10/2012
New York High Court Holds That State Blue Sky Law Does Not Preempt Common Law Claims Involving Securities Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/6/2012
Wisconsin Appeals Court Finds U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Prevents Consumers From Filing Class Action Lawsuits Where Arbitration Provisions Contain Waivers Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 1/6/2012
Court of Appeal Reminds Litigants That Settling With Named Plaintiff Does Not Necessarily End Putative Class Action Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/6/2012
Bank of Albuquerque Discriminated on the Basis of Age and Sex, EEOC Alleges in Lawsuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 1/5/2012
Initial State E-Discovery Rules to be Heard by Florida Supreme Court Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. 1/5/2012
California Appellate Court Issues a Decision That Mutual of Omaha Insurance Agents Qualify as Independent Contractors as a Matter of Law Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/4/2012
Court Stays Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Schiff Hardin LLP 1/4/2012
Grand Central Partnership Fired Rastafarian for Complaining of Threatened Violence, EEOC Says U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 1/4/2012
Judges’ New Scrutiny of Settlements May Make Life Difficult for Defendants Ifrah Law 1/1/2012
SCOTX 2011: Supreme Court of Texas 2011 Roundup Andrews Kurth LLP 12/31/2011
Essroc Cement Company to Pay $1.7 Million Penalty to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 12/31/2011
RCC Consultants, Inc. Sued for Disability Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 12/30/2011
RIM Defeats Sherman Act Section 2 Claims At Pleading Stage Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 12/30/2011
Allegations of Conspiracy to Limit Crop Production: Ripe for Analysis Under Capper-Volstead Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 12/29/2011
Governor Signs Law Preempting Municipal Landlord/Tenant Regulations Limiting Certain Landlord Rights Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 12/29/2011
New DOJ Wire Act Opinion Paves Way to Legal Online Poker Ifrah Law 12/29/2011
Washington Supreme Court Affirms Class Certification and Post-Accident Diminution in Value Award to Automobile Insureds Williams Kastner 12/26/2011
Illinois Supreme Court Clarifies and Broadens Noncompete Enforceability McDermott Will & Emery 12/25/2011
California Court of Appeal Holds Defendant Did Not Waive Its Right To Compel Arbitration By Waiting Until After Class Certification Where Other Class Members--But Not Plaintiff--Had Agreed To Arbitrate Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 12/24/2011
Physician Sentenced for Private Health Insurance Fraud von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 12/23/2011
Ninth Circuit Remands Board Decision Regarding Employee's Profanity-Laced Tirade Against Owner Barnes & Thornburg LLP 12/23/2011
FTC Will Propose Broader Children’s Online Privacy Safeguards Ifrah Law 12/22/2011
Federal Court Signs Order for Blockbuster Inc. To Pay Over $2m to Settle EEOC Suit for Sex, Race and National Origin Discrimination, Retaliation U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 12/22/2011
NLRB Election Changes Are Here Barnes & Thornburg LLP 12/21/2011
OSHA’s Revision of Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Regulations McDermott Will & Emery 12/21/2011
Judge Per Curiam to the Rescue: Ryland Enterprise v. Weatherspoon Andrews Kurth LLP 12/21/2011
Ninth Circuit Holds that an Employer Need Not Reasonably Accommodate an Employee Who Does Not Meet the Job's Minimum Requirements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 12/20/2011
Supreme Court Announces Dates for Oral Argument on ACA Challenge von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 12/19/2011
Secret Service Steps Up Its Activity Against Cyber Crime Ifrah Law 12/19/2011
Contested Cases Under the North Carolina Administrative Procedure Act Poyner Spruill LLP 12/19/2011
Illinois Supreme Court Establishes A New Test To Determine Whether Non-Compete Agreements Are Enforceable Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 12/17/2011
Judge Dismisses Lindsey FCPA Case, Finding Prosecutorial Misconduct Ifrah Law 12/17/2011
Garnishments: A Trap for Employers Varnum LLP 12/17/2011
President Signs Federal Courts Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act of 2011 into Law Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/17/2011
Cherchez les Catalogues Raisonné Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 12/16/2011
Governor Signs Law Setting Factors for Determining Attorney Fees and Capping Certain Attorney Fees Awards Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 12/16/2011
Patent Protection of Section 365(n) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code Extended to U.S. Licensees of Foreign Debtors McDermott Will & Emery 12/15/2011
Dairy Queen Restaurant Sued By EEOC for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 12/15/2011
Netflix Wins Summary Judgment Dismissal Of Consumer Class Antitrust Claims Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 12/14/2011
Labor & Employment Law Alert - Illinois Supreme Court Reaffirms that an Employer’s Legitimate Business Interest is Part of the Test for Enforcement of Non-Competition Agreements Barnes & Thornburg LLP 12/14/2011
The New Jersey Supreme Court Extends The Powerful New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act To Foreclosures Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 12/14/2011
US Department of Labor continues to cite beauty salons and manufacturers for formaldehyde exposure from hair smoothing products U.S. Department of Labor 12/13/2011
Strategies For Intellectual Property Licensees Who Depend Upon The Use Of Complementary Trademarks When A Licensor Files For Bankruptcy Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 12/13/2011
California Court of Appeal Clarifies Breach of Warranty Law in Class Actions and Vacates Order Certifying Class of Consumers in American Honda Motor Company, Inc. v. Superior Court Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 12/13/2011
Delaware Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Relief a Shareholder is Entitled For Inspection of Corporate Books And Records Pursuant To A Section 220 Demand Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 12/12/2011
California Appeals Court Rejects Antitrust Challenge to “Pay-for-Delay” Settlement of Patent Infringement Suit McDermott Will & Emery 12/11/2011
Contractors will not be Punished for Using a Sample Form in the Washington Mechanics’ Lien Statute: Common Sense Prevails Williams Kastner 12/10/2011
Debtors Need Lawyers, Too: Illinois Courts Ensure Access Much Shelist, P.C. 12/10/2011
EEOC Intake, Relief Obtained and Charges Resolved Hit Record Highs in 2011 U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 12/10/2011
Illinois Supreme Court’s Decision in Reliable Fire Broadens Enforceability of Restrictive Covenants Vedder Price P.C. 12/9/2011
More Big Pharma Companies Cough Up Big Dollars in DOJ Settlements Ifrah Law 12/9/2011
Arkansas High Court Considers Impact of Juror’s Use of Twitter During Trial Ifrah Law 12/8/2011
Algorithm Written in Prose Provides Sufficient Structure for a Means-Plus-Function Claim Term McDermott Will & Emery 12/8/2011
US Department of Labor settles litigation against grain bin operator in July 2010 deaths of 2 teens in Mount Carroll, Ill. U.S. Department of Labor 12/7/2011
“One,” But Not the One and Only McDermott Will & Emery 12/7/2011
ICC Releases New Rules of Arbitration Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 12/7/2011
Illinois Supreme Court Decides Requirements for Enforceable Noncompete Agreements in Illinois Schiff Hardin LLP 12/6/2011
Butterball Sued By EEOC For Harassment, Firing Of HIV-Positive Employee U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 12/6/2011
Post-Therasense: Inequitable Conduct Really Is a Higher Standard McDermott Will & Emery 12/5/2011
Wisconsin Governor Signs Law Lowering Interest Rates on Judgments in Civil Actions Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 12/5/2011
Apple and Samsung Wage Patent War Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 12/5/2011
Proof that the Claimed Invention Worked Is Required for Reduction to Practice McDermott Will & Emery 12/4/2011
Trade Secret or Patent, Not Both McDermott Will & Emery 12/3/2011
Using the Internet to Your Company's Advantage in Defending Against A Whistleblower Action Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 12/3/2011
Judge in Citigroup Case has Bucked Trend of Rubber Stamping SEC Settlements Center for Public Integrity 12/2/2011
LIRC Issues Decision Affirming Sexual Orientation Harassment and Awarding Attorney’s Fees Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 12/2/2011
Recent Virginia Supreme Court Decision Marks a Steady Shift in the Law Governing Noncompete Agreements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 12/1/2011
Claim Construct Tension Persists at Federal Court McDermott Will & Emery 12/1/2011
Intra-Circuit Split Continues as Federal Circuit Denies Rehearing En Banc McDermott Will & Emery 11/30/2011
Allegations of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence: What Must a School Do? Greenberg Traurig, LLP 11/30/2011
Luihn Food Systems Pays $277,000 To Resolve EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 11/29/2011
Ninth Circuit Latest to Permit Corporate Liability Under Alien Tort Statute; Supreme Court to Resolve Circuit Split in 2012 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 11/28/2011
The Continuing Relevance of Personal Service of Process Edelson McGuire, LLC 11/28/2011
Mostly Dead Comments on Irrational Exuberance: the Shortcomings of Legal Education. Andrews Kurth LLP 11/28/2011
The Importance of Drafting Clear Patent Assignments MHL Tek v. Nissan Motor Co. (Fed. Cir. 2011) Vedder Price P.C. 11/26/2011
The Pitfalls of Using Open-Source Code Vedder Price P.C. 11/25/2011
Jackson Park Hospital To Pay $80,000 To Settle EEOC Lawsuit For Race And Sex Discrimination And Retaliation U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 11/24/2011
US Labor Department recovers nearly $8 million in back wages, fringe benefits and 401(k) plan assets from defunct security company U.S. Department of Labor 11/24/2011
Lender's Losses in Fraud Case May Exceed 400% of Loan Amount Much Shelist, P.C. 11/22/2011
In Ninth Circuit, Whistleblowers Not Exempt From Confidentiality Agreements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 11/22/2011
Your Bed Bug Response Plan Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 11/21/2011
Prometheus’s Supreme Court Brief – Don’t Confuse Us With “LabCorp” Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 11/21/2011
Product Liability in Illinois: State Supreme Court Decision Favors Manufacturers Much Shelist, P.C. 11/20/2011
U.S. Supreme Court: Bayh-Dole Act Does Not Supersede Inventors' Rights in Federally Funded Inventions Greenberg Traurig, LLP 11/20/2011
Supreme Court Likely to Uphold Obamacare as Constitutional: ANALYSIS Center for Public Integrity 11/20/2011
Brief Filed in Litigation Challenging the NLRB’s Final Rule Requiring All Employers to Post Notice of Employee Rights Under the NLRA Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 11/19/2011
DOJ Official Reiterates Threat to Prosecute Criminally Responsible Corporate Officials for Violations of FD&C Act Barnes & Thornburg LLP 11/18/2011
Federal judge orders Central Coast landscaper to rehire employees, bargain with union National Labor Relations Board 11/17/2011
Merchants Don't Be Caught Off Guard: Unsolicited Advertising in Faxes and Text Messages Expose You to Class Action Litigation Much Shelist, P.C. 11/17/2011
Constitutional Challenge to (File Sharing) Damage Award Rebuffed McDermott Will & Emery 11/17/2011
NLRB Finds Benefits Comparison by Employer Prior to Decertification Election Violates NLRA Barnes & Thornburg LLP 11/17/2011
USPTO Revises Rules Governing Inter Partes Reexamination Requests McDermott Will & Emery 11/16/2011
Cost Shifting in e-Discovery: A Comparative Analysis Between America and Europe Chicago-Kent College of Law 11/16/2011
BPAI—What Constitutes a New Ground of Rejection McDermott Will & Emery 11/16/2011
Litigation Activities Generally Cannot Be Used to Establish a Domestic Industry for Purposes of § 337 McDermott Will & Emery 11/14/2011
Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to ACA von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 11/14/2011
Supreme Court Vacates California Ruling on Arbitration Agreements Greenberg Traurig, LLP 11/14/2011
Recent Illinois Case Highlights Important Distinctions Between Restrictive Covenants in the Sale-of-Business and Employment Contexts Vedder Price P.C. 11/14/2011
“Universal Night Sight” Is a Descriptive Trademark McDermott Will & Emery 11/14/2011
Apple’s Software License Restrictions Not Misuse McDermott Will & Emery 11/13/2011
Recent Supreme Court Decisions That Will Shape Class Action Practice Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 11/12/2011
Dresser Rand Settles EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 11/12/2011
D.C. Appeals Court Upholds Constitutionality of ACA Individual Mandate von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 11/12/2011
Court of Justice of the European Union Provides Further Guidance on Circumstances in which Keyword Advertising Constitutes Trademark Infringement McDermott Will & Emery 11/12/2011
California Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument In Key Meal/Rest Period Case Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 11/12/2011
Complaint alleges Jimmy John’s employees threatened, terminated for union related activities National Labor Relations Board 11/11/2011
Claim Term “a” Does Not Necessarily Include Singular or Plural McDermott Will & Emery 11/11/2011
Unclaimed Feature Not Limiting, Even When Required to Practice Claims McDermott Will & Emery 11/10/2011
Recent Baylake Bank Case Questions a City’s Ability to Enforce Development Agreement Penalties as Taxes Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 11/10/2011
Social Media Perils: A Primer for Businesses Much Shelist, P.C. 11/10/2011
Stent Wars: Return of the Dictionary and No Inequitable Conduct McDermott Will & Emery 11/10/2011
Buyers Beware: Employee Non-Compete Agreements in the Sale of a Business Much Shelist, P.C. 11/9/2011
Practicing the Prior Art Is Not a Defense McDermott Will & Emery 11/9/2011
Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Traders: Supreme Court Rules Regarding Liability of Secondary Actors Vedder Price P.C. 11/8/2011
Michigan and Indiana Courts Address Mortgage and Construction Lien Priorities Barnes & Thornburg LLP 11/8/2011
Federal appeals court upholds survivors’ right to automatic benefits under Black Lung Benefits Act U.S. Department of Labor 11/8/2011
Supreme Court Determines That Plaintiffs Do Not Need to Prove Loss Causation in Order to Obtain Class Certification in Federal Securities Fraud Actions Vedder Price P.C. 11/8/2011
Ye Shall Reap What Ye Shall Sow McDermott Will & Emery 11/8/2011
Sears Settles EEOC Suit For Race, Age, Sex Discrimination And Retaliation U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 11/8/2011
Seller of George Forman Trademarks Down for the Count on Breach of Contract Claims McDermott Will & Emery 11/7/2011
Tenth Circuit Continues the Ambiguity of “Advertising Injury” Intellectual Property Insurance Services Corporation 11/7/2011
Appeals Court Vacates SEC’s Proxy Access Rule Vedder Price P.C. 11/6/2011
Intervening Rights Can Apply to an Original Claim Based on Arguments Made During Reexamination McDermott Will & Emery 11/6/2011
Giddy Up--It's Argument Week at the Superme Court of Texas Andrews Kurth LLP 11/5/2011
Should a Dispute Under a Letter of Intent Be Arbitrated? Vedder Price P.C. 11/5/2011
International Protection of Trade Secrets - ITC Wields the "Hammer of Thor" Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 11/5/2011
ARB Passes Final Regulations for Cap-And-Trade Program Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 11/4/2011
Business Groups Seek Swift Resolution to NLRB’s Workplace Posting Controversy Barnes & Thornburg LLP 11/4/2011
The California Court Of Appeal Disagrees With The U.S. Supreme Court On The Enforceability Of Arbitration Agreements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 11/3/2011
US Department of Labor’s OSHA cites Illinois pet food production and packaging company for 23 health and safety violations; fines exceed $750,000 U.S. Department of Labor 11/3/2011
Managing, Protecting and Recovering Critical Documents Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 11/3/2011
$32 Million Damages Award Against Web Hosts Reduced by One-Third—Contributory Infringement Limited to Single Award of Statutory Damages McDermott Will & Emery 11/2/2011
No Disqualification Where Disclosure of Confidential Information Controlled by Joint Defense Agreement McDermott Will & Emery 11/2/2011
United States Postal Service, 24-CA-10805 (reported at 356 NLRB No. 75) (1st Cir., decided October 27, 2011) National Labor Relations Board 11/1/2011
East Los Angeles community hospital executives ordered to repay $600,000 to employee retirement plan, following US Labor Department investigation U.S. Department of Labor 11/1/2011
Reasonableness of Hospital Fees (Indiana) Barnes & Thornburg LLP 11/1/2011
GOP to Subpoena White House over Solyndra Center for Public Integrity 10/31/2011
No Need To Record An Assignment Of A Deed Of Trust Prior To Foreclosure Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/30/2011
The Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM) Women’s Forum: Tackling Social Media Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 10/30/2011
Hilton Reservations Worldwide employees to receive more than $715,000 in minimum, overtime back wages following US Labor Department investigation U.S. Department of Labor 10/29/2011
Seventh Circuit Finds Certain Food Labeling Fraud Claims Are Preempted Barnes & Thornburg LLP 10/29/2011
AT&T Settles EEOC Age Discrimination Lawsuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 10/29/2011
Long-Standing Software Patent Claim Format Under Attack Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP 10/28/2011
The Federal Circuit’s Recent Reexamination Rulings Andrews Kurth LLP 10/28/2011
OFAC, BIS Double Up Flow Serve: What the Flowserve Settlement Says About Corporate Compliance Programs Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/28/2011
Judge upholds civil money penalties assessed by US Labor Department to Progressive Protein in Omaha, Neb., for child labor violations U.S. Department of Labor 10/27/2011
Is an Isolated DNA Patentable? Andrews Kurth LLP 10/27/2011
Wisconsin Insurance Law Amended to Conform with Federal Adult Child Coverage Requirements—State Tax Law Expected to be Amended Soon von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 10/26/2011
10th Circuit Upholds Sharp Restrictions of Clinton-Era Roadless Rule in Forests Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/26/2011
What’s in a Tweet? Andrews Kurth LLP 10/26/2011
Safe-Harbor Provision of Hatch-Waxman Act Does Not Protect Post-Approval Research Activities Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/25/2011
Tic Wyoming Agrees To Pay $135,000 To Settle EEOC Lawsuit For Disability Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 10/25/2011
New Jersey Conforms Its Overtime Regulations with the FLSA, But Forgets to Retain Its “Inside Sales” Exemption Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 10/25/2011
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds That Bad Foreclosure = Bad Title For Bona Fide Purchaser Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/25/2011
Wisconsin Healthcare “Apology Bill” Scheduled for Assembly Vote Tomorrow von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 10/24/2011
Can Your Environmental Permit Save Your Insurance Coverage? One Court Says "Yes" Much Shelist, P.C. 10/24/2011
U.S. Patent Reform in 2011: President Signs the America Invents Act Much Shelist, P.C. 10/23/2011
Mayor And City Council Of Ocean City To Pay $38,000 To Settle EEOC Age Bias And Retaliation Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 10/22/2011
The Automatic Stay: What Creditors Need to Know Much Shelist, P.C. 10/22/2011
Consumer Class Action Litigation: Manage Your Exposure with Mandatory Arbitration and Class Action Waivers Much Shelist, P.C. 10/21/2011
Dispelling the Myth of MERS as a "Sham" Beneficiary Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/21/2011
Tenth Circuit Finds Potential Insurance Coverage for Patent Infringement Claims Under “Advertising Injury” Provisions Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 10/20/2011
Hooters Sues Competitor over Alleged Trade Secrets Theft after Top Executives Fly Away Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 10/20/2011
On Remand from the Federal Circuit, the District Court in Lucent v. Microsoft Rules Lucent Again Failed to Properly Apply the Entire Market Value Rule Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 10/20/2011
ALJ Finds Employee's Facebook Comments Unrelated to Working Conditions are not Protected Under the NLRA McDermott Will & Emery 10/19/2011
Less Litigation, More Regulation Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 10/19/2011
Individual Liability for Wage and Hour Claims Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/19/2011
Federal Circuit Reverses District Court Decision and Rules that Isolated DNA Sequences Are Patent-Eligible Subject Matter Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 10/19/2011
US Labor Department seeks to recover more than $436,000 for 2 employee benefit plans of Columbus, Ohio-based Clark Graphics U.S. Department of Labor 10/17/2011
Oil Company Pleads Guilty to Clean Air Act and Obstruction Crimes in Louisiana U.S. Department of Energy 10/16/2011
USPTO Implements New Policy Change on Reissues in View of Recent Federal Circuit Decision McDermott Will & Emery 10/13/2011
Federal Circuit Wraps Up 10-Year Patent Infringement Suit for Tobacco Curing Patents McDermott Will & Emery 10/13/2011
Harassment Statute of Limitations May Stretch Back in Time Williams Kastner 10/13/2011
Obama Administration Asks Supreme Court to Take Up Health Reform Case McDermott Will & Emery 10/12/2011
The Supreme Court is Set to Decide Whether the Ministerial Exception Will Continue to Protect Religious Institutions from Discrimination Claims Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 10/12/2011
Employer’s Attempt to Escape Union Agreement Unsuccessful Williams Kastner 10/12/2011
Underlying Invention and Not Category Literally Invoked by Claim Determines Subject Matter Eligibility McDermott Will & Emery 10/12/2011
Unintentional Disclosure - Employee Communications To Counsel Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 10/11/2011
Federal Circuit Affirms Non-Obviousness Summary Judgment for Novel Formulation of Prior Art Active Drug Compound McDermott Will & Emery 10/11/2011
NLRB Delays Implementation of Mandatory Notice Posting Rule Andrews Kurth LLP 10/11/2011
Defendant Not Allowed to Appeal Denial of a 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss After Trial McDermott Will & Emery 10/11/2011
AT&T Sued By EEOC In Puerto Rico Disability Discrimination Lawsuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 10/10/2011
SCO Can’t Claim Ownership of the UNIX Operating System McDermott Will & Emery 10/10/2011
Texas Roadhouse Refused to Hire Older Workers Nationwide, EEOC Alleges in Lawsuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 10/10/2011
Board Members May Face Personal Liability for Unpaid Wages Williams Kastner 10/10/2011
Board Overrules Dana Corp. Decision on Voluntary Recognition Williams Kastner 10/7/2011
UK Supreme Court Holds that U.S. Copyright Claims Are Justiciable in English Courts McDermott Will & Emery 10/7/2011
Pair of Ohio Supreme Court Decisions Enforce Limitation of Action Clauses Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 10/7/2011
Washington Court Addresses Employee Sensitivity to Environmental Factors Williams Kastner 10/7/2011
Recent Ruling Allows a Shareholder Lawsuit to Proceed After a Negative Say-on-Pay Vote: Quirk or Harbinger? Andrews Kurth LLP 10/6/2011
Ninth Circuit Declares that “The King” Is Dead (in Copyright Cases) McDermott Will & Emery 10/6/2011
Disregard of the Law is not Grounds to Vacate an Arbitration Award under the Federal Arbitration Act Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 10/6/2011
Survivor Benefits Under the Washington Industrial Insurance Act–Who Pays? Williams Kastner 10/6/2011
EMC Corp. Should Have Drafted a Better Non-Competition Clause McDermott Will & Emery 10/5/2011
A Chapter 11 Diaspora? House Judiciary Committee Considers Chapter 11 Venue Reform Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/5/2011
Third-Party Web Ads Confer Jurisdiction over Nonresident McDermott Will & Emery 10/5/2011
Second Circuit Holds First Sale Doctrine Inapplicable to Foreign-Made Goods McDermott Will & Emery 10/5/2011
Supreme Court Opens Term with California Medicaid Rate Cuts Case von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 10/4/2011
Class Actions Filed Over “Natural Food” Claims - Food, Drug & Device Law/Advertising & Marketing Alert Barnes & Thornburg LLP 10/4/2011
Cordis v. BSC – Therasense at Work Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 10/3/2011
Federal Circuit Wraps Up 10-Year Patent Infringement Suit for Tobacco Curing Patents McDermott Will & Emery 10/2/2011
Solyndra Executives Refusing to Answer Bankruptcy Questions Center for Public Integrity 10/1/2011
Oregon Court of Appeals Rules Non-Economic Damages Capped at $500,000 in Birth Injury Cases Williams Kastner 9/30/2011
The Federal Circuit Applies Intervening Rights to Independent Claims Not Amended in Reexamination Andrews Kurth LLP 9/30/2011
Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Rule on Constitutionality of Affordable Care Act von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 9/30/2011
NLRB Chairman Pearce issues statement on Congressional hearing about Board actions National Labor Relations Board 9/30/2011
Guide to International Arbitration with Chinese Entities McDermott Will & Emery 9/30/2011
Deciphering Dukes: Ninth Circuit Hands Down Decision Interpreting The Game-Changer Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 9/29/2011
A Refresher On Coaching Vacancies: Who Gets The Position? Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 9/29/2011
EEOC Sues Staffing Agency for Sex Harassment, Retaliation, and Assigning Workers Based on Sex U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 9/28/2011
How the 'Other Coverages' Exclusion Can Cost You Millions Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 9/28/2011
Administrative Law Judge Finds Employer Unlawfully Discharged Employees Based on Facebook Posts McDermott Will & Emery 9/28/2011
Following a 2-year refusal to comply, anthracite mine operator in Pennsylvania installs mandated communications and tracking system U.S. Department of Labor 9/27/2011
Wax This! New York Court Finds Restrictive Covenant In Hair Removal Specialist's Employment Agreement Unreasonable and Unenforceable Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 9/27/2011
French Court Orders French Competition Authority to Disclose Antitrust Investigation Documents McDermott Will & Emery 9/26/2011
ANDA Automatic Stay of FDA Approval Does Not Defeat Standing in Sham Litigation Antitrust Counterclaim Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 9/26/2011
The Changing Landscape of the Business Records Exception under Florida Law and its Impact on Florida Foreclosures Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/25/2011
"First Impression" Ruling: Court May Review the Rationality of Emails Sent By GAO Attorneys Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 9/23/2011
Creditors of a Delaware LLC Do Not Have Standing to Sue Derivatively and Must Rely on Contractual Remedies Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/23/2011
Court Orders Government to Produce Electronic Data in Usable Form; Recognizes Need for E-Discovery Rules in Criminal Cases Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 9/23/2011
Recent NLRB Actions: Notice Posting Requirement, Proposed Election Rules and New Case Law Tilt Toward Organized Labor Much Shelist, P.C. 9/23/2011
UnZIPped in New Jersey: Does Requesting a Customer’s Zip Code Violate State Law? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 9/23/2011
Broker Malpractice Claim Does Not Require Expert Testimony Proving Reasonableness of Underlying Settlement Williams Kastner 9/22/2011
Federal Court Reverses Course and Refuses to Block Indiana Medicaid Pharmacy Reimbursement Cuts Barnes & Thornburg LLP 9/22/2011
Behavior Modification: Trial Lawyer's Edition Andrews Kurth LLP 9/22/2011
Bass Pro Failed to Hire Blacks and Hispanics at its Stores Nationwide, EEOC Says in Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 9/21/2011
Ninth Circuit Rules That State Social Workers Are Not "Learned Professionals" Exempt from Overtime Pay Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/21/2011
NLRB Releases Report on Social Media Decisions McDermott Will & Emery 9/21/2011
Court Rejects Immunity Argument In Dispute Over Sewer Overflow Barnes & Thornburg LLP 9/20/2011
NLRB Requires Employer to Rehire and Provide Backpay to Employees Terminated for Derogatory Comments Made About Co-Worker on Facebook Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 9/20/2011
President Obama Signs Patent Reform Into Law Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 9/20/2011
Indiana Court of Appeals Rejects Tort Claims Acts Arguments In Dispute Over City Sewer Line Barnes & Thornburg LLP 9/20/2011
America Invents Act Update - Important Implementation Dates Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 9/19/2011
Fourth Circuit Lacks Jurisdiction due to the Tax Anti-Injunction Act Barnes & Thornburg LLP 9/19/2011
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Vedder Price P.C. 9/19/2011
NLRB Permits Micro-Units In Specialty Healthcare Decision Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 9/18/2011
EEOC Sues Owner of California McDonald's for Disability Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 9/18/2011
Second Circuit Holds that Falsity of Estimates of Goodwill and Loan Loss Reserves For Purposes of Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 Hinges on the Speakers' Subjective Belief in the Estimates' Accuracy Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 9/18/2011
EEOC and ABM Industries Settle Discrimination and Retaliation Case for Latino Workers U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 9/18/2011
The Top Six Blunders in Dealing with the Cloud Andrews Kurth LLP 9/17/2011
US Department of Labor finds nutritional beverage company, former CEO in violation of Sarbanes-Oxley Act whistleblower protection provisions U.S. Department of Labor 9/17/2011
President Obama Signs America Invests Act -i.e., Patent Reform - into Law Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/17/2011
NLRB Facilitates Union Organization of Smaller Bargaining Units Barnes & Thornburg LLP 9/17/2011
Seventh Circuit Allows Supervisor to be Comparator of Plaintiff in Discriminatory Discharge Case Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/16/2011
Lenders and Loan Servicers Take Note: You Must Now Secure and Maintain Vacant Buildings Under New Chicago Ordinance Much Shelist, P.C. 9/16/2011
EEOC Sues Olam for Refusing to Hire a Pregnant Job Applicant U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 9/16/2011
Tenth Circuit Holds that "Forced Sellers" Resulting From a Squeeze Out Merger Lack Standing to Assert Claims Under Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) the Securities Act of 1933 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 9/15/2011
Pennsylvania Federal Judge Finds the Individual Mandate Unconstitutional and Strikes Down Closely Related Provisions McDermott Will & Emery 9/15/2011
Arizona Must Continue Offering Benefits to Same-Sex Partners of State Employees Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/15/2011
Ninth Circuit Attempts to Clarify Learned Professional Exemption's Educational Requirement Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 9/15/2011
Myriad Petition For Rehearing Denied Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 9/14/2011
Proposed cybersecurity legislation would protect employers from information theft by departing employees, if a policy prohibits such conduct Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/14/2011
FDIC Recovery Efforts Highlight D&O Insurance Issues McDermott Will & Emery 9/14/2011
NLRB Administrative Law Judge Reinstates Five Employees Terminated for Facebook Posts Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 9/14/2011
NLRB obtains injunction to stop violent union protests at port of Longview, Washington National Labor Relations Board 9/14/2011
Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover And Nine Ways To Attack Patents Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 9/13/2011
US Department of Labor’s OSHA cites Florida manufacturers and distributors of hair products containing formaldehyde for health violations U.S. Department of Labor 9/13/2011
NLRB Facilitates Union Organization of Smaller Bargaining Units Barnes & Thornburg LLP 9/13/2011
Copyright Infringement Suit Survives Dismissal Based on Proposed Amended Complaint McDermott Will & Emery 9/13/2011
Amendments to SEC Rule 14a-8 Allowing Shareholder Proposals for Proxy Access Regimes to Come into Effect Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 9/13/2011
Walgreens Sued By EEOC For Disability Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 9/12/2011
Narrowing Claim Amendment Blocks Application of the Doctrine of Equivalents, Again McDermott Will & Emery 9/12/2011
800 Channels and Nothing On? Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Sherman Act Claim Alleging Tying of Popular Television Channels with Less Popular Television Channels Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/11/2011
Second Circuit Dismisses $500M Telecom Antitrust Suit McDermott Will & Emery 9/11/2011
Challenge to ACA Rejected by Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 9/10/2011
UK/EU Competition: Courts Reduce Antitrust Fines Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/10/2011
Voluntarily Invoking Federal Jurisdiction Constitutes Waiver of Sovereign Immunity McDermott Will & Emery 9/10/2011
SEC Not to Seek Rehearing of Proxy Access Decision Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 9/10/2011
Lake of Torches Appellate Decision: "Management Contracts" Are Still a Burning Issue in Tribal Gaming Financings Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 9/10/2011
Senate Passes Sweeping Patent Reform Legislation von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 9/10/2011
NLRB Judge Issues First Ever Ruling in Social Media Line of Cases Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/9/2011
NLRB Revisits Decertification in Voluntary Successorship and Recognition Situations Barnes & Thornburg LLP 9/9/2011
New Options for Challenging Patents Before the USPTO Under the America Invents Act Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 9/9/2011
eBay Abrogates Presumption of Irreparable Harm in Copyright Cases in Ninth Circuit McDermott Will & Emery 9/9/2011
Baseless Infringement Allegations (by an NPE) Warrants “Exceptional” Case McDermott Will & Emery 9/8/2011
Personal Jurisdiction in Trade Secret Cases McDermott Will & Emery 9/7/2011
Administrative Law Judge finds New York nonprofit unlawfully discharged employees following Facebook posts National Labor Relations Board 9/7/2011
Court Upholds ESOP's Change in Investment Conversion Rules Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 9/7/2011
EEOC Sues the Scooter Store for Disability Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 9/7/2011
NLRB Issues Decisions Delaying Employee Free Choice Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/6/2011
Ninth Circuit Adopts Lower Court’s Use of Its Own "Blades of Chaos" to Filter Out the Unprotectable Elements of a Plaintiff’s Copyright Infringement Claim McDermott Will & Emery 9/5/2011
E&O Insurer Prevails on Recission Claim Based upon Insurance Application Misrepresentations Williams Kastner 9/5/2011
Applebee’s Owners Pay $1 Million in EEOC Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 9/4/2011
The California Court Of Appeal Again Rejects A Claim For Wrongful Foreclosure At The Pleading Stage Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 9/4/2011
Previous Litigation Results in Court Hanging Up on Plaintiff Based on Collateral Estoppel McDermott Will & Emery 9/4/2011
US Labor Department files complaint against Colorado-based cheese producer for discriminating against minority job applicants at California facility U.S. Department of Labor 9/3/2011
Kimberly-Clark Finds a Soft Touch on Appeal McDermott Will & Emery 9/3/2011
Lanham Act Attorneys’ Fees Awarded in the Absence of Damages McDermott Will & Emery 9/2/2011
Alleged Trademark Sublicense Assignable in Bankruptcy McDermott Will & Emery 9/2/2011
Can Genes Be Patented? McDermott Will & Emery 9/1/2011
The Mythical Benefits of Tort Reform in Texas Center for Public Integrity 9/1/2011
NLRB Memo Provides Insight on Employee Use of Social Media - Labor & Employment Law Alert Barnes & Thornburg LLP 8/31/2011
Obviousness Objections Based On Combinations Of References – Consistent Warnings From The CAFC Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 8/31/2011
Third Circuit Eases Burden on Foreign Injury Antitrust Plaintiffs Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 8/29/2011
Entrepreneur’s Guide to Litigation – Blog Series: Post-Trial and Execution on Judgment Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 8/29/2011
Indiana Supreme Court Extends Law Enforcement Immunity To City In Dog Bite Case Barnes & Thornburg LLP 8/28/2011
Antitrust Agriculture Update: Mushroom Grower Direct Purchaser Litigation McDermott Will & Emery 8/27/2011
California Court of Appeal Refuses to Permit an Action for Rescission of a Strategic Transaction, Holding That a Board Has No Duty Under California Law to Include a "Fiduciary Out" Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/27/2011
NLRB Rule Requiring Employers to Post Union Rights Released Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 8/26/2011
Exotic Dancers not Employees under Nevada Wage Laws Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/26/2011
A Case Where CEQA Worked Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/26/2011
EEOC Sues Kohl's Department Stores For Disability Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 8/25/2011
Indiana Appeals Court Finds Appeal of Ordinance Violation Not Moot Even After Fine Is Paid Barnes & Thornburg LLP 8/25/2011
11th Circuit Deals Potentially Devastating Blow to President Obama's Health Care Reform Law Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 8/25/2011
Indiana Settles Class Action Lawsuit Regarding Compliance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 8/25/2011
Briggs Equipment Settles EEOC Race Discrimination Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 8/25/2011
United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC (Trimas Corporation d/b/a Cequent Towing Products, and an individual(25-CB-008891 et al.; 357 NLRB No. 48) Goshen, IN, National Labor Relations Board 8/25/2011
Eleventh Circuit: Individual Mandate Unconstitutional, but Rest of ACA Stands McDermott Will & Emery 8/24/2011
Guilty Plea for Altering HSR Documents Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 8/23/2011
Partnership Pitfalls -- Things to Keep in Mind When Filing a Notice of Pendency Involving Partnership Assets Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/23/2011
Sac Griffith / Pepe’s Mexican Restaurant Sued for Sexual Harassment and Pregnancy Bias U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 8/23/2011
Eleventh Circuit Strikes the ACA's Individual Mandate as Unconstitutional, Setting Up a Circuit Split and Making Supreme Court Review More Likely McDermott Will & Emery 8/22/2011
3M to Pay $3 Million to Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 8/22/2011
California Court Of Appeal Holds That Employees Lose Reinstatement Rights If They Fail To Return To Work During The 12-Week Leave Period Protected Under CFRA Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/22/2011
Entrepreneur’s Guide to Litigation – Blog Series: Appeal Process Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 8/22/2011
Customer Letter Characterizing Competitor’s Patent as Invalid Not Enough to Create Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction McDermott Will & Emery 8/22/2011
The Basics of Hotel Security - The Same, But Different Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/21/2011
“Dashboard” Mark Merely Descriptive of Automotive Information Services McDermott Will & Emery 8/21/2011
Patentability of Software-Implemented Inventions: Ineligible Method Claims Can Jeopardize Apparatus Claims As Well Vedder Price P.C. 8/20/2011
Going Down: Means-Plus-Function Elements on Claims to Elevator Invention Are Structural McDermott Will & Emery 8/20/2011
Really, “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan” McDermott Will & Emery 8/20/2011
District of Columbia and Seventh Circuits Allow for Corporate Liability Under The Alien Tort Statute, Splitting With Second Circuit Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/19/2011
Second Circuit Addresses Materiality at the Pleadings Stage in Two Recent Decisions Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/19/2011
Acting General Counsel releases report on social media cases National Labor Relations Board 8/18/2011
Mutual Indemnification Clause Gives Rise to Attorneys’ Fees Regardless of Prevailing Party McDermott Will & Emery 8/18/2011
National HealthCare Corporation Sued By EEOC For Disability Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 8/18/2011
“Hot News” Cannot Be Enjoined Under Misappropriation Claim McDermott Will & Emery 8/18/2011
Enforcing Non-Competes: Illinois Court Further Defines Adequate Consideration Much Shelist, P.C. 8/17/2011
Why Do We Have Appellate Lawyers? Andrews Kurth LLP 8/17/2011
Fashion Designer Allowed to Prevent Use of His Name as Community Trademark, Despite Having Sold All Trademark Rights McDermott Will & Emery 8/17/2011
Broad Injunctive Relief and Damage Award for Misappropriation of Trade Secrets Upheld McDermott Will & Emery 8/16/2011
Hitting Non-Practicing Entities Where It Hurts Andrews Kurth LLP 8/16/2011
Fifth Circuit Rejects Per Se Rule That Recharacterization Applies Only To Insiders Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/16/2011
Entrepreneur’s Guide to Litigation – Blog Series: Trial Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 8/16/2011
Collateral Managers — Limitation Of Lawsuit Provision In New York Law Indenture Bars Noteholders From Suing Co-Issuer And Collateral Manager For Breach Of Contract Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/15/2011
National Labor Relations Board finds Santa Barbara newspaper committed multiple unfair labor practices National Labor Relations Board 8/14/2011
I’m Singing the Blues—Sampled Song and Procedural Mish-Mash McDermott Will & Emery 8/14/2011
New Dosage of a Known Pharmaceutical: Obvious? McDermott Will & Emery 8/14/2011
Derivatives — Several Developments of Note Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/14/2011
Washington Court of Appeals Rules that Liability Insurer Defending under Reservation of Rights is not Entitled to Reimbursement in the Absence of Express Policy Language Expressly Reserving Such a Right Williams Kastner 8/14/2011
Therasense Inequitable Conduct Guidelines Explained McDermott Will & Emery 8/13/2011
NLRB in Battle Against S.C. Boeing Workers Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 8/13/2011
Asbestos Litigation Case Questions Safety in the Workplace Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 8/12/2011
Avoid Unnecessary Real Property Taxes Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 8/12/2011
Is the Claimed Stent Described in the Specification? McDermott Will & Emery 8/12/2011
Swift Faces Class Action Over Background Checks Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 8/12/2011
Strict Proportionality Not Required Between Attorneys’ Fees and Damages McDermott Will & Emery 8/11/2011
Class Action Fairness Act : CAFA Connection Q3, 2011 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 8/11/2011
Lucasfilm Wins Right to Sue in UK for Infringement of U.S. Copyright Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/11/2011
Paralegal as Investigator National Federation of Paralegal Associations, Inc, 8/11/2011
CFPB Embraces Social Media but Archiving Twitter, Facebook Messages is a Challenge Center for Public Integrity 8/10/2011
Therasense Inequitable Conduct Guidelines Explained McDermott Will & Emery 8/10/2011
Social Media Posts and Concerted Activity Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/9/2011
Entrepreneur’s Guide to Litigation – Blog Series: Motions for Summary Judgment Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 8/9/2011
Federal judge orders Oakland nursing home to rehire workers following strike National Labor Relations Board 8/9/2011
Well-Drafted Patent Claims Foreclose Competition Much Shelist, P.C. 8/8/2011
Doctors Sue to End AMA's Role in Setting Medicare Payments Center for Public Integrity 8/8/2011
Federal Circuit Holds that Isolated DNA is Patentable Subject Matter Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 8/8/2011
Fifth Circuit Caps Title VII Damages "Per Party" Andrews Kurth LLP 8/8/2011
UK Supreme Court Confirms Parties’ Right to Choose Nationality of Arbitrators McDermott Will & Emery 8/8/2011
Federal Circuit Holds that "Isolated DNA Molecules" Are Patentable Subject Matter and Method Claims Merely "Comparing" or "Analyzing" Are Not Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/8/2011
Former employees at closed camper manufacturer in Pennsylvania receive backpay and medical payments in settlement National Labor Relations Board 8/7/2011
Alcoa Mill Products to pay more than $540,000 to settle discrimination case with US Department of Labor U.S. Department of Labor 8/6/2011
Another Federal Court of Appeals Weighs in on the Applicability of the Six-Year Statute of Limitations Period to an Overstatement of Basis McDermott Will & Emery 8/6/2011
U.S. Supreme Court Reverses New Jersey’s Exercise of Personal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Manufacturer Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 8/5/2011
Entrepreneur’s Guide to Litigation – Blog Series: Document Production Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 8/4/2011
Myriad Federal Circuit Decision Affirms Patentability of Claims to “Isolated” DNA but Methods Involving Only “Comparing” or “Analyzing” DNA Sequences Unpatentable and No Declaratory Judgment for Those Who Simply Disagree With Patent Vedder Price P.C. 8/4/2011
Pepsi Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 8/4/2011
Grocers' Revenue-Sharing Deal Deserves More Than a Quick Look, Ninth Circuit Holds Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/3/2011
Wegner Paper Probes Myriad Decisions Flaws Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 8/3/2011
California v. Safeway: Antitrust Risks of Employer Mutual Aid Assistance Agreements Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 8/3/2011
Environmental Justice Groups Intensify Judicial and Legislative Campaign Against California's Proposed Cap-and-Trade Program Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/2/2011
Stern v. Marshall: Narrow Holding, Broader Implications! Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 8/2/2011
Federal Circuit Upholds the Patentability of Isolated DNA in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 8/1/2011
Two New Patent Cases Join Supreme Court’s Fall Docket McDermott Will & Emery 8/1/2011
Naked Licensing Defense Barred Where Licensee Previously Failed to Contest Trademark Validity McDermott Will & Emery 8/1/2011
Promens USA Pays $225,000 To Settle EEOC Lawsuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 8/1/2011
AMC v. Myriad – “Laws of Nature” Exception Does Not Include Isolated DNA Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 8/1/2011
EEOC Sues Illinois Temp Agency For Disability Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 7/31/2011
Indiana Rule Change Opens Door to Interlocutory Class Action Appeals Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/31/2011
This (Retractable) Needle Is Going to Sting a Bit: Next Chapter in the Adventures of Post-Phillips Claim Construction McDermott Will & Emery 7/31/2011
Read, Not Seagate, Controls Enhanced Damages: Spectralytics, Inc. v. Cordis Corp., McDermott Will & Emery 7/30/2011
Divided Panel Finds DNA Molecules Patentable – Cancer Screening Claims Too Abstract Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 7/30/2011
Kinder Morgan to pay more than $830,000 in overtime back wages to 4,659 employees, resolving US Labor Department lawsuit U.S. Department of Labor 7/30/2011
Recent Efforts By or Against Non-Signatories to Compel Arbitration Under Equitable Estoppel Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/29/2011
Scarlett? Rhett? Frankly My Dear, I Don’t Give a Damn: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. et al. v. X One X Productions et al., McDermott Will & Emery 7/29/2011
Taco Bell Owner Sued by EEOC for Religious Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 7/29/2011
Wisconsin Supreme Court Addresses Issues Concerning the Default Judgment Statute, the Direct Action Statute, and Personal Liability for Corporate Officers von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 7/29/2011
Keeping Your Secrets: The Burdens of Proof in Trade Secrets Litigation Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/28/2011
Retaliation Remains Most Frequent Allegation Among Federal-Sector Discrimination Complaints U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 7/28/2011
Court grants MSHA request for preliminary injunction against anthracite mine operator in Lykens, Pa. U.S. Department of Labor 7/28/2011
Entrepreneur’s Guide to Litigation – Blog Series: Discovery Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 7/27/2011
Anonymous Bloggers And The First Amendment: When And How Your Company Can Identify Its John Doe Defendants Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/27/2011
Federal Circuit Ratchets Up Materiality Requirement for Inequitable Conduct McDermott Will & Emery 7/27/2011
Retaliation Remains Most Frequent Allegation Among Federal-Sector Discrimination Complaints U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 7/26/2011
Supreme Court Affirms Clear and Convincing Standard of Patent Invalidity Proof McDermott Will & Emery 7/26/2011
Patent Office Proposes New Materiality Rules Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 7/26/2011
Wrongful Discharge Cases May Carry Heavy Price Tag - West Virginia American Water Company v. James A. Nagy Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 7/26/2011
Who Pays for the Production of Electronic Discovery? SPM Resorts, Inc. v. Diamond Resorts Management, Inc. Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. 7/25/2011
On Professionalism, Grammar And Proofreading -Sanches v. Carrollton-Farmers Branch I.S.D. Andrews Kurth LLP 7/25/2011
Inequitable Conduct in Canada – Disarming the “Atomic Bomb” Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 7/25/2011
Pleading Indirect Patent Infringement Post-Twombly Akerman Senterfitt 7/25/2011
The New “Willful Blindness” Standard for Inducing Patent Infringement Andrews Kurth LLP 7/25/2011
Office of Management and Budget Dodges Subpoena on Solyndra Center for Public Integrity 7/24/2011
Actual Knowledge an Element of § 271(B) Inducement, but Willful Blindness Will Suffice McDermott Will & Emery 7/24/2011
Patents by the Numbers Andrews Kurth LLP 7/22/2011
Second Circuit Holds That the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 Bars All RICO Claims Based Upon Alleged Acts of Securities Fraud Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/22/2011
EU's Top Competition Court Rules that Companies Seeking Damages May Have Access to Leniency Statements McDermott Will & Emery 7/20/2011
For Infringement Purposes, Preamble Can Define a Limiting Environment Rather than a Claim Limitation McDermott Will & Emery 7/19/2011
Payments by Enron are "Settlement Payments" under the Bankruptcy Code's Safe Harbor Provisions Andrews Kurth LLP 7/19/2011
Endo Finds Pain Relief from Board’s “Erroneous Reasoning” McDermott Will & Emery 7/18/2011
10 Social Media Must Haves For Your Corporate Compliance And Ethics Program Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/18/2011
In re Brimonidine Patent Litigation: Obviousness Determinations Revisited McDermott Will & Emery 7/18/2011
Second Circuit Revives Copyright Infringement Suit Against Non-Resident for Uploading Copyrighted Material Online McDermott Will & Emery 7/17/2011
Patent Exhaustion Still Applies when Licensees Fail to Pay Royalties McDermott Will & Emery 7/16/2011
Analogous Art Must Address the Entire Problem Solved by the Patent McDermott Will & Emery 7/15/2011
California Appellate Court Analyzes Employment Arbitration Agreement after Supreme Court's AT&T Decision Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/15/2011
Avoid Employer Liability with Safe Harbor Provisions under GINA Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 7/15/2011
Parents Are Liable for Their Children: Presumption of Parental Liability Under EU Antitrust Law McDermott Will & Emery 7/15/2011
Construction Lenders Prevail in Controversial Illinois Mechanics Lien Priority Case Much Shelist, P.C. 7/14/2011
U.S. Supreme Court Stresses Importance of Commonality in Decertifying Massive Sex Discrimination Class of 1.5 Million Wal-Mart Employees Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/14/2011
Supreme Court Strikes Vermont Data Mining Law and Protects Pharmaceutical Marketing Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 7/14/2011
Wal-Mart v. Dukes: Implications For Antitrust Class Actions Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/13/2011
Introductions: When School Marms Attack Andrews Kurth LLP 7/13/2011
New York High Court Applies the "Single-Entity Exemption" in the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/12/2011
Boston Scientific Corp. v. Johnson & Johnson: Written Description Requirement Spreads its Wings Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 7/12/2011
eBay Standard Applies to Preliminary Injunctions in Trademark Cases McDermott Will & Emery 7/12/2011
The Gabon Mistrial: DOJ Prosecution of Individuals Puts Aggressive FCPA Theories Under Fire Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 7/11/2011
Standing Under California § 17200 Only Requires Injury From Business Practice McDermott Will & Emery 7/11/2011
Entrepreneur’s Guide to Litigation – Blog Series: Introduction Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 7/11/2011
Entrepreneur’s Guide to Litigation – Blog Series: Complaints and Answers Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 7/11/2011
"Supreme Court Decision Limits Use of “Stream of Commerce” Jurisdiction Theory to Subject Foreign Manufacturers to Suit in the U.S." - Litigation Alert Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/10/2011
Patents / Injunction Bond Wrongful Injunction Raises Presumption of Recovery of Bond: Patents / Injunction Bond McDermott Will & Emery 7/10/2011
Board Proposes Rules to Reform Pre- and Post-Election Representation Case Procedures National Labor Relations Board 7/10/2011
Sixth Circuit Holds Michigan Ban on Affirmative Action Unconstitutional - Labor & Employment/Higher Education Law Alert Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/8/2011
Vendor’s Economic Injury Is Insufficient to Establish DJ Jurisdiction, but Implicit Claim of Contributory Infringement Is Enough: McDermott Will & Emery 7/8/2011
Labor & Employment Law Alert - Proposed NLRB Rules Would Shorten Union Elections Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/8/2011
EPA and Corps of Engineers Extend Comment Period for Revised Guidance on Identifying Waters Subject to the Clean Water Act Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/8/2011
Delaware Supreme Court Holds That Insider Trading Claims Alleging Misuse of Confidential Corporate Information Need Not Show Injury To the Corporation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/8/2011
Special Touch Home Care Services, Inc.(29-CA-26661; 357 NLRB No. 2) Brooklyn, NY, June 30, 2011 National Labor Relations Board 7/7/2011
Court of Appeals Upholds PPACA Individual Mandate Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/7/2011
Texas Court of Appeals Rules Retroactive Application of Certain Minimum Medical Criteria Unconstitutional in Asbestos Case Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 7/7/2011
D.C. Circuit Limits the DOT’s Authority to Regulate Air Charter Brokers Vedder Price P.C. 7/7/2011
Speaking of Rodents and Labor Disputes...Disneyland Resorts Williams Kastner 7/6/2011
One Year Post-Bilski : How the Decision is Being Interpreted by the BPAI, District Courts, and Federal Circuit -§101 Case Summaries v. 2.0: June 28, 2010 – June 27, 2011 Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 7/6/2011
The Perils of Email: Navigating the Legal Risks Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 7/6/2011
June Proves To Be A Busy Month For ARB And Its Proposed Cap-and-Trade Program Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/6/2011
U.S. Supreme Court Extends “Public Concern” Test To Lawsuits Brought By Public Employees Under The First Amendment’s Petition Clause Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/6/2011
Patent Reform is on the Immediate Horizon - New Options for Challenging Patents Before the USPTO Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 7/6/2011
Split Decision: U.S. Appellate Court Finds Health Reform Law is Constitutional McDermott Will & Emery 7/6/2011
Seventh Circuit: Policyholder Is Entitled to Independent Counsel at Insurer’s Expense Where Excess Judgment Is Likely Vedder Price P.C. 7/6/2011
Texas Legislature Amends Statute on Choice of Law Andrews Kurth LLP 7/5/2011
Court Sets Aside County Commissioners’ Common Wage Determination Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/5/2011
Choice of Law After England’s Blue Sky One Case Vedder Price P.C. 7/5/2011
Ninth Circuit Finds Jurisdiction Over Foreign Corporation Based On Its Subsidiary's Contacts in the United States Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/5/2011
Prejudgment Interest in Copyright Infringement Suit Tracks to Date of First Infringement - William A. Graham Co. v. Haughey McDermott Will & Emery 7/4/2011
Watch For Vicarious Liability For Employee Negligence Williams Kastner 7/4/2011
Combining Disclosed Technology Can Be a Protectable Trade Secret McDermott Will & Emery 7/3/2011
"Good Faith" In Prompt Payment Disputes Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/3/2011
Rambus Encore: Duty to Preserve Documents for Litigation Clarified McDermott Will & Emery 7/2/2011
New York’s Highest Court Reinstates $5 Billion Lawsuit By Big Banks Against MBIA Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 7/1/2011
Supreme Court Changes the Climate on Greenhouse Gas Suits Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/30/2011
“Particular Machine” not required: Ex Parte Dietz et al., Appeal 2009-008029, BPAI Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 6/30/2011
Pennsylvania Abolishes Joint Liability with Enactment of Fair Share Act Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/30/2011
Auto-Classification Review Technologies: What Every Attorney Needs to Know Xerox Litigation Services 6/30/2011
Social Media and the National Labor Relations Board Williams Kastner 6/30/2011
A Shock to the Core: The Supreme Court Pries Jurisdiction Away from the Bankruptcy Courts on Counterclaims to Proofs of Claim, and Possibly More - Stern v. Marshall Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/29/2011
Federal Court Has Jurisdiction Over Local Carbon Tax Dispute Greenberg Traurig, LLP 6/29/2011
J. McIntyre Machinery v. Nicastro: Declarifying Asahi Andrews Kurth LLP 6/28/2011
Dukes v. Wal-Mart: Supreme Court Announces New Class Action Standards That Will Substantially Curtail Employment Discrimination Class Actions, As Well As Consumer, Antitrust, and Other Class Actions Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/28/2011
Supreme Court Grants Cert. In Caraco Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 6/28/2011
United States Supreme Court Strikes Down Largest Employment Discrimination Class Action in History Vedder Price P.C. 6/28/2011
Employers May Face Vicarious Liability For Dangerous Acts Of Independent Contractors Williams Kastner 6/28/2011
Social Media and Discovery: Accessing Password Protected Material Greenberg Traurig, LLP 6/27/2011
Court Compels Production of Personal Emails from Company Systems Citing Lack of Reasonable Privacy Expectation Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/27/2011
Generic Drug Manufacturers And Failure To Warn: What duty is there after Pliva v. Mensing? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/27/2011
Avoiding Coverage Gaps from Professional Services Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 6/27/2011
A Breach of Contract is Now an Element of Insurance Bad Faith Claims in Wisconsin Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 6/27/2011
Don't Gamble with My Money: When a Lawsuit Seeks Damages in Excess of Policy Limits, What Are the Insured's Rights in Illinois? Much Shelist, P.C. 6/27/2011
Ninth Circuit Rejects Consumer Antitrust Challenge To Cable Television Bundling Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/26/2011
European Court of Justice Holds That Disclosure of Leniency Documents to Cartel Victims Seeking Civil Damages Is Subject to National Law Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/26/2011
NLRB Rules Inflatable Rats May No Longer Constitute Signal Pickets Williams Kastner 6/26/2011
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Government Ethics Law Over First Amendment Challenge Barnes & Thornburg LLP 6/26/2011
In Secret Rebate Case, If It Walks Like A Duck, Allegations That It Will Also Quack Are Plausible Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/25/2011
FEDEX Driver Found To Be Employee – Not Independent Contractor Williams Kastner 6/25/2011
Global Warming and Droughts Not New Information; Project Opponents Must Fairly Present Claims Before Filing CEQA Lawsuit Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/25/2011
Did I Really Sign That? When Signed Affidavits Are Altered Before Filing Much Shelist, P.C. 6/24/2011
Collision Occurs Between Copyrights and Misappropriation in Electronic News Media Space Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/24/2011
Supreme Court Limits Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction - Stern v. Marshall Greenberg Traurig, LLP 6/24/2011
Discovery in the Digital Age: Meeting the Challenges of Electronically Stored Information Much Shelist, P.C. 6/23/2011
Supreme Court Limits Class Actions in Wal-Mart Victory McDermott Will & Emery 6/23/2011
Supreme Court Grants Cert. In Mayo v. Prometheus Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 6/22/2011
Supreme Court Establishes Bright-Line Rule for 10b-5 Liability, But Questions Remain: Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Traders Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/22/2011
American Electric Power v. Connecticut: The Dog That Did Not Bark Andrews Kurth LLP 6/22/2011
Dukes v. Wal-Mart: What the Supreme Court Decision Means for Employers Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 6/22/2011
Dealings with Vendors Shouldn't Expose Trade Secrets Poyner Spruill LLP 6/22/2011
Environmental Law Alert - Climate Change Torts Thrown Out of Court Barnes & Thornburg LLP 6/21/2011
U.S. Supreme Court: Federal Court Could Not Enjoin State Court from Addressing Class Certification Issue Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/21/2011
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Gender Discrimination Class Action Against Wal-Mart Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/20/2011
Supreme Court Rules SPD Does Not Trump Plan Document, but Emphasizes Availability of Equitable Remedies Where Employer Misleads McDermott Will & Emery 6/20/2011
Electronic Discovery Costs: Loser Pays (for what?) Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/20/2011
Fictitious “Conch Republic” May Receive Trademark Protection Upon Showing of Secondary Meaning McDermott Will & Emery 6/19/2011
The GAO Holds It Possesses Jurisdiction Over Bid Protests of Civilian Agency Task and Delivery Order Awards Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/18/2011
Adding Only Dependent Claims Is Error Correctible By Reissue McDermott Will & Emery 6/18/2011
Supreme Court Rules That Knowledge Of Patent Is Required For Liability For Inducing Patent Infringement, But Willful Blindness Is Enough Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/18/2011
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals Upholds Dismissal of Medical Monitoring Claims von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 6/18/2011
Federal Circuit Changes Law for Post-Injunction Contempt Proceedings Against Modified Products Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/17/2011
U.S. Supreme Court Limits Scope of Primary Liability Under Federal Securities Laws Andrews Kurth LLP 6/16/2011
The Federal Circuit Affirms the Delaware District Court’s Summary Judgment of Invalidity for Failure to Disclose the Best Mode Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/16/2011
New York Court of Appeals Upholds Purchase Agreement's Broad Release in Affirming Dismissal of $900 Million Fraud Claim Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/16/2011
Supreme Court Upholds “Clear and Convincing” Standard of Proof for Patent Invalidity While Suggesting Juries Be Instructed on the Weight of the Evidence Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 6/15/2011
Domain Name Registrant Found to Lack Bad Faith in UDRP Proceeding Later Loses Against ACPA Claim McDermott Will & Emery 6/15/2011
Former Student Athletes' Right of Publicity and Antitrust Claims Will Proceed Against the NCAA and Electronic Arts Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/15/2011
Supreme Court Upholds Inventor's Ownership of Patent Rights Under the Bayh-Dole Act Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 6/15/2011
Patent Law Unchanged by Microsoft Supreme Court Decision Vedder Price P.C. 6/15/2011
U.S. Supreme Court Decision May Dramatically Affect California Employee Arbitration Agreements Much Shelist, P.C. 6/15/2011
Supreme Court Upholds Clear and Convincing Standard for Invalidity but with a Twist Armstrong Teasdale 6/14/2011
Supreme Court Unanimously Maintains High Hurdle for Invalidity Defense Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/14/2011
Personal Jurisdiction Lacking Despite Twenty Internet Users from Forum State Signing Up for Defendant’s Website McDermott Will & Emery 6/14/2011
What Third-Party Retaliation Means for Your Business Much Shelist, P.C. 6/14/2011
The Need for a Detailed Procedure of Judicial Review of Civil Rights Arbitration Awards after Rent-A-Center West, Inc. v. Jackson St. John's University School of Law 6/13/2011
Supreme Court: Evidence Of Invalidity Must Be “Clear And Convincing” Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 6/13/2011
Common Sense Variation Is Unpatentable McDermott Will & Emery 6/12/2011
California Court of Appeal Holds That State Courts Have Jurisdiction Over Securities Act Class Actions Unless the Action Is a "Covered Class Action" and Involves a "Covered Security" Under SLUSA Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/12/2011
Joint (Direct) Infringement Still Requires Control … But Stay Tuned McDermott Will & Emery 6/12/2011
A Four-Step Guide for Securing Patent Portfolios after Stanford v. Roche Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. 6/11/2011
Supreme Court: Bayh-Dole Act Does Not Eclipse Inventor's Rights Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/10/2011
Nonanalogous Art Lives! In Re Klein Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 6/10/2011
No Seventh Circuit Rehearing in Kraft ERISA "Excessive Fees" Case McDermott Will & Emery 6/10/2011
Agree to Assign vs. Hereby Assign: In Stanford v. Roche, the Wording of Assignment Agreements Determines Patent Ownership Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 6/10/2011
Supreme Court Leaves Standard for Patent Invalidity Unchanged Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/9/2011
Supreme Court Attempts to Clarify Bayh-Dole Act Vedder Price P.C. 6/9/2011
Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects Fifth Circuit’s Loss Causation Standard Andrews Kurth LLP 6/9/2011
Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Limited Partnership et al.: Supreme Court Observations Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 6/9/2011
Supreme Court decides Stanford v. Roche – Clarifies Scope of Bayh-Dole Act Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 6/9/2011
Fair Credit Reporting Act Implicates Employer Liability for All Types of Background Checks, Not Just Credit Reports Andrews Kurth LLP 6/8/2011
U.S. Supreme Court: Investors Can Seek Class Action Status Without Proving Loss Causation Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/8/2011
ARB Ruling Takes Broad View of Scope of Protected Activity Under SOX Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/8/2011
Even Under Bayh-Dole, Employee Inventor Has First Dibs McDermott Will & Emery 6/7/2011
Reexamination Practice: One Size Does Not Fit All Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 6/7/2011
Perils of Reissue - Recapture Doctrine Has Teeth! Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/7/2011
Workplace Fatalities and OSHA Investigations - Questions & Concerns Greenberg Traurig, LLP 6/7/2011
New Standards for Litigants in Patent Cases: Inequitable Conduct is No Longer a Boiler Plate Defense Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. 6/6/2011
ALJ finds parts supplier unlawfully discharged 20 immigrant employees in Minnesota after they refused to sign away NLRA and other rights National Labor Relations Board 6/6/2011
False Advertising Injunction Upheld; It’s All Good … And Good for You McDermott Will & Emery 6/5/2011
Federal Circuit Attempts to Eradicate the Plague of Inequitable Conduct, Sets New Standards Vedder Price P.C. 6/4/2011
European Court of Justice Extends Injunction Granted in One Jurisdiction to Entirety of European Union McDermott Will & Emery 6/3/2011
Making Therasense of the Inequitable Conduct Doctrine Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/3/2011
Seventh Circuit: Policyholder Is Entitled to Independent Counsel at Insurer’s Expense Where Excess Judgment Is Likely Vedder Price P.C. 6/2/2011
Yahoo! Expands Policy on Maintaining User Data Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. 6/2/2011
Turning a Blind Eye to Critical Facts leads to Induced Infringement Under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b) Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 6/2/2011
U.S. Supreme Court Rules Arbitration Clauses May Waive Class Action Rights McDermott Will & Emery 6/2/2011
The Hacker Who Avoided a False Marking Claim McDermott Will & Emery 6/1/2011
Standing and In Pari Delicto Issues Arising in Bankruptcy Cases The University of Iowa College of Law 6/1/2011
Federal Circuit Significantly Restricts the Doctrine of Inequitable Conduct in Therasense v. Becton Dickenson Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 6/1/2011
U.S. Supreme Court Establishes State-of-Mind Requirement for Inducing Infringement Liability Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 5/31/2011
Federal Judge Orders California Waste Hauling Firm to Reinstate Two Drivers and Cease Anti-Union Activity National Labor Relations Board 5/31/2011
10 Things Every Small Business Owner Should Know About Contract Law Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 5/31/2011
Spectrum Healthcare Settles Charges with NLRB and Union, Agrees to Reinstate Employees with Backpay and Sign Collective Bargaining Agreement National Labor Relations Board 5/30/2011
Therasense Makes Sense of Inequitable Conduct Defense Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 5/30/2011
Texas, We Have A Problem: E-Filing In The Wild West Andrews Kurth LLP 5/30/2011
Prevailing Antitrust Defendants Recover $367,000 in e-Discovery Costs Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/29/2011
Therasense Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson and Company—The Federal Circuit tightens the standards necessary to establish the inequitable conduct defense by requiring a “but-for” showing of materiality Andrews Kurth LLP 5/27/2011
Interlocutory Appeal From Denial Of Twombly Motion to Dismiss in Text Messaging Antitrust Litigation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/27/2011
Therasense Returns Common Sense to Law of Inequitable Conduct Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 5/27/2011
Federal Circuit Ruling Tightens Standard For Inequitable Conduct Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 5/26/2011
Court Throws Out Antitrust Claims Against Netflix Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/26/2011
In Pineda's Wake: Constraints on Song-Beverly Class Action Litigation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/25/2011
Patent Owner Stay Motion Successful Based on Defendants’ Reexam Requests Filed on Eve of Markman Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 5/25/2011
The California Court of Appeal Again Chips Away at In re Tobacco II Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/25/2011
IP Experience in the Due Diligence Process More Important than Ever Vedder Price P.C. 5/25/2011
Implementing Effective Litigation Holds Poyner Spruill LLP 5/25/2011
Complaint Issued Against New York Nonprofit for Unlawfully Discharging Employees Following Facebook Posts National Labor Relations Board 5/23/2011
Texas Egg Producer to Pay $1.9 Million Penalty to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5/23/2011
Judge orders payment of $347,000 in back wages and penalties, 3-year debarment of Global Horizons from H-2A agricultural program U.S. Department of Labor 5/22/2011
New Complaint Filed on behalf of CSP Technologies Inc. McDermott Will & Emery 5/22/2011
Writing For Screen Readers: Start At The Top And Stay There Andrews Kurth LLP 5/21/2011
Online College To Pay $260,000 To Settle EEOC Lawsuit Charging Sex Harassment By Supervisors U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 5/20/2011
Emergency Transport Company Sued by EEOC For Pregnancy Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 5/20/2011
Chief Judge Imposes Privilege Waiver Sanctions Against Defendant for Repeated Discovery Misconduct in DL v. District of Columbia Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 5/20/2011
US District Court Upholds OSHA Subpoena in Grain Engulfment Case U.S. Department of Labor 5/20/2011
The Supreme Court Sharpens the Claws of the “Cat’s Paw” Theory Vedder Price P.C. 5/20/2011
New Complaint Filed on behalf of Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. McDermott Will & Emery 5/20/2011
California Court of Appeal Shines More Light on Meal and Rest Break Class Actions - Flores v. Lamps Plus, Inc. Greenberg Traurig, LLP 5/19/2011
Supreme Court Continues Expansive Interpretation of Retaliation Claims Vedder Price P.C. 5/19/2011
Here Comes the Appraisal Clause, Here Comes the Appraisal Clause Strasburger & Price, LLP 5/19/2011
Is Your Company's Social Media Launch Ahead Of Its Compliance Program Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/19/2011
Social Media Activity In The Workplace And The Computer Fraud And Abuse Act Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/18/2011
United States v. Borrasi: Rough Seas in the Kickback Safe Harbors McDermott Will & Emery 5/18/2011
Court Considers Whether Non-Competitor Can Bring Unfair Competition Claim Kenyon & Kenyon LLP 5/17/2011
U.S. Supreme Court Resolves Circuit Split: FCA Relators Cannot Base Claims on Information Received Through FOIA Request Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 5/17/2011
Simple Steps Employers Can Take to Minimize the Risk of Preventable Lawsuits Vedder Price P.C. 5/17/2011
AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion - What Does It Mean For Class Arbitration And Class Actions In Federal Antitrust Cases? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/17/2011
Ignorance Is Not Bliss: Knowing When to Issue a Litigation Hold Vedder Price P.C. 5/17/2011
Court Tosses Transpacific Air Passengers' Claims Based on Alleged Overcharges for Flights Originating in Asia Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/16/2011
EPA Takes Action to Protect Ground Water from Petroleum Contamination U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5/16/2011
Hyundai Ideal Electric Company to Pay $188,000 to Settle EEOC Sex Bias and Retaliation Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 5/16/2011
KINDER Not Confusingly Similar to TiMi KINDERJOGHURT McDermott Will & Emery 5/16/2011
KUBA KUBA Held to be Geographically Deceptively Misdescriptive for Cigars Kenyon & Kenyon LLP 5/15/2011
Supreme Court Validates Class Action Waiver Provisions in Arbitration Agreements Vedder Price P.C. 5/15/2011
Specification Must Sufficiently Describe Claimed Invention to Show Possession of Claimed Subject Matter McDermott Will & Emery 5/15/2011
Federal Court Finds Allegations of "Bad Faith" in Sprinkler License Agreements to be "Vox Clamantis in Deserto" Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/15/2011
Holyoke, Mass. Landlords Face Fines for Failing to Notify Tenants about Lead Paint U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5/14/2011
Supreme Court Issues Decision Regarding “Cat’s Paw” Claims of Discrimination Poyner Spruill LLP 5/14/2011
Tax Court Disqualifies Plan for Not Adopting Required Amendments McDermott Will & Emery 5/14/2011
Department of Labor Releases Timesheet Smartphone “App” for Employees Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 5/13/2011
District Court Decision Reversed as Genuine Issue of Material Fact Remained: Zobmondo Entertainment LLC v Falls Media LLC Kenyon & Kenyon LLP 5/13/2011
Reinstatement of Debt: A Bankruptcy Court's Strict Interpretation and Application of Change-in-Control Provisions to Protect Senior Secured Lenders Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/13/2011
Gedeon Richter plc v Bayer Schering Pharma AG: “Obvious to Try” and “Fair Expectation of Success” McDermott Will & Emery 5/13/2011
Federal Judge Upholds DOJ's Expansive Application Of FCPA Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/13/2011
Federal Circuit Invalidates Claims to Fully Human Antibodies for Lack of Written Description When Specification Is Limited To Murine and Chimeric Antibodies Kenyon & Kenyon LLP 5/13/2011
No Standing if Plaintiff’s Exclusive Rights Were Limited in Time McDermott Will & Emery 5/12/2011
Supreme Court Affirms No “First Sale” Defense for Foreign-Made Copies Kenyon & Kenyon LLP 5/12/2011
Football Dataco Ltd v Sportradar GmbH: Copyright and Database Right Infringement and Jurisdiction McDermott Will & Emery 5/12/2011
Corporate Protection and Negligence Claims in the Construction Industry Poyner Spruill LLP 5/12/2011
TiVo’s Reexamination Strategy Helps Win a Stay in the Northern District of California Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 5/11/2011
Third Circuit Limits Continuing Nuisance Exception to Statute of Limitations (SOL) Greenberg Traurig, LLP 5/11/2011
Three Strikes and You’re Out: Tenth Circuit Dismisses Case as a Sanction for Discovery Noncompliance in Lee v. Max International Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 5/11/2011
BP Alaska to Pay $25 Million Penalty for Alaskan North Slope Oil Spill U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5/11/2011
“Situs of the Injury” for Exercising Personal Jurisdiction over Defendant for Online Copyright Infringement Is Location of Copyright Owner McDermott Will & Emery 5/10/2011
NLRB's Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon Releases Statement on Boeing Complaint National Labor Relations Board 5/10/2011
No Likelihood of Confusion or Dilution Between CITIBANK and CAPITAL CITY BANK McDermott Will & Emery 5/10/2011
NLRB Initiates Litigation Against the State of Arizona on Amendment Limiting Method for Choosing Union representation National Labor Relations Board 5/10/2011
NLRB files Lawsuit Against the State of Arizona Greenberg Traurig, LLP 5/10/2011
Suburban Chicago Hilton to Pay $195,000 to Resolve EEOC National Origin Harassment Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 5/10/2011
The Costs of Employment Litigation and the Benefits of Litigation Prevention and Employment Audits Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 5/10/2011
Software Compilation Not A Trade Secret Under State Law McDermott Will & Emery 5/9/2011
United States v. Nosal: Ninth Circuit Decision Increases Protection Against Employee Computer Data Theft Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 5/9/2011
Comprehensive Summary of the Final Regulations to the ADA Amendments Act Franczek Radelet P.C. 5/9/2011
Lockwood Cert Petition Seeks Clarification of Redress for Alleged “Sham” Reexamination Request Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 5/9/2011
Ninth Circuit No Friend to Winklevoss Twins: Facebook Settlement Stands McDermott Will & Emery 5/8/2011
What Were They Thinking? A Second Look at Lilly v. Sun Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 5/8/2011
The House Enters the Patent Reform Fray McDermott Will & Emery 5/8/2011
Oracle Ordered to Reduce the Number of Patent Infringement Claims against Google Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 5/6/2011
You Cannot “Game” the Appellate System by Filing a “Protective” Cross-Appeal McDermott Will & Emery 5/6/2011
Claim Construction: Too Much Structure Will Spoil the Brew McDermott Will & Emery 5/6/2011
Donald Trump's Lawsuits Could Turn Off Conservatives Who Embrace Tort Reform Center for Public Integrity 5/5/2011
Does Family Exclusion Preclude Coverage? Insurance Coverage Law Update: Wendy M. Day v. Allstate von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 5/5/2011
Judicial Economy Is Not a Trump Factor in Deciding Transfer Motions McDermott Will & Emery 5/5/2011
Supreme Court Adopts Amended Bankruptcy Rule 2019 Greenberg Traurig, LLP 5/4/2011
Time To Review Your Company's Consumer Disclosures? Greenberg Traurig, LLP 5/3/2011
United States Supreme Court Upholds Validity of Arbitration Agreements That Do Not Permit Class Action Litigation Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 5/2/2011
False Marking Claims Must Be Pled with Specificity as to Intent McDermott Will & Emery 5/2/2011
Appeals Court Overturns Stem Cell Ban Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 5/2/2011
PTO’s Prima Facia Case - In Re Jung McDermott Will & Emery 5/1/2011
De-Turbocharging Chevron and Mayo - What Arguments Survive Mayo to Place a Check on Federal Regulatory Overreach? Greenberg Traurig, LLP 4/30/2011
Split Within Federal Circuit On Preemption In Ownership Disputes McDermott Will & Emery 4/30/2011
Supreme Court of Texas Update: SCOTX Statutes-O-Rama Andrews Kurth LLP 4/30/2011
U.S. Supreme Court: FAA Preempts State Law Rule That a Collective Action Waiver in a Consumer Arbitration Clause Is Unconscionable Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 4/28/2011
Discover Bank Is Dead: The U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Federal Law Preempts State Laws That Obstruct The Enforcement Of Class Action Waivers In Arbitration Agreements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/27/2011
Why Delay? Submit Government Proposals Early Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/26/2011
“Innocent” Criminals: Criminal Copyright Infringement, Willfulness and Fair Use Pace University School of Law 4/26/2011
Watch “Loose Lips” Statements in Terminations Williams Kastner 4/25/2011
Petition Granted for Rehearing en banc of Akamai Technologies v. Limelight Networks Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/25/2011
Two Respondents Receive Show Cause Order In Inv. No. 337-TA-763 - International Trade Commission McDermott Will & Emery 4/25/2011
Lying on an Application About Criminal Conduct Bars Defamation Claim Williams Kastner 4/25/2011
More Than Just An Algorithm: Reconciling The Necessity For Disaggregating The Business Method, With Bilski’s Abstract Test Hofstra Law School 4/24/2011
False Patent Marketing: What You Need to Know 4/24/2011
National Labor Relations Board Once Again Rules that Bannering is Lawful Williams Kastner 4/23/2011
New Directions in the Federal Circuit: Motivation to Combine Andrews Kurth LLP 4/23/2011
New York Court Rules Parties to International Arbitration May Attach New York Assets as Security Even Without Personal Jurisdiction McDermott Will & Emery 4/23/2011
Stipulations Regarding Time Loss Compensation May Tie Employers’ Hands Williams Kastner 4/23/2011
Hyatt v. Kappos: A New Standard for the Admissibility of Evidence in a Section 145 Action Andrews Kurth LLP 4/23/2011
Texas Supreme Court: A Liability Insurer’s Duty to Indemnify May Exist Even Though the Duty to Defend May Not Initially Attach Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 4/22/2011
Sanctions May Be Awarded for Violation of Injunction, Even Absent Infringement McDermott Will & Emery 4/22/2011
Facebook Wars: In the Age of Social Media, a Trademark Registration Is More Important Than Ever Andrews Kurth LLP 4/22/2011
NLRB Determines that “Preemptive” Firing Violates Federal Labor Law Williams Kastner 4/22/2011
Breach of Fiduciary Duty in the Context of Insolvency: Can Individual Creditors Seek Recovery? Much Shelist, P.C. 4/22/2011
Terminations For Convenience And Creedence Clearwater Revival: "Bad Moon Rising" Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/21/2011
Federal Circuit Decision in In re Tanaka Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/21/2011
New York’s Highest Court Requires Policyholder-Specific Choice-of-Law Analysis by Insurers in Liquidation Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 4/21/2011
Arbitration and Mediation Clauses: Helpful Tools for Managing International Disputes Much Shelist, P.C. 4/20/2011
Wells Fargo Takes Up Cudgel to Protect Tax Accrual Workpapers McDermott Will & Emery 4/20/2011
Updates on Transfers in the Eastern District of Texas Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 4/20/2011
The Year 2010 In Review: Prevailing Wage & Employment Law Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/19/2011
Walker Digital Files 15 Patent Suits Against More Than 100 Companies Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/18/2011
The Federal Circuit Rejects the 25 Percent Rule as Fundamentally Flawed and Reviews the Entire Market Value Rule for Calculation of Patent Infringement Damage Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 4/17/2011
Electronic Discovery in Pro Sports Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 4/16/2011
EEOC Sues Owner Of 42 McDonald’s Restaurants For Sexual Harassment And Retaliation U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 4/16/2011
U.S. Supreme Court Expands Right To Claim Retaliation Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. 4/16/2011
Walmart to Pay $440,000 to Settle EEOC Suit for Harassment of Latinos U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 4/15/2011
Seventh Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment In Kraft ERISA "Excessive Fees" Case McDermott Will & Emery 4/15/2011
Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of a Shareholder Derivative Action Based Upon the Lack of Independence of the Special Litigation Committee Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/15/2011
Patent Reform: Key Features of the Senate and House Bills Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/15/2011
Municipalities Are Responsible For Discharges Of Stormwater Regardless Of The Ultimate Source Of Pollution Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/14/2011
Workers with Intellectual Disabilities Abused by Texas-Based Company for Years, EEOC Charges U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 4/14/2011
Minnesota Department of Human Services Must Pay More Than $467,000 For Age Bias U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 4/13/2011
Myriad Oral Arguments – Section 101 vs. Chemistry 101? Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/13/2011
A Primer on the Validity and Effect of Waiver of Subrogation Clauses Johnson & Bell Ltd. 4/12/2011
Federal Judge Orders Employer to Reinstate Three Memphis Warehouse Workers and Stop Threatening Union supporters While Case Proceeds at NLRB National Labor Relations Board 4/12/2011
Fifth Circuit Update: Trade Secrets, Fiduciaries in Bankruptcy and Mass Tort Class Actions Andrews Kurth LLP 4/12/2011
"Pay Under Protest" Procedure for "Other Exactions" Is Not Applicable to All Development Exactions Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/12/2011
Final Decision Suspends California's AB 32 GHG Regulations: What Now? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/11/2011
EEOC Sues HD Dimension Corp. To Enforce Conciliation Agreement U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 4/11/2011
Seventh Circuit Expands on Illinois Law Regarding Insurer’s Duty to Provide Independent Counsel Due to Conflict of Interest Johnson & Bell Ltd. 4/10/2011
In Florida Zoning Case Participant’s Right to Cross-Examine Witnesses Denied Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. 4/10/2011
The New York State Department Of Labor Issues Guidelines, Instructions, FAQ's and Model Notices For the Wage Theft Prevention Act Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/10/2011
Use Petitions to Reverse Determination of No SNQ (Substantial New Questions of Patentability) in Inter Partes Reexamination Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/9/2011
Orange County Florida Business Court - A Success Story After 7 Years Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. 4/9/2011
U.S. Supreme Court Rules on “Cat’s Paw” Theory of Liability; N.J. Appellate Division Reduces Punitive Damages Where Emotional Distress Award Included Punitive Component Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 4/9/2011
Petitions Practice for SNQ Findings in Inter Partes Reexaminations Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/9/2011
Southern District of New York Judge Applies Morrison to Dismiss Federal Securities Claims Brought by U.S. Investors Against the Royal Bank of Scotland Vedder Price P.C. 4/8/2011
Governmental Immunity May Be the End to a Plaintiff's Medical Malpractice Case Johnson & Bell Ltd. 4/8/2011
Vice President, Two Managers of Waste Treatment Facility Sentenced for Clean Water Act felonies U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4/7/2011
CLS Bank Int’l: DC District Court Drives Stake into “Heart” of Business Method Patents Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/7/2011
Free Market Economists Rejoice - Kappos Moves PTO Train to the Fast Track Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 4/7/2011
Challenges For In-House Counsel In Multinational Corporations: Preserving The Attorney-Client Privilege In The Aftermath Of Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd. v. European Commission Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 4/6/2011
In Re TOUSA: District Court Reverses Bankruptcy Court's Order Requiring Lenders To Disgorge $480 Million As Fraudulent Transfer Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/6/2011
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Clarifies the Pleading Standard for False Patent Marking Claims Under 35 U.S.C. § 292 Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 4/6/2011
SEC Aggressively Targets Insider Trading and Expert Networks Vedder Price P.C. 4/5/2011
Federal Court Hears Myriad Gene Case This Morning Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/5/2011
Factors in Deciding Motions to Stay Litigation Pending Reexamination Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/5/2011
Insurer’s Alleged Failure to “Meaningfully Communicate” with its Insured Supports a Bad Faith Claim: “Is There a Duty to Translate when a Language Barrier Exists?” Johnson & Bell Ltd. 4/5/2011
Are You A Foreign Company With A Relationship To A New York Company? It May Be Your Agent And Provide A Basis For Jurisdiction Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/5/2011
Supreme Court Determines Materiality Standard for Adverse Event Reports Vedder Price P.C. 4/5/2011
E-discovery since Zubulake - Litigation Holds Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 4/4/2011
Microsoft V. i4i – Prosecution And The “Variable Proof Regime” Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/4/2011
Survey of Wrongful Death Verdicts for the Very Young and Very Old Johnson & Bell Ltd. 4/4/2011
International Profit Associates to Pay $8 Million for Sexual Harassment of Eighty-Two Women U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 4/4/2011
Janus Capital Group v. First Derivative Traders: Supreme Court to Decide Key Questions Regarding Secondary Actor Liability Vedder Price P.C. 4/4/2011
Kasten v. Saint Gobain Performance Plastic Corp. — Supreme Court Rules Fair Labor Standard Act’s Anti-Retaliation Provision Covers Oral Complaints Greenberg Traurig, LLP 4/3/2011
Is a Broad Arbitration Clause Still Effective After Granite Rock? Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 4/3/2011
Second Circuit Affirms the Importance of Adequately Pleading Loss Causation in Securities Fraud Claims Vedder Price P.C. 4/3/2011
EEOC Obtains $451,000 Jury Verdict Against Boh Brothers Construction Co. For Male-On-Male Sexual Harassment U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 4/3/2011
New York Federal District Court Addresses the Pleading Standard and Constitutionality of False Patent Marking Claims Under 35 U.S.C. § 292 Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 4/2/2011
NLRB finds Las Vegas casino violated labor law in prohibiting access to off-duty restaurant employees National Labor Relations Board 4/2/2011
Hear No Evil: U.S. Supreme Court Protects Internal Oral Wage Complaints from Retaliation Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 4/1/2011
Jury Trials In New Jersey: The Impact of Modern Technology on Jury Requests to “Read-Back” Trial Testimony Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 3/31/2011
Expanded Standing, or "Back to Basics"? Flash Memory Direct Purchasers Found to Have Standing to Assert Walker Process Claims Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/31/2011
More NLRB Rulings Illustrate Broad Scope Of "Concerted Activity" Protection Poyner Spruill LLP 3/31/2011
FLSA's Anti-Retaliation Provision Protects Oral, Not Just Written, Complaints Andrews Kurth LLP 3/31/2011
Patent Owner Reexamination Requests with Parallel Litigation Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 3/30/2011
NFL Fans - Are You Ready for Some... Antitrust Litigation? Players Sue, Claiming Lockout is a Group Boycott Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/30/2011
New ADA Regulations Become Effective May 24, 2011 Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/30/2011
Texas-Based Fashion Accessory Company To Pay $95,000 To Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 3/30/2011
Honesty Is the Best Policy (Along with Documentation) - Reporting Injuries From Nursing Home Falls Poyner Spruill LLP 3/30/2011
A MATRIXX Revolution, Part II: Supreme Court affirms Ninth Circuit's holding that Life Science Companies Cannot Rely On a Statistical Significance Standard When Deciding Whether Adverse Event Reports are Material for the Purpose of Securities Disclosures Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/29/2011
United States Supreme Court Reiterates Materiality Standard For Securities Fraud Claims Under Rule 10b-5 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/29/2011
Fifth Circuit Rejects USERRA Hostile Work Environment Claims by Group of Continental Airlines Pilots Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/27/2011
Retailers Accuse AmEx of Antitrust Breach as Battle Over Debit Card Cap Heats Up Center for Public Integrity 3/25/2011
In re Crystal Power Company: "Defendant" Means Defendant Andrews Kurth LLP 3/25/2011
Wisconsin Supreme Court Limits WDNR’s Authority Regarding WPDES Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 3/24/2011
Racial Discrimination and the Hostile Work Environment: Employers May Be Responsible for the Actions of Their Customers and Vendors Much Shelist, P.C. 3/24/2011
Federal District Court Says "No" to Forum Selection Bylaws Andrews Kurth LLP 3/23/2011
Three Key Things Employers and Employees Should Know about Social Media Much Shelist, P.C. 3/22/2011
Coverage Tips: Insured Versus Insured Exclusions Vedder Price P.C. 3/22/2011
Employment Practices Liability Insurance: The Benefits and Pitfalls Much Shelist, P.C. 3/22/2011
The Year 2010 In Review: Contractor Licensing Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/22/2011
Fifth Circuit Update: Preemption, Successor Liability and Fed Courts Final Exam Andrews Kurth LLP 3/22/2011
Ninth Circuit Establishes Factors to Determine Keyword Advertising Infringement Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 3/21/2011
Reasonable Royalty Damages: The “25 Percent Rule” Is Dead! Vedder Price P.C. 3/21/2011
Recent Developments in Dispositive Motions: To Be or Not, Twombly? Greenberg Traurig, LLP 3/20/2011
The Supreme Court To Decide Whether FOIA Responses Trigger The False Claims Act's Public Disclosure Bar Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/19/2011
Notions of the Transformative in Law and the Visual Arts Brooklyn Law School 3/17/2011
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Clarifies the Pleading Standard for False Patent Marking Claims Under 35 U.S.C. § 292 Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 3/17/2011
Indiana’s Environmental Legal Action (“ELA”) Statute of Limitations: 6 Years or 10? Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP 3/16/2011
There and Back Again: Supreme Court to Decide Whether Congress Can Provide Copyright Protection to Works Already in the Public Domain Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/15/2011
Staub v. Proctor Hospital—Supreme Court Creates Uncertainty for Employers When Taking Adverse Actions Against Members of a Protected Class Greenberg Traurig, LLP 3/15/2011
When Do Private Equity Funds Have Standing to Assert Indemnification Claims? Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/14/2011
Superfund Recycling Equity Act (SREA) Fee Shifting: PRP Group Liable for Third-Party Defendants’ Attorneys' Fees Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP 3/14/2011
A Guaranty Is a Guaranty Is a Guaranty, Except When It's Not: Understanding the Illinois Sureties Act Much Shelist, P.C. 3/13/2011
Why Companies Want Arbitrators Who Have A Public Profile On LinkedIn And The Internet Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/13/2011
Supreme Court Rules On “Cat’s Paw” Liability: Bad News for Business Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 3/13/2011
State Policy Barring Development Seaward Of Most Landward Extension Of Historical Mean High Tide Line Invalid As Underground Regulation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/12/2011
New Jersey’s Appellate Division: Failure to Prove Emotional Distress Damages and Failure to Prove Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Does Not Necessarily Foreclose Punitive Damages under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 3/11/2011
Apparently Pigs Can Fly: Senate Passes Historic Patent Reform Bill Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/10/2011
The Benefits of Properly Drafted and Administered Document Retention Policies: HR Tip of the Month Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 3/10/2011
Delaware Court Enjoins Merger Vote Citing Conflicts of Interest of Financial Advisor Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/9/2011
The Impact of the "Facebook Firing" Case on Social Media Policies Andrews Kurth LLP 3/8/2011
U.S. District Court: School System Failed to Provide Disabled Student with a ‘Free Appropriate Public Education’ Required by IDEA; Ordered to Directly Pay Student’s Private School Tuition Greenberg Traurig, LLP 3/8/2011
Appearance-Based Discrimination Not Actionable in Wisconsin Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 3/8/2011
Climate Change and the Duty to Defend Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 3/7/2011
Recent Supreme Court Case Allows Third Party Retaliation Claims Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 3/3/2011
“I’m Sorry” Legislation Reintroduced in Wisconsin von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 3/3/2011
U.S. Supreme Court Adopts "Cat's Paw" Doctrine in Discrimination Cases Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/2/2011
Section 145 Action to Obtain a Patent Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 3/2/2011
The Columbus Dispatch Advocates for Lawmakers to Create an Ohio False Claims Act Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 3/1/2011
The Year 2010 In Review: Design And Construction Defects Litigation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/1/2011
A Federal District Court Rules That The Qui Tam Provision of the False Marking Statute is Unconstitutional Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 3/1/2011
Fourth Circuit Offers Pyrrhic Victory On Corps Jurisdiction Over Developer's Clean Water Act Permit Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/28/2011
Ohio Supreme Court Issues Important Decision On Coverage for Intentional Acts Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 2/28/2011
Victory in New Mexico Voter Registration Case Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 2/28/2011
The Illinois Securities Law: The Remedy Is Rescission Much Shelist, P.C. 2/26/2011
EPA Issues Final Boiler MACT Rules Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 2/25/2011
Indirect Purchaser Plavix Class Actions Tossed for Lack of Antitrust Standing Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/25/2011
Seeking CAFA Clarity: A Summary of Recent Case Law Addressing Challenges to Jurisdiction Under the Class Action Fairness Act Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 2/25/2011
Federal Court Refuses To Toss Out EEOC Claim That Chrysler Retaliated Against Employees U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 2/25/2011
Aspartame Class Action Dismissal Affirmed on Statute of Limitations Grounds Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/24/2011
Calculating Interest on Commercial Loans: Recent Legislation Expressly Permits Illinois Lenders to Use the "365/360" Method Much Shelist, P.C.