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Federal Circuit Affirms Re-Examination Findings
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) properly sustained the patentability of various claims of a mechanism for bicycle gear...
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California Appeals Court Affirms $2.9M Fee In Tobacco Ad Dispute
SAN DIEGO - A California appeals court on April 26 affirmed an award of $2.9 million in attorney fees stemming from the state's contention that a national advertisement by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co....
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California Appeals Panel: Parents Failed To Show Doctor Caused Son's Death
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The Fourth District California Court of Appeal on April 26 affirmed summary judgment for a physician named as the defendant in a wrongful death action, concluding that the trial...
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Shareholder Says Directors And Officers Breached Their Fiduciary Duties
WILMINGTON, Del. - A shareholder bringing a derivative lawsuit against certain directors and officers of a company over the directors' and officers' alleged violation of a shareholder-approved equity...
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Iraq War Contractors Denied Retrial In Oregon Guard Suit For C6 Poisoning...
PORTLAND, Ore - The magistrate judge presiding over the personal injury lawsuit filed by Oregon National Guard members for hexavalent chromium exposure during a Restore Iraqi Oil mission in the U.S....
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9th Circuit: Transfer Of More Than $11.99 Million May Have Been Fraudulent
SAN FRANCISCO - A panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 30 vacated and remanded to a district court a case involving a trustee's complaint that a debtor company made a fraudulent...
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Judge: Plaintiffs In Bard Vena Cava Filter Class Action Belong In Federal Court
PHILADELPHIA - A Pennsylvania federal judge on April 26 said that state plaintiffs who filed a state court medical monitoring class action against C.R. Bard Inc. for allegedly defective inferior vena...
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Ala. High Court Declines To Dismiss Misrepresentation Suit Against Insurance...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The Alabama Supreme Court found April 26 that a trial court correctly declined to dismiss insureds' negligence and misrepresentation suit against an insurance agency and its agent...
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Federal Judge Dismisses Complaint, Finds No Evidence Of Mold Injuries
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A North Carolina federal judge on April 29 dismissed a complaint filed against various prison officials, finding no evidence to support a ruling that a prisoner suffered injuries...
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Wisconsin Judge Orders Dismissal Of Dispute Over Trademark
MILWAUKEE - A defendant accused of infringing the "Hearing Is Believing" trademark obtained dismissal of the allegations on April 28, when a Wisconsin federal judge agreed that jurisdiction is lacking...
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Bond Issuer Says Argentina Is The Place To Hear A Reinsurance Dispute
NEW YORK - An Argentine performance bond issuer argued in a New York federal court on April 26 that the court has no jurisdiction over a dispute between the issuer and its reinsurer (St. Paul Fire...
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New York Federal Judge Certifies Tennis Umpires Seeking Additional Wages
NEW YORK - A New York federal judge on April 25 certified a class of tennis umpires who claim that they were improperly misclassified as independent contractors while working the U.S. Open and are owed...
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Magistrate Declines To Phase, Limit Discovery In Underinsured Motorist Case
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Noting the existence of a standing scheduling discovery deadline order and an insurer's failure to previously file an objection to it, a California federal magistrate judge on...
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Pa. Federal Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction In Birth Control Mandate Case
PITTSBURGH - A Pennsylvania federal judge on April 19 granted a motion for a preliminary injunction in a case brought by a private, nonprofit college, two for-profit entities and the owners of those...
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N.Y. Federal Judge Dismisses Challenge To Birth Control Mandate; Claims Not Ripe
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A New York federal judge on April 12 granted the federal government's motion to dismiss a challenge to the birth control mandate contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care...
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Texas Federal Judge Dismisses Birth Control Mandate Suit
DALLAS - A Texas federal judge on April 9 granted a motion to dismiss a challenge to the birth control mandate contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), finding that the case...
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D.C. Circuit Court Denies Motion For Injunction In Birth Control Suit
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on April 17 denied an emergency motion for injunction pending the appeal of the dismissal of a challenge of changes to...
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Government Asks 8th Circuit To Affirm Decision In Birth Control Mandate Suit
ST. LOUIS - The federal government on April 10 asked the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to affirm a lower court's decision denying a preliminary injunction in a suit challenging the "birth...
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Government Asks Appeals Court To Affirm Dismissal Of Birth Control Suit
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The federal government on April 17 urged the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to affirm the dismissal of a case challenging a provision in the Patient Protection...
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Michigan Appeals Court Modifies Class Definitions In Reimbursement Dispute
DETROIT - A Michigan appeals panel on April 18 partially affirmed and partially reversed class certification of five classes in a suit alleging that a health insurer failed to properly reimburse...
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