Litigation

$400M Question: Who Invented Post-It Notes?

Industrial giant 3M has been sued by an inventor who claims that he was the inventor of what 3M later […]

Licensee Can Sue For Infringement Without Patent Owner

The Federal Circuit held that a Disney licensee can sue for infringement of the licensed patent – a flame technology […]

Bust For Blackjack Innovator

The USPTO’s denial of a patent on a new way to bet on Blackjack, which required a specific pattern of […]

Gov’t Loosens Barriers To Student Class Actions

The Department of Education wants to make it harder for colleges to require students to settle debt disputes in arbitration. […]

“Meaningless” Relief Dooms A Class Action

The defendant had agreed to a class settlement which, had all 100,000 members of the class submitted claims, would have garnered each of them…

Exec Ignores In-House Counsel, Takes $18M Hit

When a a company president was advised by in-house counsel that an on-line marketing strategy was problematic, he “put his […]

21 Polo Horses Dead, Vet Not Liable Says Expert

In Florida, 21 polo horses died after they received 100 times the prescribed dose of the supplement selenium. The horses’ […]

5th Circuit: Contractors Too Can Sue Over Discrimination

The ADA is not the only work-related statute that addresses disability in the context of work. The Rehabilitation Act of […]

Napping Lawyer’s Client Has Conviction Overturned

A man sentenced to 30 years in prison after his lawyer slept “almost every day” during the trial has had […]

Health Apps Are Selling User Data

By “flying under the radar” and putting out convoluted privacy policies that users don’t understand, small health-app providers are able to get away with routinely collecting and selling consumer personal health information.

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