Litigation

The Most Litigious NPEs in 2013

In what’s described as an effort to bring “transparency to the monetization market” and what some will no doubt call […]

Narrow Is The Gate For Workplace Gossip Policies

What some employers might consider a benign attempt to protect against hurt feelings or just harmless institutional boosterism …

Supreme Court Decisions Make Arbitration Compulsory

In a trio of decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court has outlined a mechanism that could eviscerate commercial as well as […]

Sharp Words At The Supreme Court, in CLS Bank v. Alice Case

The process described in the patent, Justice Breyer seemed to suggest, was more or less the same one his mother used when she rode herd on his checkbook.

$1 Billion Kevlar Trade Secrets Award Is Vacated

It was the second largest trade secrets award ever, writes Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe attorney Scott Lindlaw. The allegation was […]

House Committee Urges DOJ To Try Former IRS Head As A Criminal

In a rare, closed-door House Ways and Means Committee mark-up session, Republicans voted along party lines to ask the Justice […]

HP Reaches $108M Settlement With DOJ, SEC

Hewlett-Packard has reached a $108 million settlement with the Justice Department and the SEC, which also includes reporting, cooperation and […]

Lawyer Duped, Maligned By Client Is Awarded Damages

A Georgia appeals court upheld a damages award to an attorney whose client was found to have lied during initial […]

Discover Settles Auto-Dialing Case For $8.7 Million

For the companies, an unhappy scenario plays itself out. First they are cited by regulators, in this case the FCC, […]

ID Theft Victim’s Case v. JPMorgan Is Dismissed

After the name and identify of a JPMorgan Chase customer got dragged into a fraud and money laundering scheme perpetrated […]

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