Crowell & Moring

1. US Hand Truck Makers Urge ITC To Maintain Duties

Friday, Mar 19, 2010

American manufacturers of hand trucks have asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to maintain anti-dumping duties on imports from China, arguing that a revocation of the duties would likely result in a continuation or recurrence of injury to the domestic hand truck industry.

2. US Ball Bearing Maker Seeks To Sink ITC Duty Order

Friday, Mar 05, 2010

In an angry response to a U.S. International Trade Commission determination, U.S. producer and importer NSK Corp. has asked a judge to instruct the ITC to revoke an anti-dumping duty order on ball bearings imported from the U.K.

3. 2 Claims Cut In $2.8M Patent Verdict Against Bridgeport

Wednesday, Mar 03, 2010

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that two steel adapters made by Bridgeport Fittings Inc. don't infringe patents held by Arlington Industries Inc., punching a hole in a $2.8 million jury verdict against Bridgeport in the eight-year-old infringement and breach of contract battle.

4. Crowell & Moring, Ex-Worker Resolve Age Bias Suit

Wednesday, Mar 03, 2010

Following a federal judge's ruling that a 54-year-old former Crowell & Moring LLP employee could not voluntarily dismiss her age discrimination suit against the firm, the parties have agreed to end the suit through a stipulation of dismissal.

5. Commerce Affirms Hand Truck Duty In Bond Street Case

Wednesday, Mar 03, 2010

U.S. trade officials have dashed Bond Street Ltd.’s bid to avoid hefty anti-dumping duties imposed on hand trucks from China, ruling on remand that the company’s imported luggage cart indeed qualifies as a hand truck and merits the 383 percent tariff.

6. Full 5th Circ. To Hear Katrina Public Nuisance Case

Tuesday, Mar 02, 2010

Just when climate change public nuisance litigation seemed to be gaining momentum, a federal appeals court has decided to reconsider whether a putative class of property owners along the Mississippi Gulf Coast has standing to accuse dozens of oil and chemical companies of adding to the ferocity of Hurricane Katrina through their emissions of greenhouse gases.

7. Blackwater Instructors Seek Class Cert. In FLSA Suit

Tuesday, Mar 02, 2010

Former instructors at one of Blackwater Security Consulting LLC’s armed forces training camps have moved for conditional class certification in a suit alleging the company bilked them out of overtime pay by misclassifying them as independent contractors.

8. 7 Mistakes To Avoid For Emerging Rainmakers

Monday, Mar 01, 2010

When it comes to being a rainmaker, sometimes even more important than knowing what to do is knowing what not to do.

9. Crowell & Moring Worker Can't Pull Age Bias Suit: Judge

Monday, Mar 01, 2010

A federal judge has rejected former Crowell & Moring LLP employee Mona R. Saunders' bid to voluntarily dismiss her age discrimination suit, saying the firm has already responded to the complaint.

10. Great American Settles Suit Over Unpaid Duties

Friday, Feb 26, 2010

Great American Insurance Company of New York has agreed to cough up $100,000 to settle the U.S. government’s lawsuit over customs bonds issued to a trading company that owes roughly $3 million in import fees.

11. Cisco Founders Must Pay $20M Award: High Court

Tuesday, Feb 23, 2010

The U.S. Supreme Court has shot down a bid by Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner, the husband-and-wife team that founded Cisco Systems, to overturn an arbitrator's $20 million punitive damages award to their former investment manager David Soward in a dispute over the dissolution of two investment partnerships.

12. Commerce Wants Chinese Hand Truck Duty To Stick

Tuesday, Feb 23, 2010

The U.S. government is seeking to keep in place a 227.73 percent dumping margin that it imposed on hand truck parts from Chinese company Qingdao Taifa Group Co. Ltd., whereas Taifa wants the rate lowered and a domestic producer wants the rate raised.

13. LCD Cos. Move To Toss Motorola, AT&T Antitrust Suits

Monday, Feb 22, 2010

Defendants in multidistrict litigation accusing an array of thin film transistor liquid crystal display panel manufacturers of masterminding a massive price-fixing scheme have moved to dismiss plaintiffs AT&T Mobility LLC and Motorola Inc.’s complaints claiming the companies were overcharged for LCD screens used in cell phones.

14. Fed. Circ. To Reconsider Section 145 Rules

Wednesday, Feb 17, 2010

A federal appeals court has given a software patent applicant another chance to make a case against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office over a denied application, a rehearing that may open the way to district courts' conducting wider reviews of certain patent applications.

15. Steel Industry Sues EPA Over GHG Regulations

Wednesday, Feb 17, 2010

The U.S. steel industry has fired off a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's plan to start regulating greenhouse gases, saying such a unilateral approach will put U.S. steelmakers at a disadvantage compared with their competitors elsewhere.

16. Apple Targets Software Claims In IPhone Antitrust Suit

Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010

Accused of monopolizing the aftermarket for iPhone applications and services, Apple Inc. has targeted tandem allegations that a software update ruined consumer-modified iPhones, contending that the plaintiffs are pursuing claims already discredited in the course of discovery.

17. DynCorp Cleared Of $10M Damages In Bias Suit

Friday, Feb 12, 2010

A federal appeals court has vacated a $10 million punitive damages award against defense contractor DynCorp International LLC in subcontractor Worldwide Network Services LLC's racial discrimination and breach of contract suit.

18. Feds Fight ESA, NEPA Claims In 3-State Water Wars

Thursday, Feb 11, 2010

The federal government has fired off a bid to snuff out the second phase of an epic water rights battle involving Alabama, Georgia and Florida, saying it has done the “hard work” required by federal law to protect imperiled species in the states' waters.

19. DC Circ. Hears Arguments On Rail Fuel Price-Fixing

Tuesday, Feb 09, 2010

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard oral arguments on Tuesday in a price-fixing suit brought against the four largest American railroads over rail freight fuel surcharges, an appeal of a district court case in which the plaintiffs' claims for monetary damages were dismissed.

20. Intel Wants Insurer To Pay For Antitrust Defenses

Monday, Feb 08, 2010

Intel Corp. has asked a court to grant it summary judgment in a dispute with American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Co. over the costs of defending antitrust suits by rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and consumers.