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1. MetLife Resolves TQP Data Encryption Patent Suit

Friday, Mar 19, 2010

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. has become the latest defendant to settle in TQP Development LLC's wide-ranging patent infringement battle over online encrypted data transmission.

2. Trustee Gives Vinson, Genovese Bribery Claims To Feds

Friday, Mar 12, 2010

A U.S. Trustee’s Office representative has told a Virgin Islands court that he forwarded bribery allegations concerning Vinson & Elkins LLP and Genovese Joblove & Battisa PA attorneys — lodged by a bankrupt Caribbean telecommunications executive — to the U.S. attorney's office for that district.

3. TQP Hits New York Mellon, Others Over Data Patent

Thursday, Mar 11, 2010

Patent-holding company TQP Development LLC is suing a host of corporate giants, including The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., Delta Air Lines Inc., Walgreen Co., Target Corp., Time Warner Inc., UBS AG and The Allstate Corp., for allegedly infringing its patent for an encrypted data transmission system.

4. AmEx Loses Bid To Toss Drugstores' Antitrust Suits

Thursday, Mar 04, 2010

A federal judge has refused to toss five consolidated complaints brought by Rite Aid Corp., CVS Pharmacy Inc., Walgreen Co. and two other drugstores alleging that American Express Co. violated federal antitrust laws by imposing anti-competitive rules on merchants.

5. JPMorgan Settles Suit Over Secure Network Patent

Wednesday, Mar 03, 2010

JPMorgan Chase & Co. — one of more than a dozen financial institutions and communications companies targeted in an infringement suit over a patent related to secure credit card transactions — has reached a deal with the patent's inventors and asked a federal judge to dismiss it from the case.

6. AmEx Wins Summary Judgment In Six Sigma Fee Suit

Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010

A federal judge has granted an American Express Co. unit summary judgment on all counts in a multimillion-dollar contract and damages case brought by The Capability Group Inc. related to fee payments for Six Sigma training.

7. In Pursuit Of Deferred Prosecution Agreements

Monday, Feb 08, 2010

Despite the size of some recent deferred prosecution agreements and the declining number of such agreements in recent years, the North American Money Transfer Inc. case demonstrates that corporate defendants may still achieve success, say Sam Rosenthal and Barry E. Reiferson of Patton Boggs LLP.

8. Vinson, Trustees To Face Witness Bribery Claims

Monday, Feb 01, 2010

A judge in the U.S. Virgin Islands has granted a defunct telecommunication firm executive's request to conduct a disciplinary hearing to determine possible sanctions for several law firms and trustees accused of orchestrating a scheme to provide free legal services to a material witness in three of his company's pending bankruptcy cases.

9. E-Trade Inks Deal In TQP Data Encryption Patent Suit

Monday, Feb 01, 2010

Internet stock brokerage E-Trade Financial Services Corp. has reached a settlement in TQP Development LLC's suit accusing a wide range of financial institutions of infringing a patent for the transmission of encrypted data online.

10. Fifth Third Exits TQP Encryption Patent Suit

Wednesday, Jan 13, 2010

TQP Development LLC has cut a deal with Fifth Third Bancorp in the patent-holding firm’s case accusing several financial firms of infringing a patent covering an online encrypted data transmission method.

11. Heartland, Visa Settle Data Breach Issues For $60M

Friday, Jan 08, 2010

Credit card transaction vendor Heartland Payment Systems Inc. has agreed to pay about $60 million in an agreement with Visa USA Inc. to settle potential claims arising from a data security breach in 2008 where about 130 million debit and credit card numbers were stolen.

12. Raymond James Settles In TQP Encryption Patent Suit

Thursday, Jan 07, 2010

Raymond James Financial Inc. has become the latest financial services company to resolve TQP Development LLC's suit accusing more than two dozen banks and finance firms of infringing a patent related to an online encrypted data transmission method.

13. US Bancorp, Others Settle In Online Payment IP Suit

Wednesday, Jan 06, 2010

Actus LLC has reached settlements with Barnes & Noble Inc. and U.S. Bancorp, further winnowing the patent-holding company's infringement suit over technology for electronic payment systems.

14. Nationwide, Prudential Settle In DataTern Patent Suit

Tuesday, Jan 05, 2010

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. and Prudential Insurance Co. of America have become the latest defendants to settle with DataTern Inc. in its infringement suit targeting more than a dozen companies over a patent related to database access systems.

15. NextCard Sues Banks Over Online Credit Patents

Wednesday, Dec 23, 2009

NextCard LLC has sued a slew of banks — including Chase Bank USA, Citibank NA and Wells Fargo Financial Inc. — alleging infringement of patents covering online methods of approving credit.

16. AmEx, ConAgra, Mattel Sued Over Pic Mashup Patent

Monday, Dec 21, 2009

PixFusion LLC is suing Oddcast Inc., American Express Co., ConAgra Foods Inc., Mattel Inc. and a slew of other companies in a patent dispute involving the technology that allows Internet sites to substitute faces of users for the faces of characters from movies.

17. Regions Financial Dropped From TQP Patent Suit

Thursday, Dec 17, 2009

TQP Development LLC has notched another settlement in its litigation accusing more than two dozen banks and finance firms of infringing its online encrypted data transmission patent, dropping Regions Financial Corp. from the suit.

18. Fidelity Ordered To Produce Docs In PrivaCash Suit

Monday, Dec 14, 2009

A magistrate judge has ordered Fidelity National Information Services Inc. to produce documents related to open loop gift card services the company purportedly administers for American Express Co., clearing an early snag in a patent infringement suit brought against the credit company by PrivaCash Inc.

19. Comerica Settles TQP Online Encryption Patent Feud

Thursday, Dec 10, 2009

Comerica Inc. has become the latest in a long line of banks and finance firms to resolve a patent infringement suit launched by TQP Development LLC over technology for online encrypted data transmissions.

20. Competition Attorneys Dominate At Howrey

Friday, Dec 04, 2009

With 40 percent of its attorneys devoted to antitrust work, Howrey has the heaviest concentration of competition lawyers among firms with 100 or more lawyers, according to Law360's 2009 practice area survey.