http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: McGinnis Lochridge Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135597 The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to rehear a pair of linked cases that accuse Exxon Mobil Corp. of sabotaging certain oil wells in order to prevent other companies from drilling there. http://www.law360.com/articles/135597 http://www.law360.com/articles/119686 Lin Packaging Technologies Ltd. has reached a settlement with Powerchip Semiconductor Corp. in a suit accusing Powerchip and another defendant of infringing a patent covering computer chip technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/119686 http://www.law360.com/articles/119212 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has decided to halt post-verdict squabbles over a $72.6 million legal malpractice award to a former client, reaching a confidential final settlement with plaintiffs Air Measurement Technologies Inc. and North-South Corp. http://www.law360.com/articles/119212 http://www.law360.com/articles/109566 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has asked a judge to enjoin subpoenas seeking its testimony in a post-verdict hearing related to a malpractice suit over botched technology patent applications, in which a jury returned a $72.6 million verdict against the firm. http://www.law360.com/articles/109566 http://www.law360.com/articles/108213 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has asked a judge to waive or reduce a requested supersedeas bond of more than $83 million in a dispute accusing it of gross malpractice and negligence over botched technology patent applications and related infringement litigation. http://www.law360.com/articles/108213 http://www.law360.com/articles/106362 Plaintiffs accusing Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP of gross malpractice and negligence have asked a judge to set a supersedeas bond of more than $83 million as post-verdict motions continue in a dispute over botched patent applications and related infringement litigation. http://www.law360.com/articles/106362 http://www.law360.com/articles/100560 A federal jury has returned a $72.6 million verdict against Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in a lawsuit accusing the firm of gross malpractice and negligence over botched patent applications connected to computerized warning systems for firemen and related infringement litigation. http://www.law360.com/articles/100560 http://www.law360.com/articles/94434 Finding that shareholders of now-defunct medical software maker Ramp Corp. failed to show that their securities claims were not derivative in nature and that they did not cure multiple deficiencies in their petition, a Texas appeals court has affirmed the dismissal of the investors' complaint. http://www.law360.com/articles/94434 http://www.law360.com/articles/94404 In two linked decisions, the Texas Supreme Court gave Exxon Mobil Corp. a big boost against owners and lessees of oil fields it formerly operated, reversing the appeals court’s support for an $18.7 million jury award to the landowners and nullifying Emerald Oil & Gas Co. LC's claims that Exxon is liable for sabotaging the wells. http://www.law360.com/articles/94404 http://www.law360.com/articles/82774 A federal judge has dismissed a consolidated class action and two other suits that accused Citgo Petroleum Corp. of furthering the anti-competitive practices of oil-producing countries, concluding that the allegations hinged on political issues that remain beyond the realm of the courts. http://www.law360.com/articles/82774 http://www.law360.com/articles/72304 Johnson & Johnson has reportedly racked up at least $68.7 million in its efforts to settle hundreds of lawsuits filed by women who suffered adverse effects after using the Ortho Evra birth control patch. http://www.law360.com/articles/72304 http://www.law360.com/articles/64064 Canon Inc.'s terminated patent license with Nano-Proprietary Inc. over flat-panel TV technology has been reinstated by a federal appeals court, which ruled that an “irrevocable” contract means exactly that, even though Canon was found to have breached the contract. http://www.law360.com/articles/64064 http://www.law360.com/articles/61777 More than a dozen Botox users and their relatives filed suit Wednesday against drugmaker Allergan Inc., claiming that they had been injured or their relatives killed by the popular cosmetic drug, and that patients had not been adequately warned of the drug's dangers. http://www.law360.com/articles/61777 http://www.law360.com/articles/52542 Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday continued to fight plaintiffs' expert testimony in a multidistrict case over J&J's popular birth control patch Ortho-Evra, asking to bar not only witnesses but whole lines of argument from expert testimony. http://www.law360.com/articles/52542 http://www.law360.com/articles/52405 Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson and plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation alleging J&J's popular birth control patch Ortho-Evra may increase users' risk of developing dangerous blood clots sparred over expert testimony on Monday, with each seeking to disqualify the other's witnesses. http://www.law360.com/articles/52405 http://www.law360.com/articles/44968 Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is fighting efforts to consolidate the bellwether trials in the multidistrict litigation over its popular birth control patch, Ortho-Evra, arguing commonalities in the cases are eclipsed by their idiosyncrasies. http://www.law360.com/articles/44968 http://www.law360.com/articles/39818 A federal appeals court has denied a review of an appeal by Mobil Oil Corp. units contending that a district court erred by remanding a putative class action alleging breach of contract and fraud claims to state court. http://www.law360.com/articles/39818 http://www.law360.com/articles/32406 A judge on Monday swatted down an attempt by Beyond Innovation Technology Co. Ltd. to block the permanent injunction that capped a patent suit O2 Micro International Ltd. had filed against it over a power converting technology used in television monitors. http://www.law360.com/articles/32406 http://www.law360.com/articles/32302 Johnson & Johnson has fought a bid by plaintiffs to unseal millions of documents that have been produced in connection with the multidistrict product liability litigation over popular birth control patch Ortho Evra, arguing that the public dissemination of the information would prejudice the jury pool and cause “confusion and alarm” among patients. http://www.law360.com/articles/32302 http://www.law360.com/articles/25243 Canon Inc. has appealed a district court decision that allowed patent holding company Nano-Proprietary Inc. to terminate a licensing agreement between the companies and to keep Canon’s original $5.5 million purchase price for licensing flat screen television technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/25243