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1. Best Buy, Others Face Patent Suit Over Gift Cards

Thursday, Mar 18, 2010

A Texas patent-holding company has taken a swipe at a number of major retailers — including Best Buy Co. Inc. and The Home Depot Inc. — over a pair of gift card patents.

2. Dun & Bradstreet Exits API Data Network Patent Suit

Thursday, Mar 18, 2010

Business research firm the Dun & Bradstreet Corp. and subsidiary Hoover's Inc. have become the latest defendants to settle in API Technologies LLC's suit accusing two dozen companies of infringing a data network patent.

3. Firm Pressures Drive More Partners In-House

Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010

While the transition from law firm to in-house is not an easy one and often involves a major pay cut, a more stressful and less stable law firm environment may be driving more partners to seek out a spot in-house, according to legal experts.

4. Musicland Investor Teo Pays $1M For Insider Trading

Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has reached a nearly $1 million consent judgment against Alfred Teo for alleged insider trading involving Musicland Stores Corp. and C-Cube Microsystems Inc., though Teo continues to dispute the agency's claims of false filing.

5. Sprint Strikes Deal In Traffic Alert Patent Suit

Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010

Sprint Solutions Inc. on Tuesday became the latest defendant to settle in a patent infringement suit by Texas patent-holding company Traffic Information LLC that has ensnared several big cell phone companies.

6. Best Buy Moves To Dismiss False Ad Class Action

Friday, Mar 12, 2010

Best Buy Stores LP has told a federal judge that a putative class action accusing the retailer of failing to abide by its advertised price-match contract does not state a claim for relief, despite having been amended twice.

7. Dell Escapes Suit Over DVD Parental Control Patent

Thursday, Mar 11, 2010

Digital Choice of Texas LLC has dropped its infringement suit against Dell Inc. over a patent for parental control technology in DVD players.

8. Google, Rescuecom Drop Web Ad Trademark Spat

Friday, Mar 05, 2010

Computer repair and support company Rescuecom Corp. and technology giant Google Inc. have agreed to lay down their swords in a case accusing Google of infringing and diluting the Rescuecom trademark by selling it as an Internet search keyword to the plaintiff's rivals.

9. Best Buy, Garmin Settle In Traffic Alert Patent Suit

Friday, Mar 05, 2010

Best Buy Stores LP and GPS device manufacturer Garmin International Inc. have become the latest defendants to settle an infringement suit brought by Traffic Information LLC over three mobile traffic alert patents.

10. Video Security Co. Sued Over Remote Control Patent

Friday, Feb 26, 2010

RemoTech LLC has accused Canadian video surveillance company Lorex Technology Inc. of infringing a patent covering a system that extends the range of remote controls used with audio and video equipment.

11. Satellite Radio IP Suit Survives Sirius Bid To Dismiss

Friday, Feb 12, 2010

A federal judge has rejected a request by Sirius XM Radio Inc. and others to dismiss a suit accusing them of infringing two patents related to content distribution by satellite radio service providers, which the defendants argued are invalid.

12. Wi-LAN Canadian Deal Clears Way For Patent Suits

Monday, Feb 08, 2010

Canadian licensing company Wi-LAN Inc., which has accused a slew of companies of infringing its wireless technology patents, has agreed to settle a dispute over patent ownership interests brought by telecommunications company Telus Corp. that threatened to undermine Wi-LAN's cases.

13. Best Buy Settles OT Suit Over Worker Security Checks

Monday, Feb 08, 2010

Best Buy Co. Inc. has asked a federal judge to approve a $902,410 settlement that resolves claims that the consumer electronics giant did not pay retail workers in New York for time they spent going through a security check at the end of the workday.

14. PopCap Hit With $4.6M Jury Verdict In Contract Spat

Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010

A Texas jury has ordered PopCap Games Inc. to shell out $4.6 million in damages to MumboJumbo LLC, finding that the video game maker breached a distribution contract with its former business partner when it decided to market and sell its games on its own.

15. Carbonite Settles In Computer Backup Patent Suit

Wednesday, Jan 13, 2010

Carbonite Inc. has become the latest defendant to settle in a patent infringement suit brought by Network Backup Corp. against a host of companies over technology for backing up computer data over the Internet.

16. 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.

17. Ex-Deloitte Partner Liable For Insider Trades: Court

Tuesday, Jan 05, 2010

Deloitte LLP has made major headway in its insider trading lawsuit against a former partner, winning summary judgment on the issue of liability and leaving only the amount of damages for trial.

18. CBS Exits API Technologies Data Network Patent Suit

Tuesday, Jan 05, 2010

CBS Corp. and its interactive divisions have become the latest defendants to settle a lawsuit brought by API Technologies LLC accusing two dozen companies of infringing its data network patent.

19. Financial Services Cases To Watch In 2010

Friday, Jan 01, 2010

For the financial services sector, 2010 will bring resolution and precedent-setting decisions in the many lawsuits filed during the financial crisis and a slowing of new litigation, experts say.

20. Employment Plaintiffs Firms Of The Year

Friday, Jan 01, 2010

Law360's notable employment plaintiffs firms of 2009 saw years of hard work pay off last year, securing big settlements for classes of workers in long-running wage-and-hour and discrimination cases.