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  • May 2, 2008

    Litigator Will Lead K&S' New Austin Office

    King & Spalding continues its growth surge, luring a skilled commercial litigator and leading electric company representative to head the establishment of a new office in Austin, Texas, the firm announced Friday.

  • May 2, 2008

    Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation

    Proctor & Gamble Company, General Motors Corporation and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. were just some of the companies that hired law firms to work on major IP litigation in recent weeks, according to our daily review of court dockets.

  • May 5, 2008

    Judge OKs Local Class Against W-H

    A judge has certified a class action against oil company W-H Energy Services Inc. on behalf of employees in the company's Alice, Texas, facility who allege they were misclassified as exempt from overtime pay but has refused to certify a proposed nationwide class.

  • May 2, 2008

    Judge Denies Delaying Trial For Fen-Phen Lawyers

    A federal judge in Kentucky has refused to delay the criminal trial of three lawyers who are accused of keeping millions of dollars meant for plaintiffs in a class action settlement over Wyeth Pharmaceuticals’ diet pill fen-phen.

  • June 6, 2008

    Local Laws Complicate Compliance For National Cos.

    Certain municipalities have begun to pass mandatory paid sick leave, minimum wage and other employment laws that make compliance more challenging for companies with a nationwide presence, according to management-side attorneys.

  • May 2, 2008

    Lawmakers Urge Probe Into Lerach Kickback Claims

    Two Republican congressmen have called for a judicial hearing into claims by disgraced trial attorney William Lerach that the multimillion-dollar kickback scam at his founding firm was commonplace among class action lawyers.

  • May 1, 2008

    Dietary Products Tainted With Chromium: FDA

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it had detected hazardous amounts of chromium and selenium in its final analysis of certain flavors of the dietary supplement products “Total Body Formula" and "Total Body Mega Formula.”

  • May 1, 2008

    K&L Gates Talks Merger With Charlotte Firm

    Law firms Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP and Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP have initiated merger talks, which, if successful, will create a 1,700-lawyer firm.

  • May 1, 2008

    Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation

    Mail Boxes Etc. Inc., Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation and Juicy Couture Inc. were just some of the companies that hired law firms to work on major IP litigation in recent weeks, according to our daily review of court dockets.

  • May 13, 2008

    Judges' Top Four Pet Peeves In Patent Litigation

    Patent litigation can come with particularly high stakes as parties battle over the rights to technology, science and innovation that can be crucial to their competitiveness. And judges presiding over these lawsuits work to keep the game fair and well-paced — partially by trying to minimize their pet peeves.

  • May 1, 2008

    T-Mobile Settles With Katz

    Telecommunications company T-Mobile Inc. has become the latest to settle with billionaire inventor Ronald A. Katz over patents for interactive voice applications.

  • May 1, 2008

    Pacific Lumber Props Up MRC/Marathon Plan

    Bankrupt Pacific Lumber and its parent company, Maxxam Inc., said Thursday that they would back a proposed reorganization plan by MRC/Marathon that is widely supported by federal officials and environmentalists.

  • April 30, 2008

    House Committee Passes IP Enforcement Bill

    The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee passed a bill Wednesday that would crack down on copyright and trademark infringement by shifting more resources toward federal enforcement of intellectual property laws.

  • April 30, 2008

    College Board Settles Copyright Suit Over SAT Exam

    A Texas test preparation company will pay the owner of the SAT college entrance exam $1 million to settle an infringement suit stemming from the company's alleged use of copyrighted test materials.

  • April 30, 2008

    Baker Partner Heads To Morgan Lewis

    Just a few months after six Baker and McKenzie LLP employment lawyers jumped ship for Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, another partner has followed suit.

  • April 30, 2008

    Baycol Whistleblower Suit Unsealed In N.J. Court

    A U.S. federal judge has unsealed a whistleblower lawsuit that accuses Bayer AG of deceptive marketing in the promotion of blockbuster cholesterol drug Baycol.

  • April 30, 2008

    Hire Sheet: Law Firms Hired For Major IP Litigation

    Shell Oil Products Company LLC, Monster Worldwide Inc. and Old Navy LLC were just some of the companies that hired law firms to work on major IP litigation in recent weeks, according to our daily review of court dockets.

  • April 30, 2008

    U.S. Attorney Tries To Secure Friedman's Cash

    The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York has moved to collect $1 million that a unit of bankrupt jewelry retailer Friedman's Inc. has not paid as part of a nonprosecution agreement for alleged securities fraud.

  • May 1, 2008

    Mass Engineered Adds Defendants In Patent Suit

    A federal judge has allowed Mass Engineered Design to expand its patent infringement suit over multiscreen display units.

  • April 29, 2008

    Home Interiors & Gifts Files For Bankruptcy

    Home decor company Home Interiors & Gifts Inc. has sought Chapter 11 protection in Dallas to streamline the company's operations and restructure its debt, a move made necessary by dwindling sales and ineffective cost-cutting measures.