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  • September 20, 2007

    Tyco Dismissed From Fluid Injector Patent Case

    Tyco Healthcare Group LP has agreed to remove itself from a patent suit the company filed against medical product maker E-Z-EM Inc., leaving the suit to move forward with two other Tyco units as plaintiffs.

  • September 20, 2007

    Yahoo Files Counterclaim In Messaging Ad Case

    Almost two months after being sued for infringement over a patent covering background advertising for computer messaging programs, Yahoo Inc. has filed its answer and counterclaims against licensing company Creative Internet Advertising Corp.

  • September 20, 2007

    Amex Ordered To Testify In Customer Rewards Suit

    A federal judge on Wednesday granted an emergency request by Source Inc. to compel American Express Co. to cooperate with discovery orders in an ongoing patent case over customer rewards in credit cards.

  • September 21, 2007

    Q&A With Amster Rothstein's Anthony F. Lo Cicero

    "The cases that I find most difficult are those where a patentee is not merely seeking monetary compensation, but instead is seeking to put a competitor out of business. In these types of cases, it is often necessary to come up with some kind of creative business solutions in order to resolve the case," says Anthony F. Lo Cicero of Amster Rothstein.

  • September 19, 2007

    N.Y. Law Gives Employees Breaks For Breastfeeding

    The New York Legislature has passed a law requiring that employers allow women to take breaks to pump breast milk but has left a number of questions open about how broadly the law will apply and how infringing employers could be penalized.

  • October 10, 2007

    Nuclear Renaissance To Face Steep Hurdles

    As more energy companies look to build new nuclear power plants in the United States, they face mounting challenges from regulators, investors and the public.

  • September 19, 2007

    Asarco Asks Court To Toss $68M Texas Cleanup Claim

    Bankrupt copper mining company Asarco LLC has urged a bankruptcy court to quash a $68 million claim by Texas officials for environmental damage to the state's coast, a claim it argues was filed too late.

  • September 20, 2007

    Bio-Rad Claims Infringment Of Microplate Patent

    Biotech company Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Eppendorf AG alleging patent infringement over a piece of equipment typically used in life science and genetic research.

  • September 18, 2007

    DataTreasury Suit Stayed For Patent Re-Examination

    A federal judge agreed on Monday to stay an ongoing patent suit between DataTreasury Corp. and banks and financial institutions until the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office finishes its re-examination of several check-imaging patents.

  • September 18, 2007

    Acacia Unit Files Suit Over Fraud Protection Patent

    A unit of patent-holding company Acacia Research Corp. has filed a patent infringment suit against 11 U.S. retailers over a system meant to protect financial transactions from fraud.

  • September 18, 2007

    BP Settles Refinery Blast Suits Before Trial's End

    The first civil trial stemming from a deadly explosion at BP PLC's Texas City refinery has drawn to an early close with a settlement for the four plaintiffs.

  • September 18, 2007

    Volkswagen Crash Victims Want Cases Merged

    A Texas couple whose daughter was killed in a car crash involving a Volkswagen AG Beetle wants to combine two lawsuits that accuse the car manufacturer of negligence for not equipping its vehicles with electronic stability control technology.

  • September 18, 2007

    Silicon Labs Hits Back At Rival With Patent Suit

    Silicon Laboratories Inc. has sued rival integrated circuit maker Analog Devices Inc. for allegedly infringing its patent through the sale of Blackfin processors.

  • September 26, 2007

    Growing Pains For Chapter 15

    The high-profile implosion of two Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. hedge funds is shaping up to be a definitive test for the baby of U.S. Bankruptcy law: Chapter 15, a law designed for cross-border bankruptcy cases.

  • September 18, 2007

    Dynegy Pays $10M To Settle ERISA Suit

    A Texas federal court judge has approved a $10 million class action settlement between Dynegy Inc. and employees of the company's former subsidiary who invested in the energy provider's stock.

  • September 19, 2007

    Aegis Says Ex-CEO's Suit Will Hurt Chapter 11 Case

    Bankrupt lender Aegis Mortgage Corp. wants to halt a pending employment lawsuit filed against the company and its hedge fund owner by Aegis’ founder and former chief executive, claiming the suit could hurt its Chapter 11 case.

  • September 19, 2007

    Former Distributors Lose Appeal Against Hearst

    Six former distributors of the Houston Chronicle have lost their wrongful termination and antitrust suit after an appeals court affirmed a ruling in favor of Hearst Corp., which owns the daily newspaper.

  • September 19, 2007

    Encysive Wins Dismissal Of Securities Suit

    A federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit that accused Encysive Pharmaceuticals Inc. of misleading investors about the prospects for its pulmonary arterial hypertension treatment Thelin.

  • September 17, 2007

    AT&T Hit With $156M Patent Infringement Verdict

    A Texas jury has slapped AT&T Corp. with a $156 million verdict in a lawsuit brought by TGIP Inc. over patents relating to activating telephone calling cards, reportedly one of the largest awards ever handed down in the Eastern District of Texas.

  • September 17, 2007

    Part Of Pollution Case Moot: American Electric

    American Electric Power Company Inc. and its subsidiary, Southwestern Electric Power Co., asked a federal judge on Friday to throw out certain claims in an environmental lawsuit accusing the energy generators of polluting the air near a plant in Eastern Texas.