Appellate Archive » March, 2008

Appellate - March, 2008

136 articles

• EEOC Proposal Shifts Burden In Age Bias Claims
• Spanish Court Upholds Pfizer's Lipitor Patent
• Court Upholds Ortho-McNeil's Topamax Patent
• Anti-Retaliation Rules Protect 3rd Parties: 6th Circ.
• Justices Decline Circuit City Class Arbitration Appeal
• The Challenges Of 'Bring Your Gun To Work' Laws
• 2nd Circuit Spurns Challenge To Adelphia Deal
• 2nd Circuit Chucks Suit Against Magazine Distributors
• Pennsylvania Ave. May Have Limited Impact
• Electrician's Sex Bias Suit Can Proceed: 9th Circuit
• Bayer Appeals Yasmin Contraceptive Patent Invalidity
• Del. Wins High Court Feud With N.J. Over BP Plan
• Justices To Review Law On Unions' Payroll Deductions
• N.J. Justices Narrow Use Of Damages As Deterrent
• Bipolar Attorney's ERISA Suit Not Ripe For Judgment
• Court Overturns Class Certifications In Car Maker MDL
• Appeals Court Offers Disclosures In Rescuecom Suit
• Federal Circuit Invalidates Rat Zapper Patent
• FERC's New England Electricity Pricing Affirmed
• Ministerial Exception Bars Priest's Race Bias Claim
• Ex-Secret Serviceman Denied Extra Pay Under LEAP
• Federal Circuit Upholds Slot Machine Patent Invalidity
• Assessing Damages When An Injunction Is Denied
• Barred Expert Decision Revives Suit Against Ford
• Human Genome Hits Genentech With Patent Suit
• NYC Found Fully Liable For Ferry Crash
• Amgen Ruling Will Increase Section 337 Investigations
• Qualcomm Loses Legal Fee War With Lloyd's
• Appeals Court Revives Coach's Suit Against College
• 11th Circuit Affirms Ruling For AMA In Antitrust Suit
• Appeals Court Clears Way For 9/11 Worker Suits
• Appeals Court Finds FMLA Covers Contract Worker
• 9th Circuit Wipes Slate Clean In Homestore Case
• 7th Circuit Reinstates Race Bias Suit Against Prada
• Appeals Court Clears Swift Beef, Others In RICO Suit
• KPMG Prevails Against Trustee Of Bankrupt Dot-Com
• Group Asks Court To Reconsider Cap-And-Trade Plan
• Silicon Laboratories, Analog Devices Settle Lawsuits
• High Court's Arbitration Ruling Gets Mixed Reactions
• FMLA Leave, Workers' Comp. Can Concur: 7th Circuit
• Court Tosses TSI's Appeal, Citing Jurisdiction
• High Court Won't Hear Retiree Health Benefits Case
• High Court Won't Weigh Case Against NYSE
• 4th Circuit Rejects Wyeth Whistleblower's Appeal
• Supreme Court Hears Transfer Tax Exemption Case
• Justices Reinforce Federal Preemption In Riegel
• Fed. Circ. Vacates Injunction In Lantern Patent Suit
• Brown Rudnick Steals Partner From Holland & Knight
• States Appeal Plan For Regional Power Corridor
• Canadian Court Upholds Lipitor Patent
• Court Won't Block NHL Web Site Consolidation
• Dell, Gateway Cleared In Computer Patent Suit
• Court Nixes Police, Firefighter Disability Suit
• Appeals Court Reverses Noninfringement Ruling
• Ford Not Liable For Rear Guard Failure: Court
• Court Overturns NLRB Decision On Harassment Rule
• National Grid Wins Stay Of Order On Gas Meters
• Plaintiffs Are Tripped Up by Loss Causation
• Northwest Creditors Fight Veto Of $4M Success Fee
• Disbarment Looms For Scruggs
• Injunction Against Qualcomm Chips Survives Appeal
• Justices Weigh California's Limit On Employer Speech
• NLRB Ignored Evidence In Contractor Ruling: FedEx
• Tribal Authority Must Face Toxic-Housing Claims
• FERC Scores In Price-Fixing Feud With ETP
• Enron Trio Loses Bid To Quash New Indictment
• ITC Must Consider Amgen, Roche Dispute Over Mircera
• Court Tells FERC To Rethink Pipeline Ruling
• Dish Takes Issue With $74M TiVo Damages Award
• $5M Workplace Exposure Award Upheld
• Sentences Tossed For Being Too Soft On Fraud
• $1.7M Award For Injured Transocean Worker Upheld
• High Court Gives Kerkorian Appeal Cold Shoulder
• AT&T Scores In Unbundling Feud With Logix
• High Court Nixes Microsoft's Appeal In Novell Case
• CNET To Appeal Ruling In Board Nominee Dispute
• High Court Denies Cert In Blood Storage Patent Suit
• High Court Won't Hear Casino's Case Over Union Rally
• Supreme Court Denies Cert In Nymex Copyright Spat
• High Court Passes On Tobacco Advertising Suit
• Appeals Court Overturns Nacchio Conviction
• Visa, MasterCard Win Appeal In Interchange Fee Case
• Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal Of Coca-Cola Suit
• Riegel v. Medtronic: A Win For Medical Technology
• EEOC Tries To Revive ADA Claims Against Delphi
• Scruggs Enters Surprise Plea In Bribery Case
• Wal-Mart Must Bargain With Union On Mechanization
• Trust Can Bring Claims Against Banks: Third Circuit
• Court Won't Block Generic Zyprexa In Canada
• 2nd Circ. Chucks Suit Against Community College
• Appeals Court Says Drug Test Unconstitutional
• The Tzolis Ruling, LLCs And Derivative Rights To Sue
• Workers Lose Plea To Join Donning, Doffing Case
• Preemption On The Mind: Recent High Court Rulings
• Microsoft Seeks Time To Overturn Class On Appeal
• Appeals Court Gives Grasso Judge Thumbs Up
• Supreme Court May Hear ERISA Case
• Appeals Court Reaffirms $82M Award In Ford Case
• Appeals Court Upholds NLRB Order Against Hospitals
• Appeals Court Denies Transco Rate Increase
• Court Upholds $76.5M Award To Fifth Third Bank
• Title VII Liability For Hospitals, Contracting Physicians
• What Supplemental Briefing Bodes For Bilski
• Don't Pop The Stoneridge Champagne Corks Just Yet
• Appeals Court Upholds $55M Damages In S&L Case
• Label Makers' Challenge To Class Certification Fails
• Wyeth, Upjohn Hit With $27M In Punitive Damages
• Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Against United Rentals
• One Patent Tossed, Two Upheld In Celebrex Appeal
• Equal Pay Act Claims Down, But Maybe Not Out
• Innogenetics Court Likens Royalty Award To License
• KBR Plaintiff Tries Again To Escape Arbitration
• Paris Court Bounces Boeing Suit To U.S.
• Pillsbury Nabs New Appellate Head From Mayer Brown
• Me-Too Evidence Is Admissible - Sometimes
• Firm Wins $3.3M Fee In Motorola Environmental Suit
• Ohio's Tort-Reform Tug-Of-War
• Costly IP Trials Make Arbitration More Appealing
• Supreme Court Ruling Could Impact Aredia Case
• Court Finds Listerine Class Bid Hard To Swallow
• Microsoft-Novell Case May Not Be Ready For Cert
• High Court Recusals Questioned After Split Rulings
• Trustee Fights Bonuses For Fieldstone Insiders
• Pressure Mounts On EPA For Alleged Stalling Tactics
• Donning, Doffing Issue Ripe For Court Clarification
• Ruling Will Guide Employers' Rights To Inventions
• Trade Groups Ask High Court To Nix State IP Immunity
• Clear Channel Antitrust Case Waits For Wal-Mart
• LaRue And The Likelihood Of 401(k) Litigation
• Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Rigas' Appeal
• U.S., EU Appeal To WTO On Chinese News Rules
• Exxon Wins Appeal In Employee Defamation Case
• MasterCard Appeals EU Interchange Fee Ruling
• A Paradigm Shift In Obviousness For Pharma, Biotech
• Supreme Court Deadlock Lets Rezulin Case Advance
• DOJ Official Lauds Justices' Antitrust Consensus