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Appellate - September, 2012

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• 3rd Circ. Revives Damages Dispute In Eaton Antitrust Case
• Motorola Can't Block German Xbox Sales, 9th Circ. Says
• Calif. High Court To Review Employee Misconduct Finding
• 9th Circ. Won't Review 'Die Hard' Director's Guilty Plea
• Fed. Circ. Backs Ban On Generic Treximet
• SC High Court's Damages Ruling Will Cost Title Insurers
• Experian, CDIA Tell 9th Circ. FCRA Claims Must Show Harm
• High Court To Weigh Gov't Immunity In FCRA Class Action
• NYC Bar Pushes High Court To Detail Recusal Decisions
• Abbott Diabetes Monitor Patent Revived By Fed. Circ.
• 8th Circ. Affirms FBL Financial's Win In Age Bias Case
• Fed. Circ. Tells Judge To Review Samsung Galaxy Tab Ban
• Ford Not Liable In Car Fire Suit, 3rd Circ. Confirms
• Hospital Can't Use Immunity To Avoid Talking In Patent Suit
• Facebook Tells 9th Circ. It Didn't Illegally Share User Data
• Case Study: RAM Mutual Insurance v. Rohde
• Another Reason To Accurately Record Employee Hours
• Shell May Have Upper Hand In High Court Alien Tort Battle
• Comcast Needn't Turn Over Data To Directory Co.: 11th Circ.
• Lilly Nets Another 2nd Circ. Win In Zyprexa MDL
• County's Runoff Plan Violates CWA Permit, Appeals Panel Says
• Miss. AG Fights Appeal To Move LCD Price-Fixing Suit
• Dow Urges High Court To Not Take $62M Nova Chemicals Case
• Lawmakers Push 2nd Circ. To Find DOMA Legal
• Workers' Comp Bias Rule Doesn't Allow Tort Claims, Court Says
• DC Circ. Denies API En Banc Hearing Of EPA Emissions Suit
• 6th Circ. Upholds Medicare Fraudster's 10-Year Sentence
• 5th Circ. Chief Judge To Vacate Leadership Role Early
• RBS Bid For High Court's Eye On OT Class Wins Biz Support
• Toyota Buyers Tell 3rd Circ. $3.8M Headlight Deal Is Unfair
• 7th Circ. Revisits Widower's ERISA Suit Over Medical Bills
• 6th Circ. Revives FCRA Suit Against Bank Over Forged Check
• 1st Circ. Sides With Nationwide In Employee Testing Suit
• Pipeline Co. Can't Make Gas Shipper Buy Capacity: 1st Circ.
• Concepcion Sends Sprint Rates Row To Arbitration In Calif.
• Case Study: Fantastic Sams V. FSRO Association
• Think Before Incorporating SEC Filings Into SPDs
• High Court May Redraw Line On US Liability For Flooding
• Judge Rules Current Comcast Antitrust Deal Unenforceable
• GOP Sens. Blast Obama's NLRB Appointments In DC Circ.
• Pa. Justices Won't Force Legislature To Fund Court System
• No NJ Spill Act Damages Without Pollution Link, Court Says
• Developer's Google Subpoena Nixed In Blog Defamation Row
• Blue Cross, Others Duck Hospital Group GC's Firing Claims
• Nike Says Covenant Sinks Rival's High Court IP Appeal
• DC Circ. Won't Force Body-Scan Rulemaking Deadline On TSA
• IP Group Weighs In On Fed. Circ.'s Interlocutory Reach
• 6th Circ. Kicks JPMorgan Subprime Case Back To Federal Court
• La. Pushes 5th Circ. To Return BP Spill Suit To State Court
• FSIA Exception Applies In Austrian Injury Suit: 9th Circ.
• Vitro Claims Bondholders Revealed Restructuring Secrets
• Jury Must Decide NCR Pollution Insurance Row, Judge Says
• Indiana Can't Cap Medicaid Dental Services, 7th Circ. Says
• Pa. Regulator Can Review Local Fracking Laws, State Says
• High Court Won't Block Texas Voter Registration Laws
• Akamai Decision Has A Silver Lining For Some Defendants
• Calif. Court Denies Residents' Challenge Of LA Development
• Noteworthy Calif. Asbestos Cases Of The Past Year
• Texas Court Nixes Oil Co.'s Ownership Claim To Pipeline Gas
• Old-Chrysler Creditors Ask 2nd Circ. To Revive Daimler Suit
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Cremation Patent Suit For Lack Of Dispute
• Icahn, Raynor Spar Over Soured Federal-Mogul Deal
• High Court Takes Up NC Law On Medicaid Tort Recoupment
• Oprah Pushes 2nd Circ. To End 'Own Your Power' IP Suit
• Bayer, Others Ask High Court To Review Pay-For-Delay Case
• 6th Circ. Nixes Most Of Ex-Chrysler Execs' Benefits Suit
• Texas Open Meetings Act Constitutionally Sound: 5th Circ.
• Hospital Mergers May Help Competition, AHA Tells 6th Circ.
• Justices Expected To Write Final Chapter On Gene Patents
• 3rd Circ. Lets UnitedHealth Reject Chiro Care In ERISA Case
• 1st Circ. Won't Block Maine Health Plan Disclosure Law
• Apple Asks Fed. Circ. To Maintain Ban On Samsung Tablet
• High Court To Hear Privacy Suit Over Atty Use Of DMV Info
• Staffing Co. Urges 7th Circ. To Revive Trade Secrets Suit
• 9th Circ. Affirms Merck's Win In Vaccine Wrongful Death Suit
• Patient Suing Stryker Can't Get Calif. Hospital Records
• Employment Cases To Watch In The New High Court Term
• Pacific Asks 3rd Circ. To Revisit Reinsurer's Asbestos Win
• Case Study: ESAB Group V. Zurich Insurance
• Determining The Allowability Of Legal Fees Under FAR
• Case Study: WEC Carolina Energy V. Miller
• Case Study: In Re Rigel Pharma Securities Litigation
• Ethypharm Urges 3rd Circ. To Revive Abbott Antitrust Row
• 5th Circ. Reverses Course In Katrina Levee Breach Case
• Federal Insurance Owes $6M In Housing Bias Suit Coverage
• Gabelli Market-Timing Case Will Get Supreme Court Review
• Detroit Bridge Co. Must Follow City Zoning Laws: 6th Circ.
• 4th Circ. Lifts Sales Ban On Kolon's Body Armor For Now
• Andrews Kurth Wants 2nd Shot From 5th Circ. In Patent Row
• Firm Tells 4th Circ. Its $2M Insurance Claim Was Timely
• Full 7th Circ. Won't Revisit Ex-Ill. Gov. Ryan's Appeal
• 2nd Circ. Mulls Suit Against Coke Over Guatemalan Violence
• No 2nd Shot For Katrina GHG Suit: Hess, Others To 5th Circ.
• Calif. Court Revives Insurance Row Over Wine Recall
• Wis., Unions Face Off In 7th Circ. Over Act 10 Provisions
• Fed. Circ. Finds Travel Caddy Didn't Mislead USPTO
• Joan Rivers Film Invaded Fan's Privacy, 7th Circ. Hears
• 7th Circ. Broadens ERISA Whistleblower Protections
• 1st Circ. Reopens BofA Force-Placed Insurance Suits
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Revisit Landmark SEC Fraud Abettor Case
• Fed. Circ. Knocks Inventors' DNA Patent As Too Obvious
• EPA Emissions Permits Breach Clean Air Act, DC Circ. Hears
• 9th Circ. To Mull Concepcion In KeyBank Loan Suit Rehearing
• Ill. Can't Make Pharmacists Dispense Plan B, Court Says
• Courts Atwitter With Juror Social Media Use
• Uncertainty For Computer-Based Means-Plus-Function Claims
• Texas High Court To Hear Developer's Buy-Back Row With City
• 9th Circ. Leaves Climate Change Suits Up To State Law
• Verizon Unit Awarded Some Atty Fees In Calif. Wages Suit
• SC Johnson Bribery Claims Not Preempted, 7th Circ. Says
• 11th Circ. Tosses Royal Caribbean Legionnaire's Suit
• 9th Circ. Boots Challenge To Montana Wildfire Project
• Alpha Unit Appeals Discharge Limits On Pa. Coal Permit
• $304M Attys' Fees In Grupo Mexico Case Survive Challenge
• 9th Circ. Stirs Up Privilege Doubts With ERISA Ruling
• Fed. Circ. Awards Fees For Gov't Contract Claim Negotiation
• Texas High Court To Review Houston Firefighter OT Dispute
• Texas High Court Will Hear ConocoPhillips Class Challenge
• Dukes Dooms Class In Whirlpool Mold Case, High Court Told
• Wrong Standard Used In Acid Antitrust Suit, 7th Circ. Hears
• Pa. Judge Won't Block Voter ID Law Without Hearing
• 8th Circ. Tosses $13M Suit Over UnitedHealth Intermediary
• Cytori Protests FDA's Cold Shoulder Toward Its Devices
• Samsung Asks Fed. Circ. To Help Nix Tablet Ban In Apple Row
• Citing Texas Ledbetter Ruling, Court Axes Houston Worker Suit
• Calif. High Court To Eye Class Waiver In Wages Case
• Texas Court Won't Rethink Reporting Deadline In Asbestos Suit
• 9th Circ. Upholds Facebook's $9.5M 'Beacon' Settlement
• EPA Urges 7th Circ. To Revive Portion Of ComEd CAA Suit
• 7th Circ. Rules G&S Can't Sue Insurer For Affiliate's Claim
• Texas High Court Turns Down Refinery Fire Coverage Suit
• 'Willful Blindness' Test Not For Trademarks, 11th Circ. Says
• 2nd Circ. Pulls Plug On KeySpan Price Inflation Antitrust Suit
• EPA Overstepped Law By Voiding CWA Permits, DC Circ. Told
• Verizon Claims FCC Reached Too Far With Data-Roaming Rule
• Pot Law Doesn't Protect Fired Wal-Mart Worker, 6th Circ. Says
• Invalid Appointments Void NLRB Ruling, DC Circ. Told
• Tackling Rights Of Trademark Licensees In Bankruptcy
• 6th Circ. Revives RICO Case Against John Hancock, Law Firm
• High Court Won't Block Texas Interim Redistricting Plan
• Medical Transfer May Be Sensible Under Rehab Act: 10th Circ.
• FDA Tells High Court Warning Letters Aren't Final Actions
• 3rd Circ. Remands Irex Merger Row Following Court Review
• EA's Use Of QB's Image Not Free Speech, 3rd Circ. Hears
• Case Study: Kroll V. White Lake Ambulance
• Unsigned Employment Contract Can't Be Enforced, Court Says
• Lessons From In Re Rigel Pharmaceuticals
• EEOC Won't Ask Supreme Court To Hear CRST Bias Case
• Pfizer's Neurontin Marketing Hurt Payors, 1st Circ. Hears
• US Trade Rep Tells DC Circ. To Shield FTAA File
• Fed. Circ. Clarifies Burden Of Proof In Medtronic IP Case
• Conn. High Court Restricts Application Of State FMLA
• Chubb Off Hook For Starwood's $10M Defense Bill
• Marvel Tells 2nd Circ. 'Ghost Rider' Writer Gave Away Rights
• 34 LA Fire Victims Can Bring Joint Insurance Case
• NY Appeals Court Nixes $895M Sao Paulo Road Swaps Suit
• High Court Asked To Preserve Warrantless Surveillance Fight
• Pa. High Court Orders Review Of Voter ID Restrictions
• DC Circ. Backs Political Ad Rule In Donor Disclosure Fight
• 11th Circ. Says NLRB Lacks Authority To Modify Court Orders
• Texas High Court Questions Margin Tax In Nestle Dispute
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Army Captain's Bribery Conviction
• Calif. Court Revives Enviro Challenge To Lab Supply Facility
• Voter Group Asks High Court To Weigh Texas Registration Law
• 3rd Circ. Says Discovery Limits Don't Negate Atlantic Verdict
• 9th Circ. Nixes Mortgage Fee Suit Against BofA, Others
• CBAs Need Explicit Waiver To Prevent Bias Suits: 5th Circ.
• 8th Circ. Puts Insurers On Hook For $2M Junk Fax Settlement
• 6th Circ. Junks Goodyear's Securities Suit Coverage Claims
• 2nd Circ. Suspends Authors' Copyright Case Against Google
• Monsanto Didn't Target Farmers Over Seed IP, Fed. Circ. Told
• Calif. Wage Law Bars Casino Supervisors' OT Suit, Court Finds
• 5th Circ. Affirms Class Cert. In Countrywide Loan Fee Suit
• Pfizer Tells High Court Bankruptcy Law Protects Parent Cos.
• AIG's $10B BofA Suit Belongs In State Court, 2nd Circ. Told
• Aereo Streaming Treads On Copyrights, Networks Tell 2nd Circ.
• Feds Appeal NY Judge's Ruling That Poker Isn't Gambling
• Criminals Can't Earn Interest On Restitution Surplus: 3rd Circ.
• Citigroup Tells 2nd Circ. RE Mogul Can't Back Up Fraud Claims
• No Proof CDC Leaked Atty's Name In TB Scare, 11th Circ. Says
• Case Study: SEC V. Obus
• Citi, SEC Lash Back At Rakoff Over Rejected $285M MBS Deal
• 11th Circ. Buries Record Label's Nelly Furtado IP Suit
• 2nd Circ. Finds Queens Prosecutors Immune In Civil Rights Row
• Ex-Sears Worker Presses High Court To Hear Title VII Case
• Tobacco Cos. Ask High Court To Hear Engle Due Process Claims
• Calif. Court Upholds Ex-Sequenom Exec's Defamation Claim
• 6th Circ. Says FDIC Can't Recover $765M In AmFin Dispute
• Judge Backs Cap On Attys' Fees For Barnes Bay Bankruptcy
• 3rd Circ. Says EEOC Can Broaden Probe In Kronos Bias Case
• Widow Urges High Court To Hear Novartis Bone Drug Dispute
• Keep Political Ad Donor Names Under Wraps, DC Circ. Told
• 2nd Circ. Revives $2M Delphi Bankruptcy Claim Suit
• State Immune To Medicaid Rate Claims, Mass. High Court Says
• Lexmark Asks 6th Circ. To Review Static False Ad Claims
• Chamber Backs Barclays In MBS Disclosure Row In 2nd Circ.
• Pa. Appeals Court OKs South Philly Shopping Center
• CMS Auditors Immune To Medicare Suits, 3rd Circ. Says
• Case Study: Solis V. Loretto-Oswego Health Care
• Pitfalls Of 'Trends And Uncertainties' Disclosure
• Lloyd's Deal Axed BP Unit's Policies, Calif. Court Says
• Wash. High Court Says Anti-Gay Bias Law Isn't Retroactive
• Funeral Casket Antitrust Case Kept Alive By 5th Circ.
• Texas Court Axes Insurer's $6M Damages Over Energy IP Suit
• Post-Therasense, Inequitable Conduct Looks Untouchable
• 7th Circ. Hears Challenge To Marshall & Ilsley's ERISA Win
• 4th Circ. Says Dollar Tree Sex Bias Claims Time-Barred
• Texas Court Orders New Trial In Groundwater Trespass Suit
• 1st Circ. Nixes Maine's Bid For Early Medicaid Waiver Ruling
• 6th Circ. Revives Parts Of Energy Drink IP, False Ads Row
• Greenberg Traurig Still On Hook For Burned Doc, Atty Says
• Candy Co. Defends Time Sheet Rounding In Calif. Appeal
• Texas High Court Weighs TV Station's Defamation Defense
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Win For Cable Cos. In Data Patent MDL
• Groups Back BofA In AIG's $10B RMBS Appeal In 2nd Circ.
• NJ High Court Junks Firefighter's Whistleblower Suit
• JPMorgan Retirees Blast ERISA Ruling In High Court Appeal
• 6th Circ. Relieves Insurer Of Hockey Player's Injury Defense
• Indianapolis Official Pushes Entrapment Bid At 7th Circ.
• Pa. Court Orders Disclosure Of Solar Program Participants
• 6th Circ. Junks Pharmacy's Express Scripts Contract Fight
• 'Percy Jackson' Copyright Suit Doesn't Fly: 2nd Circ.
• NLRB Asks 4th Circ. To OK Union Under Controversial Test
• In Voter ID Argument, Pa. High Court Eyes Law's Burdens
• Texas Developer Argues City Should Pay Up For Floodplain
• 8th Circ. Backs HHS, CMS In $3M Medicaid Tax Dispute
• Allowing Deliberating Jurors To Read Indictment At Home
• Vicarious Liability — The Franchisor's Quandary
• Contractors And Campaign Contributions: The Latest Case
• Broadening Application Of The Filed Rate Doctrine
• Case Study: Rosado V. China North East Petroleum
• 5th Circ. Holds Chesapeake To $20M Judgment Over Failed Deal
• Appraisal Awards Support Bad Faith Claims, Fla. Court Says
• Innolux Wants Enhanced Royalties In Mondis IP Case Reversed
• Ex-Troutman Atty Can Appeal Ruling On Nursing Home Deals
• Shipbuilder Asks Texas High Court To Sink $4M Verdict
• Texas Child Protective Services Can't Shake $1M OT Pay Case
• Charities' Fraud Suit Against Ex-Lehman Execs Revived
• Sierra Club Slams EPA In DC Circ. Over Emissions Notice
• Cracker Barrel Can't Get Coverage For Bias Suit, 6th Circ. Says
• Bryan Cave Upsets $11M Malpractice Award On Appeal
• 6th Circ. Upholds Navy Subcontractor's $3M Jury Award
• ConEd Tells 2nd Circ. Negligence Felled 7 WTC On 9/11
• Penske Break Claims Not Preempted, Workers Tell 9th Circ.
• Grupo Mexico Tries Again To Trim $304M Attys' Fee Award
• Awaiting 2nd Circ. Spin On Bankruptcy Claims Trading
• Case Study: Great American V. End Zone Pub
• Addressing The Scope Of CAFA In Supreme Court
• Title II Doesn't Cover Employment Bias Claims: 10th Circ.
• 9th Circ. Cans WaMu Workers' Pay Claims Against FDIC
• 9th Circ. Rebuffs Ariz.'s Challenge To $600M Casino Project
• Md. Negligence Doctrine May Be Too Entrenched To Change
• Court Says Valerus Waived Jury Trial In $165M Credit Row
• NJ City Wrongly Denied Developer's Clinic Plans, Court Says
• Appeals Court Kills Shell's Bid To Revive Oil Delivery Suit
• Arbitration Pacts Don't Make Class Waivers Legal, Unions Say
• 7th Circ. Tosses Merrill Lynch Bias Suit Over Bonus Plan
• 9th Circ. Blocks San Francisco's Cellphone Warning Law
• 9th Circ. Backs HHS Bar On Medicare Claim Reviews
• NJ High Court To Decide Coverage Settlement Liability
• GenCorp On Hook For Plant's Cleanup Costs, 6th Circ. Says
• NJ Court Mulls Whether NY Atty Can Be Sued In State
• American Airlines Asks 5th Circ. To Block Union Vote
• Penalties Against Music Downloader Not Too Hefty: 8th Circ.
• First Horizon Derivative Suit Time-Barred, 6th Circ. Says
• 9th Circ. Finds Taser Warning Adequate After Suspect's Death
• Case Study: Louboutin V. Yves Saint Laurent
• Wyeth Asks Pa. High Court To Drop $8.6M Prempro Punitives
• Merger Standard Frees Insurers From Popcorn Lung Suits
• Employers Urge DC Circ. To Junk NLRB's Poster Mandate
• 8th Circ. Upholds Chubb Win In Water Damage Insurance Suit
• 'Hurt Locker' Ruling Condones IP Theft, Vet Tells 9th Circ.
• The Case For Appellate Review Of Choice Of Venue
• 7th Circ. Upholds Ill. Laws On Campaign Finance Disclosures
• NLRB's Rulemaking Power Hinges On Union Poster Case
• Retailer's Severance Pay Not Subject To FICA Tax: 6th Circ.
• 5th Circ. Lets IP Suit Against Lufkin, Andrews Kurth Proceed
• US Brief Supports John Wiley In Foreign Textbooks IP Case
• AdvancePCS Antitrust Row Can't Be Arbitrated, 3rd Circ. Told
• Insurer Off Hook For Intel Antitrust Defense
• Feds Back Army Captain's 3-Year Bribery Term In 2nd Circ.
• 6th Circ. OKs Class Action Over Insurers' Tax Charges
• 5th Circ. Kills RICO Suit Over Aviva Insurance Tax Shelters
• Pa. High Court Strips H&R Block 'Rapid Refund' Class
• 9th Circ. Vacates $60M NuVasive Trademark Verdict
• 6th Circ. Rules For Travel Sites In Ohio Hotel Tax Row
• Clerk Can't Claim Free Speech In Retaliation Suit: 2nd Circ.
• Tribune Creditors Can't Appeal $1.5B Bond Order: 3rd Circ.
• 9th Circ. Grounds Chuck Yeager's Publicity Rights Suit
• NYMagic Can't Revive $6M Injury Coverage Row In 5th Circ.
• NJ Court Says Town Officials Liable For Enforcement Lapses
• Disney, Fox Tell 2nd Circ. To Zap 'Percy Jackson' IP Case
• 3rd Circ. Lets Reinsurer Escape Asbestos Defense Costs
• Less Burden For Ga. Landowners: Apportionment Is OK
• Case Study: BNSF Railway V. Feit
• Safe From Avoidance: Electricity Requirements Contracts
• 1st Circ. Rejects Antitrust, Constitutional Claims In HMO Row
• Fed. Circ. Resurrects Patent Suit Over Helicopter Landing Gear
• 7th Circ. Won't Stay Ruling In Parking Ticket Privacy Case
• Constitution Guards Judges' Cost-Of-Living Pay, Fed. Circ. Told
• 2nd Circ. Keeps Discount Club Fee Suit Out Of Arbitration
• 2nd Circ. Lets Lilly Off Hook In Zyprexa Diabetes Suit
• Fed. Circ. Reverses ArcelorMittal Steel Duties Ruling
• Employers Must Shift Disabled Workers To Open Jobs: 7th Circ.
• Hospital Immune To Doctor's Suspension Suit, 10th Circ. Rules
• NJ Court Revives Sewer Authority's Fuel Spill Suit
• NJ Court Backs Toss Of Auto Insurance Class Action
• Minn. High Court Lets Insurers Go After Negligent Tenants
• 6th Circ. Defers To FCC In Clear Channel Telemarketing Suit
• 11th Circ. Lets ID Theft Victims Sue Health Insurer
• Case Study: Pinnacle Tower V. Pinnacle Market
• EToys IPO Suit Against Goldman Heads To NY High Court
• Pa. Judge Must Pay $180K For Defrauding Ex-Client: Panel
• ATM Antitrust Case May Have Opened Loophole It Can't Close
• Akamai, McKesson: A New Induced Infringement Standard
• 5th Circ. Lifts Block On Texas Voter Registration Rule
• 9th Circ. Backs Injunction Against Hotel Co. In Labor Fray
• PSLRA Claims Need Proof Of False Statements: 9th Circ.
• Expert Can't Appeal Exclusion Of Testimony, 9th Circ. Says
• Genentech, Xoma Beat Raptiva Warning Suit In 6th Circ.
• Pa. Supreme Court Will Address Attorney-Expert Privilege
• 2nd Circ. OKs $41M Award In Military Food Contract Row
• Insurer Must Cover Bank In Ethanol Plant Debacle: 7th Circ.
• Group Urges High Court To Hear Calif. Gay Marriage Battle
• Heirs Of Holocaust Victim Push 2nd Circ. To 'Return' Drawing
• USTR Fights Lumber Cos.' Suit Over $500M Deal In Fed. Circ.
• CIT Must Face Tyco's $190M Tax Claim, 2nd Circ. Says
• 2nd Circ. Revives $1.3M Obus Insider Trading Suit
• 10th Circ. Says Colo. Can't Regulate Army Chemical Weapons
• Fed. Circ. Affirms K-Tec's $24M Win In Blender Patent Row
• 2nd Circ. Revives Goldman Sachs Mortgage Class Action
• Fresenius Can't Stay Fed. Circ. Appeal Of $24M IP Judgment
• KBR Asks Fed. Circ. To Award Full $41M For Iraq Food Contract
• Colo. Court Nixes Excess Insurer's Win In Drywall Suit
• Implications Of Rocker V. Centex
• Case Study: Quade V. Secura Insurance
• Potential Ramifications Of Already V. Nike
• No Good-Faith Duty Until Contract Signing, Fed Circ. Says
• Jiffy Lube Managers Lose Class Cert. Bid In OT Case
• 2nd Circ. Ensures Color's Place As Fashion Trademark
• 6th Circ. Revives Fifth Third ERISA Class Action
• First-Sale Rule Applies Only To US, High Court Told
• Worker Groups Ask High Court To Define Supervisor Broadly
• Harley Notches Win In 7th Circ. Trademark Row With Licensee
• 8th Circ. Blocks Minn. Campaign Finance Law
• Tech Cos. Push For Rehearing In Abstract Patent Cases
• Cornell Must Pay $2M In AIDS Research Case: 2nd Circ.
• 3rd Circ. Says Amended Foreclosure Suit Is Time-Barred
• DOI Lease Cancellation Suit Time-Barred, 10th Circ. Affirms
• 11th Circ. Revives Suit Against Carnival Over Gun Death
• NLRB Asks 5th Circ. To Uphold Bar On DR Horton Class Waiver
• Fed. Circ. Won't Review $159M Nuclear Fuel Storage Ruling
• Le-Nature's Trustee Rips K&L Gates' Pa. High Court Appeal
• Pa. Tells High Court Towns Can't Challenge Fracking Law
• Toys 'R' Us Fails To Win Coverage In Worker Injury Row
• Docs In Judge's Defamation Suit Are Public, Texas Court Says
• Media Has No Right To Search-Warrant Docs, 6th Circ. Says
• Case Study: Monge V. Maya Magazines
• Case Study: PNC Bank V. LA Development
• Ascertainability: A Must For Class Certification
• How To Apply Dukes: 7th Circ.'s Class Certification
• Planned Parenthood Asks Full 5th Circ. To Hear Defunding Case
• Fed. Circ. Revives Santarus' Suit Over Par's Generic Zegerid
• Class Arbitration Barred If Not Noted In Contract: Calif. Court
• Maine Says Medicaid Eligibility Rule Is Unconstitutional
• Merck Resolves $220M Vioxx Loss Claims In 5th Circ.
• Fed. Circ. Shuts Down $626M Apple Verdict
• Honeywell, Abex Dodge $18M Asbestos Verdict
• Rotating Shifts Can Be Essential Job Function, 8th Circ. Says
• 8th Circ. Nixes Tyson Workers' Jury Issue In FLSA Suit
• State Street Takes GM Workers' ERISA Suit To High Court
• Toyota Rollover Case Reaches Texas Supreme Court
• TSA Defends Airport Body Scanner Rule Progress In DC Circ.
• GSK ERISA Class Action Overblown, 2nd Circ. Says
• Armey Asks High Court To End Penalty For Waiving Medicare
• The Practical Lessons Of Myriad
• Drawing The Line Between Collective And Class Actions
• Strategies For Moving To Strike Class Allegations
• Case Study: Acticon V. China North East Petroleum