February 14, 2014
A recent decision blocking AT&T Inc. from contesting a $40 million patent verdict against it because its 18 lawyers from Sidley Austin LLP and Davis Cedillo & Mendoza Inc. missed the appeal deadline serves as a powerful warning that firms need a thorough and reliable system for monitoring case developments to reduce the risk of making a multimillion-dollar mistake, lawyers say.
February 13, 2014
AT&T Inc. appealed to the Federal Circuit on Thursday to review a Texas federal judge's decision that barred the company from appealing a $40 million patent infringement verdict against it because its attorneys from Sidley Austin LLP and Davis Cedillo & Mendoza Inc. missed the appeal deadline.
February 12, 2014
A Texas federal judge ruled last week that AT&T Inc. cannot appeal a $40 million patent verdict against it because its attorneys from Sidley Austin LLP and Davis Cedillo & Mendoza Inc. missed the appeal deadline, rejecting the company's claim that it was not notified when the clock started running.
March 20, 2013
A Texas jury on Wednesday awarded $27.5 million in damages to Two-Way Media LLC in its lawsuit alleging AT&T Inc. and its subsidiaries infringed a group of patents governing live-streaming technology for broadcasting audio and video over the Internet.