IP Watchdog

APRIL 29, 2025

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Monday when the court ruled they lacked foreign sovereign immunity and therefore are not shielded from an indictment for economic espionage in connection with their alleged efforts to steal trade secrets from E.I. A group of Chinese companies struck out for a second time at the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) overturns a lower court ruling, reviving a patent infringement lawsuit against Salesforce; and Limp Bizkit sues Universal Music Group for $200 million in unpaid royalties.

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Court Rules 104

Insurance Journal

JULY 23, 2024

The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that rainwater accumulation on roofs of buildings does not constitute “surface waters” within the meaning of “flood” in property insurance policies. The court found that the term “surface waters” in policies is ambiguous …

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Court Rules Insurance 122

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 25, 2024

An appeals court in Washington, D.C. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals reversed a ruling that had dismissed … revived the district’s lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc on Thursday, saying it plausibly claimed the online retailer’s pricing policies illegally stifle competition.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 31, 2022

The third example illustrates the risks of relying on manual processes to gather rules and deadlines from email reminders or court websites and transferring the deadlines into a calendar. The Solution: Integrated Court Rules. Today law firms have multiple options for automated rules and calendar management.

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 13, 2025

appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit by a conservative group opposed to diversity initiatives in medicine that challenged a Pfizer fellowship program designed to boost the pipeline of Black, Latino and Native American people in leadership positions …

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Court Rules 110

The Marshall Project

JULY 13, 2024

Another court must now decide how the landmark ruling will impact the Boy Scouts abuse settlement, which involves victims of police sexual abuse.

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Court Rules 120

Insurance Journal

JANUARY 23, 2025

A unit of Fanduel-owner Flutter Entertainment Plc illegally collected the data of a gambling-addicted customer to profile him for marketing purposes online, a London judge ruled. Bonne Terre Ltd., operating as Sky Betting and Gaming, breached UK data protection law …

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Court Rules 96

Legal Dive

JUNE 24, 2024

The court affirmed the constitutionality of the one-time Mandatory Repatriation Tax on income from investments in foreign corporations.

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Court Rules 96

Practice of Law

JUNE 13, 2025

FindLaw's Law and Daily Life) The post Unanimous Supreme Court Ruling Allows Family To Once Again Bring Lawsuit Over Mistaken Raid appeared first on.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 10, 2025

Last week, oral hearings concluded at the UK Court of Appeal in the ongoing patent licensing dispute between wireless communication developer Optis and consumer device giant Apple over 4G standard essential patents (SEPs) owned by Optis and practiced by Apple devices.

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Court Rules Technology Litigation 52

Insurance Journal

JULY 17, 2024

million) to about 2,200 former workers after a Quebec court issued a ruling in their class-action lawsuit against the airline. Air Canada may be forced to pay at least C$100 million ($73.2 The amount would cover lost wages, lost benefits, …

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Court Rules 103

Insurance Journal

JULY 17, 2024

Constitution and the Virginia Constitution, a Virginia appeals court has ruled. The Virginia Court of Appeals found that the … A priest’s defamation claim against his bishop is barred by the religious liberty protections in the First Amendment of the U.S.

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Court Rules 102

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

federal appeals court on Thursday revived a defamation lawsuit accusing CNN of defaming Project Veritas in its explanation of why the conservative group, which is often accused of using deceptive tactics, was suspended from Twitter in 2021. The …

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Court Rules 97

IP Watchdog

JULY 30, 2021

This week in Other Barks & Bites: a German high court rules that Lindt’s gold foil-wrapped chocolate bunnies have trademark protections; Federal Circuit Judge Kathleen O’Malley announces her retirement; the Federal Circuit rules that the PTAB gave no meaningful opportunity to respond to a sua sponte claim construction order; InterDigital obtains (..)

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The National Rifle Association (NRA) must reform its operations to conform with New York’s not-for-profit law and two of its former executives must pay the NRA $6.35 million in damages plus interest. That is the outcome of the latest battle …

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Court Rules 98

Securities Docket

JULY 1, 2024

was highlighted as an example in a recent report by Bloomberg Intelligence on the potential effects of a high-court ruling to weaken Chevron deference. Ahead of the ruling, legal experts also pointed to new SEC climate reporting rules for public companies as among those that could be most vulnerable.

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Court Rules 52

Securities Docket

JULY 23, 2024

Democratic senators plan to introduce legislation Tuesday that would effectively overturn a Supreme Court ruling last month that imposed new limits on federal agencies when they issue regulations about a wide variety of issues, including the environment and consumer protection. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.,

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Court Rules 52

Securities Docket

AUGUST 20, 2024

But securities fraud claims under Section 10(b)(5) of the Securities Exchange Act that are based on alleged “half-truths” can still proceed, the panel said … Source: Macquarie ‘Half-Truth’ Claims OK’d After Supreme Court Ruling

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Court Rules 52

Securities Docket

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission last month asked for the dismissal of all active misconduct proceedings against accountants sitting before its in-house judges, which legal experts said was a fresh sign that a recent Supreme Court ruling is curtailing the agency’s enforcement powers. Between Aug.

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Court Rules 52

IP Watchdog

AUGUST 1, 2021

Supreme Court ruled for the first time that plants could be protected with utility patents. Supreme Court ruled for the first time that living organisms were patentable. Twenty years ago, the U.S. Ag Supply, Inc., Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. 124 (2001). Forty-one years ago, the U.S. Chakrabarty, 447 U.S.

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Court Rules Technology 124

Legal Dive

JULY 25, 2024

The grocers have agreed not to close their deal until after the state court rules on a lawsuit brought by Colorado’s attorney general aiming to stop their combination.

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Court Rules 116

Practice of Law

MAY 28, 2025

While hailed as a victory for proponents of public education and the separation of church and state, the recusal of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett might well have kept the lower court's ruling from being overturned. The court ruled against St. For now, it stands as a somewhat unexpected outcome.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 9, 2024

court rules Google violated antitrust law and operates a monopoly in the search engine and text advertising markets; Elon Musk swaps out legal team in a legal spat with OpenAI; and 84% of tech company executives who responded to a poll say they want changes to U.S. This week in Other Barks & Bites: a U.S. copyright law.

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Court Rules 64

Legal Dive

JUNE 20, 2024

The federal appellate court ruled 2-1 that a competition designed to award grants to businesses owned by Black women likely violates federal civil rights law.

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Court Rules 110

IP Watchdog

APRIL 25, 2025

This week in Other Barks & Bites: intellectual property advocates across the globe get ready to celebrate musical creators for World IP Day 2025; Gilead Sciences scores a legal victory on discovery production in a case involving a conspiracy to sell counterfeit Biktarvy; former USPTO Director Andrei Iancu delivers a stinging blow to misguided (..)

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Court Rules Discovery Technology 52

Insurance Journal

JULY 24, 2024

A Santa Fe District Court ruling that State Farm and Casualty Co. does not have to comply with a provision of the New Mexico Superintendent of Insurance emergency order for insurers to pay $5,000 in living expenses to policyholders forced …

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Insurance Court Rules 111

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has reversed lower court rulings and denied a dentist’s bid for insurance coverage for loss of use of his offices due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The high court concluded in a case involving CNA and Valley …

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Insurance Court Rules 111

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has let stand a state appeals court ruling that tackled for the first time what is meant by “your computers” under electronic data coverage in a commercial property policy. The case involves claims by Bible video …

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Court Rules Insurance 109

Legal Dive

OCTOBER 3, 2024

A New Jersey couple severely injured during an Uber ride must take their complaint to arbitration per the company’s use terms, a state appeals court ruled.

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Arbitration Court Rules 105

Insurance Journal

JULY 26, 2024

A bill (SB2979) amending Illinois’ Biometric Information and Privacy Act (“BIPA”), passed by both houses of the legislature on May 16 and now on Governor Pritzker’s desk, effectively overturns a recent Illinois Supreme Court ruling that could have had a …

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Legal Dive

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Companies whose agreements need paring down in scope can expect some help but if the agreements need a major rewrite, courts are likely to balk, a Chancery Court ruling suggests.

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Court Rules 105

Legal Dive

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Supreme Court ruling that protects members of independent government boards from being removed by the president at will. Legal experts predict litigation may lead to the overturning of a 1935 U.S.

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Court Rules Litigation 105

E-Discovery LLC

JANUARY 31, 2025

The Jennings court discussed a series of discovery events, and added: The parties should be proactive in following-up with their discovery so as not to run into conflicts with the discovery cutoff. In one recent decision, a court wrote that it would be in the parties interest to reach a negotiated result.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 7, 2021

With South Africa’s patent office having recently granted the first patent to an AI inventor, and an Australian court ruling in favor of AI inventorship, it’s time to review how we got here—and where we’re going.

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Technology Court Rules 142

Insurance Journal

JULY 30, 2024

Consumers cannot expect boneless chicken wings to actually be free of bones, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled last week, rejecting claims by a restaurant patron who suffered serious medical complications from getting a bone stuck in his throat. Michael …

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Court Rules 105

IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 4, 2024

This week in Other Barks & Bites: Author files class action lawsuit against Meta for copyright infringement; Industry leaders urge Advisory Committee on Civil Rules to clarify third-party litigation; YouTube pulls popular music videos from platform amidst copyright dispute.

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