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Scott Flaherty, based in New York, covers the business of law with a focus on legal ethics, lawyer misconduct, conflicts-of-interest and litigation involving law firms. He can be reached at [email protected]. On Twitter: @sflaherty18
February 10, 2015 | Litigation Daily
Cravath, Swaine & Moore may have taken a back seat in Qualcomm Inc.'s $975 million settlement with Chinese antitrust authorities. But there'll be plenty more work for the firm before Qualcomm's regulatory and litigation troubles are over.
By Scott Flaherty
1 minute read
February 9, 2015 | Litigation Daily
A nonprofit cofounded by late civil rights icon Rosa Parks can't block Target Corp. from selling merchandise that bears Parks' likeness, a federal judge in Alabama ruled Monday.
By Scott Flaherty
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February 9, 2015 | Litigation Daily
Symantec Corp. couldn't persuade a judge that Intellectual Ventures was asking too much for patents it acquired on the cheap, but its lawyers at Latham & Watkins at least got a jury to limit the damage.
By Scott Flaherty
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February 8, 2015 | Litigation Daily
Until Polkes' recent victory in a case against Marsh & McLennan, New York's federal courts hadn't ruled squarely on a big issue for employers: Can a company being probed for potential wrongdoing legally fire employees because they refuse to cooperate with an internal investigation?
By Scott Flaherty
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February 8, 2015 | Litigation Daily
The Chicago Sun-Times lost a battle over its right to report on its hometown on Friday, when an appeals court ruled that the U.S. Constitution doesn't give the newspaper a license to publish personal information gleaned from driving records.
By Scott Flaherty
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February 5, 2015 | Litigation Daily
The appeals court ruled that a company that intentionally solicited spam emails can't seek more than $600 million from Kraft Foods Inc. and another defendant just because they took the bait.
By Scott Flaherty
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February 4, 2015 | Litigation Daily
The U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board has become both a popular venue for accused infringers to challenge patents and a lightning rod for critics. Now the Federal Circuit has completed its first full look at an AIA review, and offered its stamp of approval.
By Scott Flaherty
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February 4, 2015 | Litigation Daily
Lawyers at Quinn Emanuel moved a step closer this week to forcing a payout from banks that partnered with defunct mortgage lender Residential Capital before the financial crisis.
By Scott Flaherty
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February 3, 2015 | Litigation Daily
Multidistrict litigation against Bayer and Johnson & Johnson over the blood thinner Xarelto is taking shape in Louisiana, where packs of plaintiffs lawyers are gunning for a reprise of a $650 million settlement with Boehringer Ingelheim over a similar drug.
By Scott Flaherty
1 minute read
February 3, 2015 | Litigation Daily
Never one to mince words, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff had a few harsh ones for Bank of America on Tuesday, ruling that the bank "utterly failed" to offer a compelling reason to retry a mortgage fraud case that put it on the hook for $1.27 billion.
By Scott Flaherty
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