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In East Texas, the End of an Era
Patent suit fan Judge T. john Ward gets ready to retireUPDATE: Senate Passes New Version of Loser Pays
It took only a few minutes this afternoon for the Texas Senate to pass unanimously a new version of the loser-pays bill, with changes limiting types of suits subject to early dismissal and limiting attorney's fees parties can recover after some rejected settlement offers. Because the Senate version differs from the bill the House passed on May 9, both chambers must now appoint members for a conference committee to negotiate a final version of the loser-pays bill.Judge Rules PIP Online Processor Flouted Dispute-Resolution Patent
National Arbitration Forum, the company that processes personal injury protection claims in New Jersey, infringed on a patent for computerized dispute resolution, a federal judge in Trenton, N.J., held last Thursday.Google Loses Bid to Dismiss Skyhook Antitrust Claims Over Smartphone Positioning Technology
Last September Boston-based Skyhook Wireless filed a pair of suits against Google related to Skyhook's smartphone positioning technology, XPS. If Google didn't take Skyhook seriously then, we're betting it does now: On May 2 Boston state court judge Judith Fabricant denied Google's motion for summary judgment or dismissal of Skyhook's antitrust suit.Securities Litigation Reform Act Gives Defendants New Weapon To Fight Class Actions
Congress passed the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act over the veto of President Bill Clinton five years ago. Designed to rein in the meritless and abusive securities litigation that had become increasingly common practice the 1980s and early 1990s, the act gave defendants important new weapons for combating the abusive tactics of the plaintiffs' class action bar.Cite as: Matter of Olick v. D'Alessandro, 115369/10, NYLJ 1202491672778, at *1 (Sup. NY, Decided April 2011)Justice Manuel MendezDecided:
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