Dismissed: A federal judge in New York has dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought against Thomas M. Cooley Law School by a plaintiffs attorney who helped spearhead a series of fraud class actions against law schools in 2011, The National Law Journal reports.

Patent Chief?: Rumors circulate that the Obama Administration is set to appoint Phil Johnson, a pharmaceutical industry executive, as the next Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Gigaom reports.