Finnegan, Henderson won a rehearing for client Akamai in a case in which the Federal Circuit affirmed a trial judge's rejection of a $40 million verdict won by Akamai and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology against Limelight Networks. The case should clarify when separate parties who perform different steps of a method claim can be jointly liable.

The court clarified when a defendant can be found liable for jointly infringing a patent. Here, Kirkland client Limelight was found not liable for alleged infringment by its customers.

Merck became just the latest healthcare company to strike a major settlement with the Justice Department on Tuesday, agreeing to a $321.6 million criminal fine and a $628.3 million civil settlement to resolve claims over its marketing of the painkiller Vioxx.

It once seemed almost impossible for ARS plaintiffs to make headway in federal court. It's still very tough, but at least there's hope.

An AIG subsidiary and its lawyers at Quinn Emanuel claim that Travelers is using a shell company to make arguments that it couldn't make on its own in order to escape liability for a $21 million settlement for a Boston tunnel collapse.