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After a three-judge appellate panel reinstated a property owner's class action alleging that oil and chemical companies contributed to Hurricane Katrina's ferocity, the Fifth Circuit granted the defendants' motion to rehear the case en banc. Then, because it couldn't muster enough judges to hear it, the appellate court dismissed the appeal.
By a 5-3 vote, the Supreme Court held that pharmaceutical pay-for-delay deals aren't presumptively illegal under antitrust laws, but the government can still try to make a case that individual settlements are anticompetitive. In other words, the pharma industry will be keeping its lawyers very busy.
Start consoling your child now. Lady Gaga-inspired Bratz dolls, complete with a zombie outfit and a removable head that reveals a bloody stump, may not be on store shelves in time for Christmas.
Passman Discusses Yahoo Deal, Hackers
Microsoft Deputy GC Pamela Passman talked about a range of topics including the company's alliance with Yahoo, cyberattacks in China and outside law firms in a recent interview.California and Washington State Bars Protest SEC Rule
Two state bar groups, one in Washington and the other in California, have told federal securities regulators that lawyers in their states are ethically bound to follow state bar rules prohibiting disclosure of client information. Their stance, in letters in August to the SEC, is in defiance of new rules that permit corporate attorneys to "report out" civil violations by business clients to the SEC in some situations. The letters appear to be the first volley in a battle some say will end up in court.In-House Counsel: Nancy R. Heinen., Apple Computer Inc.
Nancy R. Heinen. is senior VP and general counsel of Apple Computer Inc. The company has 10,176 employees and has manufacturing facilities in Sacramento, Calif., Cork, Ireland, and Singapore. The company has third-quarter revenues of $1.56 billion. The National Law Journal takes a look at her career.Microsoft deputy GC discusses Yahoo deal, Chinese hackers
In Washington and the world, the range of issues that interest Microsoft Corp. is huge. Pamela Passman, Microsoft's deputy general counsel global corporate affairs, watches over many of them.Electronic Arts has invoked a California law designed to protect citizens' constitutional rights to lash back at rival Zynga in the gamemakers' ongoing legal tussle in federal court. The dispute between the competitors has become increasingly combative since EA sued Zynga for copyright infringement. The latest fusillade came Friday as EA asked a judge to throw out Zynga's counterclaim and award fees and costs under California's anti-SLAPP law.
Justice's Secret Weapon Against Microsoft
While the Department of Justice was reeling from a June 1998 ruling that seemed to doom its claim that Microsoft violated antitrust laws, David B. Fein got to work. Hired by Joel Klein, DOJ's antitrust chief, with less fan fare than David Boies, the in court star for the government, Fein's investigative work and preparation of witnesses may have turned the tide against Microsoft.State AI Legislation Is on the Move in 2024
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