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Ninth Circuit Hands Securities Plaintiffs One Mixed Bag, One Loss
Publication Date: 2013-01-02 Practice Area: Industry: Court: Judge: Attorneys: For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number:
The chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed plaintiffs securities lawyers a partial victory Wednesday, while one of his protégés handed them a flat-out defeat.
Clawback Controversy Now Clouding Dewey Bankruptcy
Publication Date: 2013-10-24 Practice Area: Industry: Court: Judge: Attorneys: For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number:
The fight over the validity of so-called unfinished business claims in law firm bankruptcies is heating up in courts on both coasts this week.
Government Nixes Stem Cell Patents
In a decision that could widen the field for stem cell research in the U.S., the Patent and Trademark Office has overturned 10-year-old patents held by the University of Wisconsin after a complaint brought by two watchdog groups. The PTO rejected three patents held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the licensing arm of the state university. A challenge to the patents convinced the patent examiner that researchers in the U.S. and Australia had done earlier work that made the WARF claims "obvious."TRENDING STORIES
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