In an impressive move to bolster their standing in the health care law domain, Crowell & Moring announced the appointment of a former Department of Justice (DOJ) trial attorney, Michael Shaheen, as a partner. The announcement was first reported on Bloomberg Law earlier this week. As we understand, Shaheen will be rejoining Crowell & Moring…
National plaintiffs injury firm Morgan & Morgan PA has been at the forefront in terms of tort suits filed in federal court over the past three years, according to a report by legal analytics firm Lex Machina. Drawing on the findings of the Law360 article, the report underscores the leading role that Morgan and Morgan…
Fox Corp. has revealed its choice for the company’s next chief legal and policy officer. General counsel of Campbell Soup Co., Adam Ciongoli, will be serving as the new legal head, succeeding Viet D. Dinh. Ciongoli’s move to Fox Corp. comes as the current top lawyer, Dinh, prepares to exit the company by year’s end….
In the ongoing royalty dispute involving the estate of a member from the iconic band Parliament-Funkadelic, a Michigan federal judge expressed reservations on Wednesday concerning whether the estate has the power to demand additional payments from a music royalty distributor without first proving that it possesses an ownership interest in the band’s music. This ongoing…
A former Siemens Energy Inc. executive admitted guilt on Wednesday to charges of conspiracy involving the misappropriation of trade secrets. The executive intended to undermine the bids of General Electric Co. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. related to the construction of a Dominion gas turbine plant. This was reported by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for…
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is sounding the alarm over what they are describing as a “significant humanitarian crisis” unfolding in Sudan. During a recent press briefing, Dominique Hyde, Director of the External Relations Department for the UNHCR, detailed that the ongoing conflict has resulted in increased violence and significant distress amongst the Sudanese…
Dell, one of the globe’s leading technology companies, is currently urging U.S. District Judge Alan Albright to dismiss a patent owner’s request to drop infringement claims. The patent owner proposed that each party takes care of its own fees and costs. However, Dell negates this idea, arguing that the patent owner should be held responsible…
The second day of trial in a back wages dispute between a partner at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP and his former employer ended in escalated tensions. The trial took a controversial turn when a comment made by the Houston firm’s counsel was criticized as bordering on homophobia by the presiding Texas judge. This…
In a collective response to a trio of federal agencies, leading companies including Amazon, Cisco, Dell, and Microsoft have raised concerns about the current global licensing system for standard-essential patents (SEPs). The companies claim that the system lacks the necessary transparency that enables evaluation of whether an SEP license offer meets the criteria of being…
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard arguments on Tuesday over President Joe Biden’s asylum policy that adds restrictions to migrants seeking asylum. The policy assumes that migrants who do not use legal pathways to enter the U.S. are ineligible for asylum. The policy was previously permitted to remain following a decision…
Paramount Pictures and the family of a writer of the original “Top Gun” film are now embroiled in a bitter intellectual property dispute. The entertainment behemoth and the family have recently exchanged fusillades in the form of competing motions for summary judgment at a federal court in California. The lawsuit accuses Paramount of infringing copyrighted…
As we approach 2024, it’s crucial for both corporations and law firms to be aware of the changes taking place within the parameters of California’s employment law. In light of these developments, this article offers a summary of the impending amendments to the law as delineated in the November edition of The Essentials. To begin…
A legal battle involving tech giants, Google and Sonos, has made its way to the Federal Circuit. On Wednesday, an argument was made by Sonos, stating that the U.S. International Trade Commission erroneously decided that redesigned Google audio products do not infringe Sonos patents. On the other hand, Google argued for complete clearance from the…
An insurance company grappling with a bad faith lawsuit from a Colorado personal injury firm has been ordered by a federal magistrate judge to turn over certain documents. The documents, which the insurer insisted were shielded by attorney-client privilege, are said to be associated with one of the insurer’s lawyers who functioned as a claims…
The United Kingdom recently hosted a pivotal Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit from November 1 – 2 at Bletchley Park, with the principal intention of congregating influential figures from international governments, AI companies, civil society groups, and research experts. The objective of this gathering was to deliberate on the potential threats that AI may pose…
In an ongoing disbarment trial, the attorney for John Eastman, confronted a potential setback on Wednesday. The presiding judge initially refused to introduce an expert report challenging the outcomes of the 2020 presidential election as evidence. However, she later expressed a willingness to reconsider this matter in further discussions. The report in question has been…
On Wednesday, Ivanka Trump—the eldest daughter of Donald Trump—testified in the civil fraud trial brought against her family’s real estate business by the New York attorney general. According to a report by Frank G. Runyeon published on Law360, Ivanka distanced herself from her father’s financial statements during her testimony. In an apparent move to define…
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has finalized its 2023 Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule, which becomes effective on November 27, 2023. As published in the Federal Register on September 27, 2023, the new rule purports to bolster the potency of states, territories, and tribes in safeguarding water…
Judge Tanya Chutkan continues to counteract Donald Trump’s attempts to slow his election interference case in DC. Starting from the moment the indictment was filed, Trump publicly voiced his intention to assert an advice of counsel defense. His lawyer John Lauro reiterated this in numerous public statements like on August 6 when he informed NBC’s…
Ending a 118-day strike that brought TV and film production to a halt, Hollywood studios and a union representing approximately 160,000 actors have reached a tentative agreement. The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) TV/Theatrical Committee approved the tentative agreement unanimously, according to a union statement. The strike will…
In an interesting turn of events, the Sixth District Court of Appeal reversed an initial trial court’s judgment, which held that Monterey County’s permitting of a desalination plant was unjustified. This conclusion came in response to a writ set aside by the court against the investor-owned public utility/water supplier California-American Water Company (“Cal-Am”), as documented…
In a case that has gripped the legal industry this week, a former Colorado General Counsel has been given a sentence of 22 months in prison by a federal judge. The sentence follows the General Counsel’s attempt to bribe a Florida airport official, extending an offer that would provide a portion of profit in return…
A novel development has unfolded in the ongoing second Chapter 11 case of Johnson & Johnson’s talc spinoff. According to recent reports, firms representing talc injury claimants have been granted approval by a New Jersey bankruptcy judge for compensation concerning work carried out in the initial stages of the case. Yet, the approval came with…
Law firm leaders in the West are grappling with the complex dynamics of managing offices in Asia, as expounded on by Jessica Seah in the Asian Legal Briefing. With almost fifty distinct countries in the region, and a multitude of varying laws and traditions, therapists is no one-size-fits-all method to manage the challenges faced by…
In a recent legal development, The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has decided to sustain all claims in a wireless patent belonging to Smart Mobile, which had been contested by both Apple and Samsung in a district court. Details can be found on Law360. This decision marks another chapter in the ongoing legal discord…