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PATENT – Innovation IP Ventures LLC v. McDonald’s Corp.

COMPLAINT – Innovation holds patents on wireless local access network devices. Innovation claims that McDonald’s is infringing these WLAN patents through the methods it uses to provide internet access to its customers. (N.D. Ill.)

BALLOT INITIATIVES – In re Contest of Election Held on Stark Cnty. Issue 6

OPINION – A question on a township ballot seeking approval for expansion of the policing district, and a property tax to pay for the expansion, understated the tax. The actual tax would be approximately ten times what was proposed in the ballot question. The question was misleading, and the trial court was correct in setting aside the electoral approval of the measure. (Ohio)

FEES AND COSTS – Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan Ltd.

OPINION – Prevailing parties in litigation are not entitled to reimbursement of document translation costs, because while the federal statute allows for payment of interpreters’ fees, the ordinary meaning of that term is someone who translates orally from one language to another, the Supreme Court has ruled. (U.S.)

NEGLIGENCE - Vasquez v. Princess Cruise Lines Ltd.

COMPLAINT - Where two fishermen on a distressed boat died days after being sighted by passengers on passing cruise ship Star Princess, the surviving fisherman has filed a complaint for cruise ship’s failure to respond and aid. (Cir. Ct. Fla.)

EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION – Ponce v. Billington

OPINION – The D.C. Circuit has ruled that while a trial judge erred by instructing a jury that a plaintiff must prove unlawful discrimination was the “sole reason” the Library of Congress for passed him over for a position, the judge later provided the correct “but-for” standard. (D.C. Cir.)

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Summary Judgments: Ties that bind

5/22/2012

An executive with a tort reform group criticizes Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal’s relationship with the plaintiffs’ bar.

Delaware Chancery Court, file. REUTERS Tim Shaffer

Allscripts sued by shareholder, seeks proxy fight

5/21/2012

One of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc's largest shareholders sued the company on Monday to be allowed to launch a proxy fight after its chief executive refused demands to resign.

Zuckerberg and Chan in China, 2012. REUTERS

Zuckerberg's post-IPO wedding is smart legal move

5/21/2012

Even without a prenup, the wedding's timing would help establish the value of the couple's assets in the event of any future divorce battle.

Money, file. REUTERS Steve Marcus

Ex-Haiti official gets prison for telecom bribery

5/21/2012

Jean Rene Duperval was sentenced to nine years in prison for accepting about $500,000 in bribes from two U.S. ompanies that secured lucrative long-distance phone contracts.

IndyMac, file. REUTERS Danny Moloshok

Federal judge rejects part of IndyMac fraud case

5/21/2012

The ruling substantially narrows the SEC's case against former executives of the the failed mortgage lender ahead of an upcoming trial.

Gucci, file. REUTERS Alessia Pierdomenico

Gucci wins $4.66 mln, ban on Guess knock-offs

5/21/2012

A U.S. judge said an analysis of harm to the company's brand was "highly speculative" and allowed just a small fraction of the more than $120 million sought over alleged trademark infringement.

Hundred dollar bills money sheet REUTERS Photographer

Breakingviews: Houghton Mifflin is a textbook case of bad timing

5/21/2012

Borrowing during the good times had left the publisher with some $7 billion of debt - a load that became unbearable after the bust.

A general view of the state courthouse at 60 Centre Street is seen in New York. REUTERS Chip East

Judge should rule MBIA split was rational, N.Y. says

5/21/2012

Justice Barbara Kapnick need only determine whether the decision to approve the bond insurer's restructuring was rational, argued an attorney for the state's regulator, not whether it was right.

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Lawyers on the move

5/21/2012

Attorneys from Dewey & LeBoeuf continue to spread out among other firms; Kelli Moll joins Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.

A scientist works with human genetic material, file. REUTERS Michael Dalder

Supreme Court decides in vitro fertilization benefits

5/21/2012

The high court ruled that children conceived through artificial insemination after the death of a parent were not automatically entitled to survivor benefits.

Dharun Ravi listens as the verdict is read in his bias intimidation case. REUTERS Lucas Jackson

Former Rutgers student gets 30 days prison for bias crimes

5/21/2012

Dharun Ravi faced a maximum of 10 years in a tragic case that put the national spotlight on gay bullying in the age of webcams and social media.

Rajat Gupta outside of court, 2012. REUTERS Brendan McDermid

Prosecutor says Rajat Gupta cheated, abandoned duties

5/21/2012

Once a boldface name in business and charity circles, Gupta is the most prominent corporate executive charged in the U.S. government's crackdown on insider trading.


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