The Litigation Daily
Merck Hit with Latest Sanford Heisler Sex Bias Suit
May 9, 2013 :: Employment
Sanford Heisler may have recently lost a name partner, but it hasn't lost its knack for filing attention-grabbing and—if the firm has its way—lucrative employment class actions.
Litigator of the Week: Morgan Pietz of The Pietz Law Firm
May 9, 2013 :: Litigator of the Week
Pietz's doggedness helped shut down a copyright trolling enterprise that's been irritating judges around the country for three years, not to mention scandalizing the technology blogosphere.
Judge Sides with Apple in iBooks Trademark Case
May 9, 2013 :: IP
A year ago, New York publisher John Colby salvaged a trademark case against Apple when he drummed up new counsel from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. Unfortunately for Colby, Quinn Emanuel had a harder time winning over the judge.
Deal with Societe Generale Ends Case over MBIA Restructuring
May 8, 2013 :: Commercial / Regulatory
The litigation that 18 banks brought against bond insurer MBIA Inc. four years ago has finally come to a close.
Hearst, Proskauer Defeat Class Certification in Unpaid Intern's Suit
May 8, 2013 :: Employment
When a judge conditionally certified an unpaid Hearst intern's employment class action last summer, the decision was a bright spot for lowly magazine interns everywhere--not to mention an early victory for plaintiffs lawyers at Outten & Golden. Now they're back where they started: with no payday in sight.
Susan Beck's Summary Judgment: Blowback for the Rating Agencies
May 8, 2013 :: Susan Beck's Summary Judgment
Has the credit rating agencies' overconfidence in investor litigation come back to bite them?
Jenner Scores for Chesapeake in Battle with BNY over Early Bond Call
May 8, 2013 :: Commercial / Contracts / Securities
A federal judge in New York cleared the way for Chesapeake Energy to redeem $1.3 billion in notes, rejecting arguments by BNY's lawyers at Sidley Austin that the company had missed a deadline for the buy-back.
Google Backs Samsung in Smartphone Patent Fight
A coalition of technology companies led by Android developer Google Inc. publicly stepped up to back Samsung Electronics at the Federal Circuit.
N.Y. Appeals Court Revives Bond Insurer's Claims Against Goldman Sachs
May 7, 2013 :: Appellate / Securities
Sullivan & Cromwell couldn't persuade a New York appellate panel to derail CIFG Assurance's fraudulent inducement claims over $275 million in mortgage-backed securities sponsored by Goldman Sachs.
