Case: Federal Insurance Co. v. Samsung Electronics America, et al., No. 06-1040, Texas Sup.; See 9/4/07, Page 4.
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CLEVELAND - Consumer defendant Caterpillar Inc. was granted summary judgment on Oct. 30 in the national consolidated welding fume products liability litigation because the plaintiffs failed to present evidence that the company participated in a conspiracy to withhold information about the alleged link between welding fume inhalation and neurological injuries (In re: Welding Fume […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A district court may entertain contempt proceedings where a party subject to an injunction after filing an abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) that was found to be infringing files a second ANDA for a drug having no more than a colorable difference from the first, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. - An exclusive field of use licensee does not have standing to sue for infringement in its own name without joining the patent owner, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Oct. 15 (International Gamco, Inc., et al. v. Multimedia Games, Inc., No. 2007-1034, Fed. Cir.; See 5/7/07, Page 38).
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted the ExxonMobil Corp. appeal of the $2.5 billion in punitive damages related to the contamination in 1989 of Prince William Sound when the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground and spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil (Exxon Shipping Co., et al. v. Grant Baker, et al. […]
CINCINNATI - A jury’s $3.5 million punitive damage award was unconstitutionally excessive, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Oct. 17 in a copyright infringement case (Bridgeport Music Inc. and Westbound Records Inc. v. Bad Boy Entertainment Inc., itself and d/b/a Bad Boy Records, Bad Boy Records LLC, Janice Combs Publishing Inc. d/b/a Justin […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal judge handed down an order on Oct. 17 announcing that a case claiming that the design of Starbucks coffee cups or lids are unreasonably dangerous has been reported as settled (Larry Becton v. Starbucks Corp., No. 2:05-cv-1143, S.D. Ohio; 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43235; See September 2007, Page 5).
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JACKSON, Miss. - A Mississippi trial judge did not abuse his discretion in refusing to sanction a Texas law firm accused of shenanigans in screening plaintiffs in the federal silica multidistrict litigation, the Mississippi Supreme Court held Oct. 4 (Choctaw, Inc., et al. v. Campbell, Cherry. Harrison, Davis & Dove, Nos. 2006-CA-01621-SCT & 2006-CA-01625-SCT, Miss. […]
OKLAHOMA CITY - A woman preparing to try her lawsuit against the maker of Effexor on Oct. 15 asked a federal judge to bar Wyeth’s use of visual aids that were not previously disclosed and to allow the “whole truth” as to what the Food and Drug Administration did and said after her husband’s December […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American Civil Liberties Union, in an Oct. 3 petition for writ of certiorari, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether the president of the United States can authorize surveillance barred by Congress and whether the government can avoid litigation surrounding the surveillance by refusing to disclose what communications have been […]