Finding that no Internet-based practice management software existed at the time, Larry Port and a co-worker designed Rocket Matter, software as a service that gives lawyers the ability to track billable hours and manage matters, contacts, calendars and to-do lists from a Web browser.
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A client reception was in the works for Gardere Wynne Sewell in Dallas, and the firm wanted to go beyond the usual cocktail party. The firm needed a bit of drama — and ended up creating the firm’s own spin-off of Planet Green’s “Living with Ed” show, complete with host Ed Begley Jr.
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NEW ORLEANS - A panel of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 30 ruled that a widow failed to prove that the lack of warning of suicide and akathisia on Zyprexa’s label was the cause of her husband’s suicide (Beatriz E. Ebel, et al. v. Eli Lilly and Co., No. 08-40170, 5th […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on March 31 left a $79.5 million punitive damages award to a smoker’s widow intact after declining to rule on Philip Morris Inc. third appeal to the high court (Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Mayola Williams, No. 07-1216, U.S. Sup.).
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on March 30 heard oral arguments in Travelers Indemnity Co.’s appeal as to whether direct actions filed by asbestos claimants against it as Johns-Manville Corp.’s primary insurer should be allowed or whether they are prohibited under a 1986 injunction issued in Johns-Manville’s bankruptcy and a 2004 insurance settlement […]
The “hot news” tort arises out of the misappropriation and use for commercial gain of facts gathered by a competitor. But when the courts apply it, especially in new media contexts such as the Internet, they must be particularly careful of any possible unintended consequences.
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Two major publishers of health care data have filed a petition at the Supreme Court, raising cutting-edge questions as to whether the First Amendment protects widespread data mining done for commercial purposes. The petition is an appeal of a controversial 1st Circuit ruling.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a circuit court and held Feb. 25 that putting a permanent monument in a public park is a form of government free speech that cannot be challenged under the U.S. Constitution’s free speech clause (Pleasant Grove City, Utah, et al. v. Summum, No. […]
PHILADELPHIA - A federal judge’s ruling awarding a man statutory damages and $10,000 in attorney fees based on a mortgage lender’s overcharge for title insurance was upheld March 20 by a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel after it found that the judge did not err in determining that the lender should be punished […]
MINNEAPOLIS - Nine families sued the State of Minnesota on March 11, alleging that the state’s Department of Health has “collected, stored, used, and disseminated Plaintiffs children’s blood and genetic information without written informed consent” in violation of the state’s 2006 genetic privacy law (Alan and Keri Bearder, et al. v. State of Minnesota, No. […]