There is an interesting story in Forbes on Lex Machina, a legal start-up that provides analytics for use in patent litigation. See Dan Fisher, Stanford-Bred Startup Uses Moneyball Stats to Handicap Judges, Forbes, Feb. 2, 2015. The company was...
The massive data breach announced this week by health insurer Anthem, with up to 80 million consumer records exposed (including Social Security numbers, birthdays, e-mail addresses and employment-related data), brings a sudden world of pain to...
In January 2015, the U.S. Congress passed a bill that authorizes the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, and the Nebraska Supreme Court issued a decision that will allow the proposed route of the pipeline to proceed through Nebraska. Supporters...
Addressing the analysis required to support both damages and willfulness, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a district court’s damages calculation and determination regarding willfulness. Aqua Shield v. Inter Pool Cover Team,...
Detroit-area nurses filed an antitrust suit against Detroit Medical Center (“DMC”), alleging that “softened competition” resulted from DMC sharing compensation information with other hospitals. The plaintiffs also alleged a separate theory of...
With close to $1.4 billion in volume cap for New Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (New CREBs) remaining, Notice 2015-12 (the 2015 Notice) announces the March 5 opening of the rolling volume-cap application window for governmental bodies (governments) and...
As the Open Text v. Box patent case gets closer to trial, Open Text sought to preclude Box from asking the jury to award damages in the form of a fully paid-up lump sum that would cover the life of the patents-in-suit. Open Text argued that such a...
The Utah Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling last week that significantly changes tortious interference law, requiring the plaintiff to show a wrongful act to pursue a claim. The decision in Eldridge v. Johndrow partially overrules over 32 years...
In its weekly orders (2/6/15), the Texas Supreme Court issued four new opinions and granted no petitions for review. The new opinions are as follows: No. 12-0136, Wackenhut Corp. v. Gutierrez -- This case involves a spoliation instruction,...
The Gambling Commission has published its response to the LCCP social responsibility review and a new version of the LCCP has also been published in light of this review.... By: DLA Piper - I-gaming
