Discussion of a case in which 64 people died and nearly 700 more were sickened in 2012 after receiving injections of steroids prepared at the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, MA.
May 02, 2017ljnstaff | Law Journal Newsletters
California Court of Appeal Interprets Incontestability Clause in Profit Participation Agreements
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Counterfeit DVDs Restitution Award for Hollywood StudiosMay 02, 2017Stan SoocherA look at a case involving a billboard variance.
May 02, 2017ljnstaff | Law Journal NewslettersStarting in 2013, the USPTO has been requesting reimbursement for the time spent by its attorneys and paralegals on district court challenges to PTAB and TTAB decisions.
May 02, 2017Judith L. GrubnerThe Devil in the Details
Globalization has created new challenges for companies threatened by, or embroiled in, cross-border litigation. Assets and evidence, in the form of witnesses and documents, may be spread across multiple countries and legal systems. Judicial attitudes and procedures in these systems can vary as much as national political relations.
May 02, 2017Lewis F. MurphyPart One of a Two-Part Article
it is no wonder that those who find themselves on the receiving end of a product liability lawsuit and its attendant bad publicity sometimes fight back. So it was in a recent case, in which a company, publicly accused by a plaintiff's lawyers of using non–FDA-approved medical devices, fought back by bringing a defamation suit against the opposing attorneys.
May 02, 2017Janice G. InmanGood Guy Guarantees are intended to protect landlords against defaulting and insolvent commercial tenants. However,iIn Bri Jen Realty Corp. v. Altman, New York's Second Appellate Department construed a Good Guy Guarantee to hold a guarantor liable for rent for 11 months after the tenant surrendered the premises.
May 02, 2017Stewart E. SterkIn a newsworthy case in which retail giant Amazon and social media developer Foursquare Labs, among others, submitted friend of the court briefs, the New York Court of Appeals affirmed decisions which denied Facebook's motion to quash warrants issued to it by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office and denied Facebook's motion to compel disclosure of the district attorney's supporting affidavit to its warrant application.
May 02, 2017Maurice J. RecchiaIn-depth analysis of a case involving a landlord's consolidated holdover proceedings against a charitable institution leasing four residential apartments.
May 02, 2017ljnstaff | Law Journal NewslettersThe landscape for patent law has changed more quickly over the last five years than it had in preceding decades. Recent cases have profoundly changed the way courts and the USPTO treat patents and patent applications. The U.S. Supreme Court will have ample opportunity, if it chooses, to revisit the issues that have been raised by these cases over the next few terms.
May 02, 2017Gerald B. Halt Jr. and Bradley M. Brown
