A person can't be sued for allegedly helping to cause an accident by texting a driver, a New Jersey judge holds in a widely watched case.
May 31, 2012Mary Pat Gallagher
Google Inc. took home a defense verdict on May 23 in its smartphone fight with Oracle Corp. after a jury rejected all claims of patent infringement.
May 31, 2012Ginny LaRoeIn United States v. Nosal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, en banc, held that the prohibition against "exceed[ing] authorized access" to a computer under the CFAA does not apply when an employee has been granted access to the company computer infrastructure but uses that access, against company policy and the obvious interests of the company, to copy valuable, confidential information in order to take business from the company. For various reasons, articulated well in the dissent by Judge Barry Silverman (joined by only one other judge), the Ninth Circuit is wrong.
May 31, 2012Leonard DeutchmanRIGHTS IN BAND NAMES/MARVELETTES DISPUTE
FILM DISTRIBUTION/RIGHTS LIMITATIONSMay 31, 2012ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |For a class of older television writers suing studios, networks and talent agencies for age discrimination, a $70 million settlement reached in 2010 was a happy ending. For the writers' lawyers, though, it was only the opening act in a story line that might seem clich' to some of their clients ' a fight over money.
May 31, 2012Zoe TillmanHighlights of the latest insurance cases from around the country.
May 30, 2012ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |On April 2, 2012, Johnson Controls and certain of its excess insurers filed simultaneous motions for summary judgment on the duty to defend issue in the Milwaukee County circuit court. The outcome of these motions will be of great interest to insurers since Johnson Controls is seeking to fundamentally change the role and function of excess insurance.
May 30, 2012Chet A. Kronenberg, Sarah E. Luppen and Colin H. RolfsExpert analysis of important rulings.
May 30, 2012ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Analysis of recent key decisions.
May 30, 2012ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Family Court Act ' 439(e) provides that the final order of a Support Magistrate ' after objections and the rebuttal, if any, have been reviewed by a judge ' may be appealed pursuant to article eleven of the Family Court Act. But, note to litigators! Extreme care must be taken to follow all the rules during the objection process.
May 30, 2012Bari Brandes Corbin and Evan Brandes