Law
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An attorney who took off his pants at a security checkpoint in a Florida federal courthouse is fighting a bid to disqualify him as counsel for lawyers being sued by a timeshare company, describing the attempt to boot him from the case as a “heedless and vituperative” attack… Read this piece in its entirety at…
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The Federal Circuit ruled Thursday that Microsoft Corp. can’t challenge the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision in February to deny the technology giant’s petitions for review of several patents, saying the grounds for the denials are not appealable… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Former New York lawmaker Dean Skelos contracted COVID-19 and will likely be released soon from the prison where he’s serving time for a corruption conviction, attorneys from the U.S. Department of Justice said in a Wednesday letter to a Manhattan federal judge… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Washington federal judge shot down a Seattle-based music festival production company’s request to pause a case accusing it of misusing a partner company’s $2 million advance payment, pointing to technological workarounds for obstacles created by the COVID-19 pandemic… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Roughly $73 million of $97.28 million in damages over rest breaks was put in jeopardy for a class of California-based Wells Fargo home mortgage consultants after a split Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday partially backed the award, but said the ultimate amount rests on the Golden State’s high court’s forthcoming ruling in a separate case… Read this piece in its…
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