Law
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A California federal court on Thursday kept alive a proposed class action claiming Facebook scooped up Android users’ call and text logs without permission and then sold the data to advertisers, but the judge warned that the users don’t have a “guaranteed path to victory”… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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French drugmaker Sanofi scored a win Wednesday when a Delaware federal judge invalidated patents related to rival Amgen Inc.’s cholesterol-lowering drug Repatha, upending a February jury verdict that had gone largely in Amgen’s favor… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Federal authorities on Wednesday turned up the heat in their investigation of a pay-to-play conspiracy between United Auto Workers and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles executives, raiding various sites connected to the union, including homes belonging to current and former union presidents… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A unit of C&J Energy Services Inc. will pay $2.1 million and submit to special monitoring to end a criminal case that charged the Houston-based oilfield company with contributing to a worker’s death by ignoring workplace safety regulations, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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An Indian citizen lost a bid for asylum on Tuesday when the Ninth Circuit ruled he hadn’t adequately shown that his fear of retribution if he were sent back to India stems from his protected opposition to police corruption in his home country… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 