Law
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Apple hit back Thursday against what it called an “improper and inflammatory” attempt by Qualcomm to undermine the Cupertino-based tech giant’s opening statement in a closely watched smartphone patent infringement trial that kicked off this week in California federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Monsanto lost a bid to pare back multidistrict litigation over the agrochemical giant’s allegedly carcinogenic Roundup weedkiller when a California federal judge ruled Thursday that the claims in three bellwether cases are backed by believable evidence and aren’t preempted by other laws… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Hospira Inc. asked the Federal Circuit on Tuesday to uphold the validity of a patent for its sedation drug Precedex for the second time this year, arguing that an Illinois federal court hadn’t correctly analyzed the obviousness of a key claim when deciding to invalidate the patent… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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ussian telecommunications group Mobile TeleSystems PJSC and a subsidiary agreed to pay $850 million related to U.S. authorities’ allegations that the company bribed an Uzbek official to win $2.4 billion worth of business, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Wednesday… This piece was co-authored with Rachel Graf. Read it in its entirety at Law360.
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A consumer’s suit alleging a brake defect in Hyundai’s Santa Fe SUVs can’t be certified as a class action because she hasn’t adequately proved the commonality of the alleged damages suffered by the proposed class members, a New York federal judge has said… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 