Law
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More attorneys are getting comfortable with third-party litigation funding as it continues to grow in use among firms of all sizes and across many practice areas, according to a newly released report from litigation finance firm Lake Whillans… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Facebook has dodged a suit by a handful of tech companies alleging the social media giant intentionally set out to destroy app developers it deemed potential rivals, though the California federal judge who tossed the case said the companies could come back with a retooled complaint… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The popular country band that was known until recently as Lady Antebellum asked a Nashville federal court Wednesday to declare that the band’s new name, Lady A, doesn’t infringe on the rights of a Black blues singer who performs under the same moniker… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Retired Federal Circuit Chief Judge Randall Rader told the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday that the justices’ 2014 ruling in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank should be used like a “scalpel, not a sledgehammer” when applied to the question of a patent’s validity… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Two former employees hit WeWork with discrimination suits Wednesday in New York state court, with one calling her experience as a Black woman at the company “horrendous” and the other — a former member of the diversity and inclusion team — saying he was used as “window dressing”… Read this piece in its entirety at…
Mike LaSusa 