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May 21, 2026
Sisvel's patent pool has reached a deal with Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Asus to license its standard essential pool of Wi-Fi multimode patents, resolving a swath of litigation but leaving at least one case pending in Texas federal court against an Asus subsidiary.
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May 19, 2026
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has recruited former Amazon in-house counsel Kevin Kramer to join its Seattle office, the law firm announced Tuesday, highlighting his track record of representing the e-commerce giant in consumer class actions and other commercial disputes.
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May 19, 2026
The Fourth Circuit on Monday revived a South Carolina widow's lawsuit alleging that freight broker Echo Global Logistics negligently selected the trucking company involved in the 2022 accident that killed her husband, days after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling established that freight brokers can face state-based tort claims.
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May 19, 2026
A Colorado aerospace company claimed The Boeing Co. has failed to disclose numerous witnesses and records through discovery in the company's lawsuit accusing Boeing of stealing its patented technology to use on NASA's Artemis moon exploration program, according to a motion to compel filed in Washington federal court Monday.
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May 19, 2026
The Federal Circuit has been asked to have another look at a decision that largely reversed a California federal jury verdict that awarded $18.3 million to International Medical Devices Inc. in a trade secret case related to penile implants.
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May 19, 2026
A Washington federal judge Tuesday appeared conflicted over Valve Corp.'s bid for a court order to block hundreds of gamers from arbitrating consumer protection claims, pressing the game developer on its evolving arbitration stance while suggesting users agreed to updated terms requiring such disputes to be resolved in court.
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May 19, 2026
Boston University says its insurer is refusing to cover $1.76 million in legal fees for the school's successful defense of a series of pandemic-era class actions, improperly relying on policy exceptions for claims based on "wrongful acts," according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
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May 19, 2026
Illinois Supreme Court justices on Tuesday pressed an attorney for Uber to explain how a widow's arbitration agreement through her own ride-sharing account is applicable to the wrongful death claims she has filed on behalf of her husband, who died as a passenger on a ride booked through his own Uber app.
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May 19, 2026
The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by the estate of a man who died while staying at an Airbnb property, saying a recent state high court ruling bars it from reviewing a trial court's decision to send the case to arbitration.
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May 19, 2026
The Pac-12 and Mountain West conferences have settled their federal lawsuit over $55 million in "poaching" fees charged by Mountain West for luring its member schools away, the leagues have announced.
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May 19, 2026
A Connecticut state judge has relieved Pullman & Comley LLC of malpractice, negligence, gross negligence, recklessness and fiduciary duty claims in a lender's lawsuit surrounding an allegedly unauthorized $16.2 million loan, ruling that the lender was not the law firm's client and, therefore, did not have standing to bring the claims.
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May 19, 2026
A former trader said a cryptocurrency company is using an "unfounded" characterization of his deposition conduct to seek sanctions and lend credence to facts it hasn't otherwise been able to prove in its suit accusing him of usurping $8.1 million in digital assets.
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May 19, 2026
A realty firm, a dispensary and its owner are urging an Illinois federal court to toss racketeering claims from another dispensary alleging they helped plan an illegal "raid," saying the complaint is abusing the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act process and fails to meet any of its pleading requirements.
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May 19, 2026
A group of minority shareholders of a nationalized oil company urged a court on Tuesday to stay English proceedings that seek to enforce a now-overturned $16 billion judgment in New York against Argentina while a U.S. appeal is underway.
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May 18, 2026
A Florida federal court rejected a roofer's claims that the state's Department of Financial Services caused him to be charged three times with insurance fraud, ruling the agency's job at large is to investigate alleged criminal misconduct.
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May 18, 2026
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office data indicates the office mistakenly kept hundreds of thousands of records of patent ownership transfers from becoming public for years, according to researchers who analyzed the files, an error that experts say could cause complications for anyone who relied on the incomplete data.
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May 18, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent holding that freight brokers can be held liable under state law for the negligent hiring of motor carriers that cause auto collisions is a "monumental" win for highway safety, plaintiffs attorneys said, as dangerous "fly-by-night" trucking companies could be put out of business.
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May 18, 2026
A Seventh Circuit panel seemed unconvinced Monday that a jury improperly awarded an Illinois wind farm contractor nominal damages in a subcontractor termination dispute, but suggested the $1 award may still be unwound if the court decides the subcontractor's claims were improperly kept from trial.
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May 18, 2026
The Third Circuit revived a Chilean construction company's bid to enforce a $140 million arbitral award against Italian construction giant Webuild, alleged successor to award debtor Astaldi SpA, ruling Monday in a precedential opinion that a lower court was wrong to nix the suit on jurisdictional grounds.
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May 18, 2026
Bank of America can arbitrate proposed class action claims over overdraft fees it charges its business checking account customers instead of fighting the allegations before a judicial referee, the Ninth Circuit has determined.
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May 18, 2026
Recent federal criminal charges over Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster have created new risks for operators of the cargo ship at the center of the wreck, potentially upending a civil trial that's set to start next month to determine the scope of damages for victims' families and other injured claimants.
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May 18, 2026
Two Pennsylvania consumers targeted Amazon's Subscribe & Save feature in a proposed class action filed in Seattle federal court Monday, claiming the e-commerce giant tricks shoppers into registering by pricing eligible items lower than other sellers, then jacks up those prices once customers are committed to automatic future purchases.
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May 18, 2026
Parliament-Funkadelic frontman George Clinton filed suit Friday in Michigan federal court alleging that music industry giant UMG has illegally withheld more than $1.1 million in royalty payments because of a separate lawsuit pending between Clinton and the estate of Clinton's keyboardist in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
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May 18, 2026
A healthcare company suing medical technology company Commure Inc. over alleged trade secret theft has said Kirkland & Ellis LLP should be disqualified from representing Commure because the healthcare company had tried to retain Kirkland prior to filing the suit and shared confidential information before anyone asked who the defendant was going to be.
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May 18, 2026
A newly opened coffee shop in a Fort Lauderdale open-air shopping center has brought a suit against real estate investment trust Kimco Realty Corp. and an affiliated landlord in Florida state court, alleging they hid major renovation plans during lease negotiations.