Vizgen Loses Antitrust Claims Against 10x In Biotech IP Fight

By Andrew Karpan

A Delaware federal court on Friday dropped Harvard's business partners at 10x Genomics Inc. out of some of the antitrust counterclaims by a rival biotech developer that is targeted in a patent lawsuit set for trial next month.

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Biden Honors Del. Jurist For Role In Brown V. Board Ruling

By Jeff Montgomery

President Joe Biden issued a top civilian award, posthumously, to former Chancellor Collins J. Seitz of Delaware Chancery Court, father of the state's current chief justice, for his role in decisions woven into the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling.

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Del. Court Rules Against Insurers In Harman 'Bump-Up' Case

By Jeff Montgomery

In a closely watched ruling on director and officer insurer denials of mergers and acquisitions cost "bump-up" payouts, a Delaware judge sided on Friday with Harman International Industries' claims that insurance providers unjustifiably denied coverage for a $28 million settlement of challenges to Harman's 2017 merger with Samsung Electronics America Inc.

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Opt-Out Releases In Lumio's Ch. 11 Plan Rejected

By Ben Zigterman

A Delaware bankruptcy judge Friday rejected the opt-out mechanism for obtaining releases for third parties in Solar panel provider Lumio Holdings LLC's Chapter 11 plan, but said she would allow it to solicit votes on the plan.

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Hertz Off The Hook For $337M Bond In Claim Recalculation Tiff

By Clara Geoghegan

A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Hertz Corp. doesn't need to post a $337.4 million bond while she uses an appeals court decision on underpaid interest to recalculate a group of unsecured noteholders' claims, writing the request would alter Hertz's more than 3-year-old Chapter 11 plan and give the noteholders better treatment than other creditors.

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3rd Circ. Won't Hit Brakes On NY Congestion Toll Launch

By Carla Baranauckas

New York City's highly litigated congestion pricing toll program began Sunday morning after the Third Circuit denied an emergency motion for an injunction to delay it while an appeal by the state of New Jersey unfolds.

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Pfizer Partner Targets GSK In COVID Vax Patent Suit

By Andrew Karpan

A drug developer that Pfizer and BioNTech partnered with to develop their COVID-19 vaccine has opened up another legal front in a dispute over allegations that the Pfizer vaccine infringes patents issued to U.K. drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline.

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Natera Loses New Trial Bid After Winning $96M Patent Verdict

By Bonnie Eslinger

A Delaware federal judge denied Natera's bid for a new trial in a case where a jury awarded the DNA test company $96 million in damages after finding rival CareDx stole from one of its patents but didn't infringe a second patent, saying Friday that sufficient evidence backed the verdict.

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Ex-Locke Lord IP Pros To Build Buchanan Chicago Office

By Adam Lidgett

More than a dozen intellectual property pros from Locke Lord LLP, which officially merged with Troutman Pepper on Wednesday, are moving over to Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, and most of them are going to be part of launching the firm's new office in Chicago.

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How The UPC, ITC Complement Each Other In Patent Law

Attorneys at Ropes & Gray discuss the similarities and differences between the Unified Patent Court and the International Trade Commission, as well as recent matters litigated in both venues and why parties choose to file at these forums.

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Longtime Cravath Presiding Partner Sam Butler Dies At 94

By Anna Sanders

Sam Butler, former presiding partner of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP during the 1980s and 1990s, died on Saturday at 94. 

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Breyer's 1st Circ. Visit A 'Very Cool' Opportunity For Attys

By Chris Villani

As some lawyers practicing before the First Circuit may learn this week, having a former Supreme Court justice parachute into arguments adds an extra layer of gravitas to the proceedings and another challenge for advocates to navigate as they make their case.

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On Capitol Riot Anniversary, DOJ Update Says 1,500 Charged

By Courtney Bublé

On the fourth anniversary of the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol and the day President-elect Donald Trump's victory was to be made official, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that over 1,500 defendants have been charged with federal crimes related to the insurrection.

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Ex-GMU Prof. Tells Judge To Ignore Accusers' 'False Reality'

By Aebra Coe

Former FTC Commissioner and law professor Joshua Wright on Friday slammed two former students' request to exclude evidence of damages at an upcoming trial in a $108 million lawsuit in which he accused them of defamation, saying the request is "self-servingly twisted to present a false reality."

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Judge Denies Trump's Request To Delay Jan. 10 Sentencing

By Frank G. Runyeon

A New York state judge on Monday denied Donald Trump's request to suspend his Jan. 10 sentencing in his hush money case as the president-elect simultaneously appealed the court's refusal to throw out the charges based on presidential immunity.

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Edelson Must Share Info In Tort Case, Colo. Judge Says

By Tom Lotshaw

A Colorado state judge has ordered Edelson PC to provide information about advertising in a toxic tort case over ethylene oxide emissions from a medical sterilization facility in Lakewood, with a bellwether trial set for this month.

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Withers Brings On 8-Atty Trusts And Estates Boutique In LA

By Emily Johnson

International law firm Withers has expanded its Los Angeles office by absorbing the eight-attorney boutique Hoffman Sabban & Watenmaker, Withers announced Monday.

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Girard Sharp Launches Into New Year With New Leadership

By Bonnie Eslinger

San Francisco-based Girard Sharp has kicked off the new year with a major leadership change, announcing Monday that Daniel C. Girard had stepped down as managing partner of the prominent plaintiffs complex litigation boutique he founded in 1995 and that longtime partner Dena C. Sharp was taking the reins.

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McDermott Adds Former DHS Deputy General Counsel In DC

By Jack Rodgers

McDermott Will & Emery LLP has hired a former deputy general counsel from the Biden administration's Homeland Security Department, who joined as a partner after working as an associate with Covington & Burling LLP, the firm announced Monday.

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Sheppard Mullin Hires University Of Calif. Health Counsel

By Rose Krebs

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP announced Monday that it has hired two attorneys who previously served in-house at the University of California to bolster its healthcare industry practice group.

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Trump Selects Long Island Judge For EDNY's Top Prosecutor

By Hailey Konnath

President-elect Donald Trump, who was born in Queens, has picked a Long Island state court judge to serve as the next U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, according to an announcement made Monday on Truth Social.

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CUNY Law Dean To Run Law School Admission Council

By Anna Sanders

Sudha Setty, a longtime educator and dean of the law school at City University of New York, will serve as the next president and chief executive officer of the Law School Admission Council.

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Talk Show Host Says OpenAI Can't Duck Ga. Defamation Suit

By Madison Arnold

A conservative talk radio show host pushed back Monday against OpenAI's quest to secure summary judgment in his defamation lawsuit, calling the company "the high-tech equivalent of the neighborhood gossip."

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New Joint Bar Task Force To Tackle Indigent Defense In NYC

By Andrea Keckley

The New York City Bar Association announced Monday that it has teamed up with the city's county bar associations to form a task force assessing the NYC Assigned Counsel Plan, which assigns lawyers to indigent people in criminal and family courts who can't be served by institutional legal service providers.

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Texas Justice Jimmy Blacklock Named High Court Chief

By Lynn LaRowe

Texas Supreme Court Justice Jimmy Blacklock is being promoted to chief justice and Gov. Greg Abbott's general counsel has been tapped to fill the seat Justice Blacklock is vacating, the governor's office announced Monday.

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National Court Reporters Association Hit With Antitrust Suit

By Jack Karp

The National Court Reporters Association exploits its monopoly in the stenographic certification market to charge its members inflated and unnecessary membership dues and keep potential competitors out of the market, according to a new antitrust lawsuit in New Jersey federal court.

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