Jan Wolfe

August 14, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Hausfeld and Isaacson's landmark win in O'Bannon v. NCAA promises to transform the business of college sports—and the fate of the student athletes who play them.

By Jan Wolfe

5 minute read

August 13, 2014 | Litigation Daily

The ruling is the latest in a string of victories for photojournalist Daniel Morel and his lead trial lawyer, Joseph Baio of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, who may soon be financially rewarded for a case he's called a labor of love.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

August 13, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Irving Picard of Baker & Hostetler, the liquidation trustee for Bernie Madoff's fraud-soaked investment firm, suffered a second setback this week in his bankruptcy court fight with J. Ezra Merkin and the Madoff feeder funds he managed.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

August 12, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Facebook Inc. and its lawyers at Cooley have lost their bid to recover attorney fees from Rembrandt Social Media, the nonpracticing entity they slayed at trial in June.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

August 12, 2014 | Law.com

A group of major tech companies and academics have thrown their weight behind Marvell Semiconductor's bid to reverse a $1.54 billion trial loss to Carnegie Mellon University, arguing that the verdict was based on a dangerous ruling applying U.S. patent law to overseas commerce.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

August 11, 2014 | Litigation Daily

A federal judge in San Diego ruled that that a do-over is needed in ViaSat's case against Space Systems/Loral in order "to prevent a miscarriage of justice."

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

August 11, 2014 | Litigation Daily

The patent licensing company VirnetX got a boost on Friday in its latest fight with Apple, persuading a federal judge in East Texas that Apple can't revive defenses from an earlier case that culminated in a $368 million verdict for VirnetX.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

August 09, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Irving Picard, the trustee tasked with unwinding Bernie Madoff's investment firm, has hit another wall in his efforts to block two big-dollar settlements with companies that once funneled cash into Madoff's Ponzi fraud.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

August 08, 2014 | Litigation Daily

The first-ever U.S. terrorism financing trial represents a big challenge for defense lawyers at DLA Piper, and a historic opportunity for the unusual alliance of plaintiffs attorneys behind the case.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

August 07, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, a broadcaster mostly controlled by the Baltimore Orioles, has bought itself an extra inning in its bid to undo an arbitration panel's decision that it owes about $80 million in telecast licensing revenue to the Washington Nationals.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read