Jan Wolfe

May 01, 2014 | Litigation Daily

It's more than a little unusual for an intermediate court to undo a high court decision. But Tillery's $10 billion battle with Philip Morris is no ordinary case.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

May 01, 2014 | Corporate Counsel

The EEOC's legal team continues to misfire as it extends its losing streak.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

April 30, 2014 | Litigation Daily

A judge delivered more bad news to disgraced hedge fund titan Raj Rajaratnam this week, refusing to dismiss an Alien Tort Statute case alleging that he and his father provided financial support to a Sri Lankan terrorist group.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

April 30, 2014 | Litigation Daily

With an eye on both its reputation and its wallet, Covington & Burling has spent two years fighting a judge's ruling that the firm betrayed a former client, 3M Company, by suing it on behalf of the Minnesota attorney general.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

April 29, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Irving Picard's efforts to spread money among Bernie Madoff's Ponzi victims hit a snag this week, when a judge ruled that Picard must present more potent allegations in order to proceed with so-called avoidance actions against entities like Societe Generale and UniCredit that handled Madoff funds.

By Jan Wolfe

2 minute read

April 29, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Claims of rampant fraud among Chinese companies that won backdoor listings on U.S. stock exchanges have sparked regulatory scrutiny and a raft of class actions. But this week the Department of Justice suffered a mistrial in one of its first criminal cases targeting a reverse merger company executive.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

April 29, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Octane Fitness v. Icon Health and Fitness, one of two highly anticipated patent rulings issued by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, doesn't just make it easier for judges to award attorney fees to the prevailing party in infringement cases. It also vindicates Octane's decision to stick with a lawyer who'd never before set foot inside the high court.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

April 28, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Federal Circuit Judge Evan Wallach ruled that the government can't escape as much as $100 million in cleanup costs related to fueling the Allied victory in World War II.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

April 28, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Southern District Judge Denise Cote on Thursday rejected arguments by Apple Inc. that an upcoming damages trial in the e-books price-fixing litigation shouldn't be held in her courtroom.

By Jan Wolfe

2 minute read

April 28, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Chevron v. Donziger; Kahn v. M&F Worldwide; Chocolate Antitrust Litigation; Asahi Kasei Pharma v. Actelion

By Mark Hamblett, Rebekah Mintzer, Saranac Hale Spencer, and Jan Wolfe

8 minute read