Jan Wolfe

April 14, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Some think the Second Circuit has already signaled its approval of Google's effort to digitize the world's books, albeit indirectly. After seven years of crusading against Google's project, the Authors Guild has tapped a new legal team and asked the court for a straight answer.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

April 11, 2014 | National Law Journal

An appeals court has tossed a False Claims Act case against Verizon Communications Inc., ruling that the suit is barred by an earlier case in which the same whistleblower netted a big settlement.

By Jan Wolfe

2 minute read

April 11, 2014 | National Law Journal

An appeals court has tossed a False Claims Act case against Verizon Communications Inc., ruling that the suit is barred by an earlier case in which the same whistleblower netted a big settlement.

By Jan Wolfe

2 minute read

April 11, 2014 | Litigation Daily

An appeals court has tossed a False Claims Act case against Verizon Communications Inc., ruling that the suit is barred by an earlier case in which the same whistleblower netted a big settlement. Wilmer Hale Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr advised Verizon.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

April 11, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd made a clumsy entrance into litigation over concussions in pro sports, filing a class action complaint against the National Hockey League that included a few attention-grabbing typos and factual errors.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

April 10, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Somewhat grudgingly, a federal judge in New York tossed claims that American Express, Discover and other companies used meetings organized by lawyers at Wilmer and Ballard Spahr to cook up a conspiracy to preempt consumer class actions.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

April 10, 2014 | Litigation Daily

When the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accuses his clients of discrimination, Maatman doesn't just defeat the government's claims. Instead, he has a knack for shining a light on the EEOC's own practices, embarrassing the agency and vindicating employers in the process.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

April 09, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Not only did the EEOC base its case on flawed methodology, the court ruled, but the agency employs the same hiring practice that it claimed Kaplan was using to discriminate against minorities.

By Jan Wolfe

2 minute read

April 09, 2014 | Litigation Daily

When inventor Lakshmi Arunachalam gets involved in patent cases, strange things can happen. But one of her latest cases quietly cleared a hurdle this week, leaving JPMorgan Chase & Co. facing claims that it infringed patents by letting its customers pay bills online.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

April 08, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Despite the efforts of Durie Tangri's Mark Lemley, Rovi Corporation hit another dead end Tuesday in its litigation campaign against the digital TV industry. But rather than raising the white flag, in the wake of its defeat Rovi was threatening a follow-up case involving new patents.

By Jan Wolfe

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