Jan Wolfe

April 08, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Even though it's likely to shrink dramatically, famed trial lawyer W. Mark Lanier says the eye-popping verdict blows away all those he's won before.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

April 07, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Teva Pharmaceuticals v. Sandoz could usher in a new era of deference to trial judges in patent cases. But Teva's lawyers reminded the Supreme Court on Monday that there's real money at stake in the case as well.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

April 07, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Paul Hastings still has a ways to go if it hopes to vindicate client Kolon Industries in its trade secrets battle with DuPont Co. But Kolon's big appellate win last week has clearly boosted the spirits of its defense lawyers.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

April 04, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Thanks to some aggressive litigating by Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, regulators and legislators are reportedly looking into whether military contractor KBR Inc. silenced whistleblowing by requiring employees to sign confidentiality agreements.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

April 04, 2014 | Litigation Daily

After DataTern accused dozens of SAP and Microsoft customers of patent infringement, the two companies sprang into action and used declaratory judgment actions to knock out DataTern's patents in 2012. The Federal Circuit blessed that tactic on Friday, but with some reservations.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

April 03, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Like her mentor Paul Clement, Erin Murphy of Bancroft PLLC now knows what it's like to deliver the winning argument in a polarizing U.S. Supreme Court case.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

April 03, 2014 | Litigation Daily

The Fourth Circuit reluctantly vacated DuPont's $919 million trade secrets win against Kolon Industries in a fight over Kevlar, handing a big win to appellate ace Paul Clement of Bancroft PLLC and cocounsel at Paul Hastings.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

April 02, 2014 | Litigation Daily

The ruling, which also dismisses claims against Tremont parents Oppenheimer and Mass Mutual, is a loss for attorneys at Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, who based their complaint partly on an exclusive jailhouse meeting with Madoff in 2009.

By Jan Wolfe

2 minute read

April 02, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Ableco Finance, a financing unit of Cerberus Capital Management, has hit a dead end in a malpractice lawsuit alleging that Paul Hastings bungled the terms of a $125 million deal in 2008.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

April 01, 2014 | Litigation Daily

With help from Skadden, News Corp. and its CEO, Rupert Murdoch, have dodged a proposed securities fraud class action over the company's phone-hacking scandal—at least for the time being.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read