Jan Wolfe

January 25, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission notched a victory in its litigation push on behalf of transgender workers on Jan. 20, when a Minnesota-based company issued an apology and agreed to pay $115,000 to settle discrimination claims brought by a transgender employee.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

January 07, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

The U.S. Department of Justice's crackdown on rate-rigging by banks turned 2015 into a record-setting year for cartel fines, according to a report released on Thursday. And 2016 could be another big year for cartel enforcement, with the DOJ already pursuing several big cases and setting its sights on new industries.

By Jan Wolfe

2 minute read

January 07, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

The U.S. Department of Justice's crackdown on rate-rigging by banks turned 2015 into a record-setting year for cartel fines, according to a report released on Thursday. And 2016 could be another big year for cartel enforcement, with the DOJ already pursuing several big cases and setting its sights on new industries.

By Jan Wolfe

2 minute read

October 29, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Linde v. Arab Bank; VirnetX v. Apple; Williams v. BASF; E.U. v. MasterCard; United States v. BP

By Jan Wolfe

8 minute read

October 09, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Capping years of litigation over an arbitration gone awry, Remele helped secure an estimated $800 million victory for Seagate in a trade secrets battle with rival hard drive maker Western Digital.

By Jan Wolfe

5 minute read

October 08, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Despite efforts by appellate heavyweight Lisa Blatt of Arnold & Porter to engineer a reversal, Western Digital Corp. and one of its employees came up short again on Wednesday in their bid to undo a blockbuster arbitration victory for Seagate Technology.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

October 08, 2014 | Litigation Daily

A decade ago Rates Technology Inc. was one of the busiest patent plaintiffs around. Now, according a ruling in a failed case RTI brought last year, the company isn't paying its lawyers, its patents are near expiring and its president, Jerry Weinberger, is worried about his job.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

October 07, 2014 | Litigation Daily

After fighting for three years to undo a $391 million patent infringement verdict it lost to Versata Software Inc., SAP AG has finally thrown in the towel.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

October 07, 2014 | Law.com

In a win for Mayer Brown, the court rekindled claims that Bristol-Myers Squibb permitted Mylan Laboratories to sell a low-cost version of its patented HIV drug in countries struggling to cope with AIDS, only to have Mylan exceed the scope of the agreement.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

October 06, 2014 | Law.com

DietGoal Innovations tried to keep a batch of Texas patent lawsuits alive by attacking a New York ruling killing off the company's patent. But despite drawing a visiting appeals judge in the Texas case, DietGoal's bid to challenge the New York decision will have to wait.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read