Jan Wolfe

December 30, 2013 | The American Lawyer

A federal judge who previously gutted investor litigation over LIBOR ruled Monday that she has jurisdiction over two high-profile state-court lawsuits filed against banks that set the global benchmark interest rate.

By Jan Wolfe

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December 27, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Even though a magistrate judge found that U.S. Bank had been "grossly negligent" in its document retention practices, U.S. District Judge Harold Baer Jr. ruled Friday that the bank shouldn't be sanctioned in an MBS case against UBS.

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December 26, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Schwarz persuaded an arbitration panel that client Swatch Group is entitled to more than a half-billion dollars from former business partner Tiffany & Co.

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December 26, 2013 | New York Law Journal

After the textbook publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc. sued Supap Kirtsaeng for copyright infringement, Kirtsaeng won a seminal U.S. Supreme Court decision that cleared his name.

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December 24, 2013 | The Recorder

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December 24, 2013 | The American Lawyer

In the latest skirmish between Google and Apple, Google has asked for a declaratory judgment that it doesn't infringe smartphone patents held by Rockstar Consortium, an entity formed by Apple and other competitors.

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December 24, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Deutsche Bank SA has become the latest bank to reach a mega-settlement with the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the conservator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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December 23, 2013 | The American Lawyer

After winning a seminal Supreme Court copyright ruling against publisher John Wiley & Sons, Supap Kirtsaeng argued that Wiley should pay $2 million for his legal fees, including a substantial amount for work that Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe partner Joshua Rosenkranz did pro bono. The judge disagreed.

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December 20, 2013 | The American Lawyer

According to the Department of Justice, 86 percent of the recoveries came from cases brought under the FCA's qui tam provisions, which allow whistleblowers to get up to 30 percent. The agency didn't reveal how much it paid to whistleblowers.

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December 20, 2013 | The American Lawyer

The Deutsche Bank deal is the FHFA's second largest, behind a $5.1 billion pact with JPMorgan. But the bank "vigorously" denies that it misrepresented the quality of mortgage-backed securities it sold.

By Jan Wolfe

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