Jan Wolfe

October 06, 2014 | Litigation Daily

In a development that's sure to cheer the pharmaceutical industry, the U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to review a lower court ruling limiting drug companies' False Claims Act liability for shoddy distribution practices.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

October 06, 2014 | International Edition

An ICSID panel found for Hungary in a €300 million investor-state arbitration over a canceled mega-casino backed by U.S. billionaire Ronald Lauder.

By Jan Wolfe

2 minute read

October 05, 2014 | Litigation Daily

The ruling is a blow to salesmen-turned-plaintiffs lawyer Kevin Colquitt, who sued Abbott when he was a law student and then, Kirkland & Ellis says, shopped the case to law firms in order to land a job.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

October 05, 2014 | Litigation Daily

The fund's lawyers at Simpson Thacher persuaded a judge to rule for the second time that MatlinPatterson never agreed to arbitrate pricing disputes over a $320 million Brazilian airline industry transaction.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

October 02, 2014 | Litigation Daily

The firm and its cocounsel raked in about $120 million in fees from the bankruptcy of Asarco LLC, plus an enhancement of $4.2 million for work that a judge called "nothing short of extraordinary." But the firm says it's entitled to millions more incurred successfully defending its bounty.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

October 02, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Re and his firm won their biggest victory yet for medical device company Masimo Corp., persuading a federal jury in Delaware that Philips Electronics owes $467 million for infringing two Masimo patents.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

October 01, 2014 | Litigation Daily

A judge certified an investor class action against JPMorgan Chase & Co. related to about $10 billion in mortgage-backed securities, rejecting the bank's claims that the plaintiffs firm isn't cut out to lead the 5-year-old case.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

October 01, 2014 | Litigation Daily

The Delaware Supreme Court's ruling is a victory for ev3's appellate lawyers at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, who said it will help shield Delaware companies from attacks over deal terms that were never made final.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

October 01, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Two weeks after an appeals court tossed VirnetX Inc.'s $368 million patent infringement verdict against Apple, the company's lawyers are hoping the ruling will limit its liability in another case that's now on the verge of trial.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

September 30, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Judging by a ruling issued on Tuesday, defense lawyers have their work cut out for them in the latest False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that Novartis AG offered doctors kickbacks to prescribe certain drugs.

By Jan Wolfe

2 minute read