Jan Wolfe

September 16, 2014 | Litigation Daily

A judge upheld key aspects of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's rules on cross-border swaps.

By Jan Wolfe

2 minute read

September 16, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Personal Audio and its lawyers showed they know how to sway a jury, giving the company leverage in any settlement talks with other defendants they've targeted over podcasting IP.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

September 15, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Chadbourne's Abbe Lowell and Lee Wolosky of Boies Schiller are no strangers to sensational cases. Exhibit A: billionaire Victor Restis' defamation lawsuit against United Against Nuclear Iran, which was thrown back into the headlines over the weekend by the government's plea to toss the case.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

September 12, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Like more than a dozen bank defendants before it, HSBC on Friday reached a megabucks settlement to end its mortgage-backed securities fight with Fannie and Freddie's conservator.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read

September 12, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Investors in mortgage-backed securities issued by IndyMac settled their claims against the bank's underwriters. But the IndyMac litigation lives on at the U.S. Supreme Court—with important implications for the time limits that govern securities class actions.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

September 11, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Europe's highest court upheld a ban on credit card fees set by MasterCard Inc., dealing a defeat to the credit card company and its lawyers at Jones Day.

By Jan Wolfe

2 minute read

September 11, 2014 | Litigation Daily

As the owner of the oil rig whose explosion fouled the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, Transocean has always been a key defendant in litigation over the Gulf spill. But thanks in part to Brian, BP is still stuck with most of the tab.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

September 10, 2014 | Litigation Daily

"Any lawyer worth his salt knows a dead person cannot maintain a personal injury action," an appellate panel wrote in throwing out hundreds of defective personal injury cases brought by Florida lawyer Norwood Wilner.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

September 10, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Mehta is used to hitting milestones before her peers: college degree by 17, Big Law partner by 30. This week the 33-year-old won her first big patent trial as colead counsel, securing a total defense victory for Adobe Systems.

By Jan Wolfe

4 minute read

September 09, 2014 | Law.com

Fox News and its lawyers at Kirkland & Ellis suffered a big setback on Tuesday in their copyright case against TVEyes Inc., a service that allows corporations, media watchdogs and political campaigns to track what cable news pundits are saying.

By Jan Wolfe

3 minute read