Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

August 12, 2024 | National Law Journal

According to the allegations in the complaint, Valve creates "inflated prices for games and in-game products" by charging a 30% platform fee on in-game purchases of video games distributed through the Steam PC gaming platform.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

2 minute read

August 09, 2024 | National Law Journal

"A 50-mg dose of Enbrel now costs patients $7,401.83 per month: 643% more than it cost when launched in 1998," according to the allegations in the antitrust class action filed against Enbrel manufacturer Amgen Inc.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

August 08, 2024 | National Law Journal

"Our friends in dissent would rule the Maryland statute unconstitutional," Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III wrote for the court. "They would go so far as to uphold a facial challenge to the enactment, meaning that there is no conceivable weapon, no matter how dangerous, to which the Act's proscriptions can validly be applied."

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

5 minute read

August 07, 2024 | National Law Journal

"Because the district court lacked jurisdiction over Chabad's claims against the Russian Federation when it entered the default judgment and sanctions judgments, those judgments are void as against the Federation," Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan wrote for the D.C. Circuit.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

August 06, 2024 | National Law Journal

The case opened in Manhattan federal court after District Judge Kymberly K. Evanson for the Western District of Washington granted the cross-country transfer as stipulated by the parties. The lawsuit accuses Amazon of harming competition in the audiobook retail distribution market and depressing the earnings of self-published authors.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

2 minute read

August 06, 2024 | National Law Journal

"Mrs. [Henrietta] Lacks's cells were obtained through breach of a relation of trust and confidence," the complaint alleges. "HeLa cells are Mrs. Lacks's cells, taken by physicians in whom she had placed her trust without her consent or knowledge and for no therapeutic purpose."

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

August 05, 2024 | National Law Journal

Having 120 days to self-report corporate wrongdoing for a nonprosecution agreement "puts pressure on companies," Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer partner Jane Norberg said. "This puts pressure on doing internal investigations quickly."

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

4 minute read

August 02, 2024 | National Law Journal

"We hold that the circuit court erred in applying the Maryland cap on non-economic damages to the damages that the jury awarded to Ms. [Shelly] Blackston," Justice Angela M. Eaves wrote in her opinion for the Maryland Supreme Court. "Therefore, the cap on damages under Virginia law, not Maryland law, is applicable to the damages awarded by the jury."

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

August 01, 2024 | National Law Journal

"I will take senior status if a confirmed successor lives in this area and is permanently assigned to the United States Courthouse in Utica, New York," U.S. District Judge David N. Hurd wrote in a July 2022 ultimatum letter to the White House. "Otherwise, I shall remain on full-time active status until I retire or die."

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

5 minute read

July 31, 2024 | National Law Journal

"This consumer protection enforcement case seeks to remedy and end StubHub's unfair and deceptive practice of charging hidden junk fees to consumers who purchase tickets on its website and mobile application," according to the allegations in the complaint filed in District of Columbia Superior Court.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read