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How Larry Sonsini Took One for the Team
Larry Sonsini (right) and his firm, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, have faced criticism before, but they've always come through unmarred. Now, however, Sonsini and his firm face a crisis that might not blow over. The Hewlett-Packard muck extends beyond the salacious details of secret surveillance to more mundane but serious questions about securities law disclosure.Uncle Sam Wants You -- and Your Copyright
After a bomb explosion in Mosul, freelance journalist Michael Yon snapped a stunning photograph of a U.S. soldier cradling a bloody Iraqi girl in his arms. Newspapers and bloggers alike quickly made use of the photograph. Problem was, Yon hadn't authorized any of that. A U.S. Army IP lawyer says the standard release form that Yon had signed to become a reporter embedded with the Army "absolves the Army of any liability for that injury." The "injury" in Yon's case: copyright infringement.NuWave Investment Corporation v. Hyman Beck & Company
A jury may award nominal presumed damages in a libel case, but it may not make an award of both "actual" damages and presumed damages.Presumed and Actual Damages Can't Both Be Recovered in a Libel Case
A New Jersey appeals court on strikes a $2.6 million jury award in a libel case, making clear that plaintiffs can't recover both actual damages and presumed damages.$17.5 Million Agreement Reached in Construction Accident Case
Settlements totaling $17.5 million have been reached in a case filed in state court in Philadelphia over a construction accident in an elevator shaft that left one laborer dead and another with permanent brain damage and other physical injuries. The settlement sum in the case is the third largest to be reported in the past 18 months by The Legal Intelligencer in conjunction with matters filed in state or federal courts in Pennsylvania.Fla. Court: Insurers Can't Ignore Doctors' Best Interests in Settlements
Reversing a lower court decision, a Florida appeals court has ruled that companies that insure physicians against medical malpractice lawsuits must settle cases in the best interest of the doctors -- not their own. The panel ordered reinstatement of Dr. Anthony G. Rogers' complaint against Chicago Insurance Co. for settling a case against his will and affecting his insurability. Chicago Insurance later canceled Rogers' policy, forcing him to pay substantially higher premiums to obtain new coverage.Trending Stories
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