We've reported in piecemeal fashion about GE's patent infringement litigation campaign against its rival in the wind turbine market. But Mitsubishi is alleging there's nothing piecemeal about GE's conduct: It now claims GE first lied to the PTO to get its wind turbine patents, then deployed those fraudulent patents in a scheme to drive Mitsubishi out of the market.

Here's the full-bodied tale of Bill Koch, who bought $75,000 of wine he later alleged to be fraudulent. He sued to get his money back, but a New York appeals court said he should have known better than to rely on the auction house's description.

The National Football League and its lawyers at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison reached a $765 million agreement on Thursday with retired players who accused the league of hiding the dangers of brain injuries.

For more than 40 years, California was out of synch with the U.S. Supreme Court, permitting defendants in state antitrust actions to argue that direct purchasers suffered no harm because they passed price increases on to consumers. With a ruling Monday that eliminates the pass-through defense, California's now in step with the federal courts.

A federal court judge in Los Angeles granted summary judgment to Veoh Networks, the developers of a video-sharing Web site, in the company's copyright fight with UMG Recordings.

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Google has shown it can beat back infringement claims from so-called patent trolls. But a two-pronged attack by Skyhook Wireless over its Wi-Fi-based positioning technology is an altogether different beast.