The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has weighed in once again on the elements required for patent holders to prove induced infringement, this time in a fight over online mapping technology for real estate hunters.

It's becoming clear that patent wars over smart phone technology are going to spread revenue to Am Law firms like manure over undernourished soil. Kirkland has filed the latest smart phone suit--Apple's infringement case against the phone-maker HTC--but it turns out that K&E has quietly been representing Apple in the Nokia case as well. Plus: a rundown of all the firms involved in the smart phone litigation to date.

Van Sicklen was drastically outnumbered in the courtroom when he argued for confirmation of the Wisconsin insurance commissioner's plan to segregate $60 billion in Ambac insurance policies in an account that will pay policyholders only 25 cents on the dollar in cash. But sometimes, smaller is better.

With summary judgment granted to AstraZeneca in another Seroquel case last week--the third Seroquel suit to be tossed on Daubert grounds--the Delaware state court judge overseeing a docket of 700 of the pharmaceutical product liability cases says it's time for plaintiffs' lawyers to consider the viability of the litigation.