In upholding a victory for Netgear in patent battles with four rivals, the Federal Circuit clarified when reliance on industry standards can be used as grounds to dismiss infringement claims.

Has there ever been a litigation offensive like the one launched in the last two weeks by Irving Picard of Baker & Hostetler as the liquidation trustee in the Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities Chapter 11 case? In Picard's spree, he's filed tens of billions of dollars of claims against scores of defendants, including a half-dozen fraud suits against some of the biggest banks in the world.

Google Inc. subsidiary Motorola Mobility Inc. has been dealt another setback in its patent battle with Apple Inc. at the International Trade Commission, prompting speculation that Google's $12.5 billion Motorola acquisition may have been a bust.

Cushman and its counsel from Paul Hastings are breathing a big sigh of relief but plaintiffs lawyers warn that the reprieve may only be temporary. They say they've got a new whistleblower and are forging ahead with an amended complaint.

When we think of predatory lending, we usually think of victims who are relatively poor and unsophisticated. But a group of luxury resort homeowners in Nevada, Idaho, the Grand Bahamas, and Montana are moving forward with claims that they, too, were taken advantage of by a predatory lending scheme orchestrated by Credit Suisse and Cushman Wakefield.