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Federal Judge Curtly Ends Lawyers' Tiff In Infringement Suit
Like a teacher scolding misbehaving children, a senior federal judge took several far-younger, big-firm lawyers to task Thursday for filing two poorly argued motions to disqualify the other side's counsel.'Antagonistic Interests' Raise Questions About $42.5 Million ERISA Settlement
The 2nd Circuit has ordered a trial judge to reconsider his certification of a class and his approval of a $42.5 million settlement agreement in an action brought under ERISA. A unanimous panel remanded the case to Southern District of New York Judge Charles L. Brieant, ordering him to certify a subclass of plaintiffs and to make any "necessary findings and an explanation" in support of the settlement allocation. This is the second time the 2nd Circuit has reversed Brieant's determination in the case.Court Rules Competitor Infringed on Copyright of Wallpaper Design
In a dispute involving dueling designs, a Southern District of New York judge has found that a wallpaper manufacturer infringed on a competitor's pattern. The Design Tex Group and Patty Madden, the creator of the original wallpaper design at issue, alleged that U.S. Vinyl Manufacturing's Painted Desert infringed their Luxor Diamond design. Judge Jed Rakoff granted the plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment, finding that the two wallpaper patterns are "strikingly similar."U.S. Court Seeks Clarification on Refco Trustee's Right to Sue
Netscape, Microsoft Team Up in Internet Suit
Longtime foes Netscape and Microsoft have joined forces against an inventor who claims to hold patents on accessing information over the Internet. The two companies sued Allan Konrad, a scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, after he filed suit against 39 companies for patent infringement. The plaintiff's strategy "was to try and make people pay him to essentially use the Internet," said Netscape counsel Charles Verhoeven.
Lawsuit Proceeds Against Greenberg Traurig, Real Estate Head
A New York judge has refused to dismiss a suit alleging that Robert J. Ivanhoe, chairman of Greenberg Traurig's New York office and head of its real estate group, disregarded his "legal and fiduciary duties" by taking a personal financial stake in a competitor to a client that had invested in a multibillion-dollar Las Vegas real estate venture. The judge ruled that the principal investor of the client could derivatively sue Ivanhoe and the firm, and that a pending arbitration would not render the suit moot.The Hartford Loses Trade Secrets Case
Two entrepreneurs who came up with a novel mechanism for purchasing life insurance won a $118 million jury verdict in a suit against The Hartford Life Insurance Co. and Corporate Marketing Group Inc., a Hartford subsidiary.Judge Finds Little Confusion in Companies Sharing Name
A commercial lending company based in St. Louis has won the right to continue to call its business Omicron Capital, staving off an injunction and trademark challenge by a New York hedge fund of the same name. In Omicron Capital LLC v. Omicron Capital LLC, Southern District Judge Robert W. Sweet held that, given the sophistication of the consumers and the differences in the two businesses, there was little likelihood of confusion.Trending Stories
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