By Scott Graham | July 3, 2017
U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap would allow suits to stay in the Eastern District of Texas even if a defendant has no physical presence there.
By Ross Todd | June 30, 2017
Lawyers for social media site and data-mining startup hiQ Labs Inc. jousted in court Thursday afternoon in a case that likely will determine hiQ's fate.
By Stephanie Forshee | June 30, 2017
There are some takeaways for law departments from the recent mess at DLA Piper.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 30, 2017
In its attempt to settle wage claims affecting more than 1 million of its drivers, Uber just slid off the road. At a hearing on Friday, a Los Angeles judge tentatively rejected a $7.75 million settlement that would have resolved claims that its drivers have been misclassified under California law as independent contractors, rather than employees. At a hearing on Friday, lawyers for both Uber and the plaintiffs in the case vehemently fought back against Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maren Nelson's concerns that the deal might have been the result of collusion.
By Scott Graham | June 30, 2017
In the just-ended term, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Federal Circuit six times, wiping away patent law precedents that stood for decades. Would more face time heal the schism?
By Katelyn Polantz | June 30, 2017
After three days without phones and email following a cyberattack across Europe, DLA Piper's U.S. operation is back up and running.
By Ben Hancock | June 30, 2017
A Wisconsin federal magistrate judge has become the latest to rule that forcing Google to hand over email data stored overseas doesn't amount to an extraterritorial application of the law.
By Ben Hancock | June 29, 2017
A federal judge on Thursday indicated that she will allow a case against food delivery company GrubHub to go to a bench trial, in what could be a bellwether case for the gig economy.
By Scott Graham | June 28, 2017
The STRONGER Patent Act of 2017, sponsored by Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, would undo recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that have weakened patents. But lawmakers may have other priorities.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 28, 2017
Phone sex might be expensive and short-lived for consumers, but it doesn't pay much for the workers on the other line. That's according to a class action filed on Tuesday alleging a California-based phone sex operator misclassifies its "phone actors" as independent contractors, depriving them of overtime pay and "off the clock" work.
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