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'Data Breach' Insurance Policy Does Not Extend to Biometric Information Collection, Appellate Court Holds

The majority said the allegations in the lawsuit "do not even potentially fall within the policy's coverage" and said Lloyd's policy for Tony's would only cover data breaches involving unauthorized access to Tony's biometric data.
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Daily Report Online

Lawyers Sanctioned; Pleadings Struck: What's Next for Honda?

"The Court believes the defendants" conduct undermined the fairness of the trial and influenced the jury with evidence that was specifically excluded by the Court," read a sanction order issued by Clayton County State Court Chief Judge Michael T. Garrett.
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Law.com

Apple Accused of Infringing on Digital-Imaging Sensors for iPhone 15 Products

"The significant advantages of silicon-based photonics allow for smaller, lower cost, higher performance photonic devices, which can be used in a variety of applications, including, in the consumer, industrial, medical, and defense industries. All these applications depend on the high-performance infrared imaging found in SiOnyx's image sensors," according to the lawsuit filed against Apple.
2 minute read

Law.com

Federal Circuit Decision Clarifies Obviousness-Type Double Patenting and Patent Term Adjustments In 'Allergan v. MSN Laboratories'

On August 13, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential ruling that reversed the District of Delaware's application of the Federal Circuit precedent in In re: Cellect to invalidate a claim in an earlier-filed parent application over admittedly patentably indistinct claims in later-filed (and earlier-expired) child patents. This decision has resolved some substantial questions about the application of obviousness-type double patenting that had been raised by last year's In re Cellect decision.
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Litigation Daily

Travis Lenkner Returns to Burford Capital With an Eye on Future Growth Opportunities

Lenkner, the co-founder of litigation finance firm Gerchen Keller Capital and plaintiff-side law firm Keller Lenkner, is taking on a newly created role of chief development officer at Burford and will sit on the company's management committee.
6 minute read

The Recorder

California Court Home to Highest Trade Secret Caseload in the Nation, Says New Report

The Southern District of New York came in second with 173 trade secret cases filed.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Shocked': Hoylman-Sigal Suggests New Solutions for Elected Officials' Burgeoning Legal Defense Costs

The touchpoint is a $25.4 million and running price tag in legal expenses for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and members of his administration to fight sexual harassment charges, and its response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

SEC Says Farewell to the Term 'Crypto Asset Securities'

"It's just the evolution where there were way too many scams by crypto folks that lead to the SEC's aggressive overreach and regulation enforcement, that you have a pendulum that goes one way and the other way and now it is maybe slowing down a bit," said Terrence Yang, a strategic advisor to Swan Bitcoin.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Officers and City Cannot Escape Lawsuit Over Police Chase Death, Federal Judge Rules

Reid acknowledged in his opinion that "I am well aware that no §1983 police pursuit case in this circuit has been decided under a standard less than intent to harm."
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Suit Against Law Firm Dismissed Under Anti-SLAPP Legislation

Holtec, a Jupiter, Florida-based maker of parts for nuclear reactors, with major operations in Camden, accused Javerbaum Wurgaft of libel by way of a posting on the law firm's website of allegations that Holtec issued financial statements containing erroneous data.
5 minute read

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