• September 12, 2019 | Law.com

    Critical Mass: Juul's Legal Cloud Just Got Larger. Opposition Widens Over Opioid Trial. Lawyers Say Boat Fire's Cause Still Murky.

    The FDA adds firepower to lawsuits alleging Juul falsely marketed its e-cigarettes as safe.

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  • Connecticut Fine Wine and Spirits LLC v. Seagull

    Publication Date: 2019-09-12
    Practice Area: Antitrust | Consumer Protection
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: William J. Murphy, John J. Connolly, Adam B. Abelson, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Baltimore, MD.
    for defendant: James T. Shearin, Edward B. Lefebvre, Pullman & Comley LLC, Bridgeport, CT. For Defendants-Appellees: Clare E. Kindall, Solicitor General, Robert J. Deichert, Assistant Attorney General, for William Tong, Attorney General, Hartford, CT. For Intervenors-Defendants-Appellees: David S. Hardy, Damian K. Gunningsmith, Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP, New Haven, CT. Michael J. Spagnola, Siegel, O'Connor, O'Donnell & Beck, P.C., Hartford, CT. Patrick A. Klingman, Klingman Law, LLC, Hartford, CT. Robert M. Langer, Benjamin H. Diessel, Wiggin and Dana LLP, Hartford, CT. Deborah Skakel, Craig M. Flanders, Blank Rome LLP, New York, NY. John F. Droney, Jr., Jeffrey J. Mirman, Hinckley Allen & Snyder, LLP, Hartford, CT.

    Case Number: 17-2003

    CT Alcohol Pricing Scheme Permits De Facto State-Sanctioned Cartel of Wholesalers

  • September 11, 2019 | New York Law Journal

    Second Circuit Throws Out Malicious Prosecution Suit Against NYPD Detective

    The ruling, issued Tuesday, reversed a 2017 decision by U.S. District Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the Eastern District of New York, which denied NYPD Detective Fortunato Tranchina's motion for summary judgment and allowed the case to proceed to trial.

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  • September 10, 2019 | Daily Report Online

    1st Georgia Case Over Cancer Links to Baby Powder Opens in Fulton County

    Fulton County State Court Judge Jane Morrison is presiding over a wrongful death case against Johnson & Johnson on claims that decadelong use of its talcum baby powder by Diane Brower led to her 2016 death from ovarian cancer.

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  • K&G Elec. Motor & Pump Corp. v. Ingersoll-Rand Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-09
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. - EDNY
    Judge: District Judge Denis Hurley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff By: Hubert G. Plummer, Esq., Plummer & Plummer, LLP, Hauppauge, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant By: Matthew D. Feil, Baker & Hostetler, LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 18-CV-2308

    Distributor's Suit for Breach, Tortious Interference Dismissed for Failure to State Claim

  • September 6, 2019 | Daily Report Online

    Dentons Attracts Corporate Lawyer From AmTrust Financial—and Other 'On the Move' News

    Perry Smith, who just finished a four-year in-house stint at an insurance carrier, said he believes Dentons' global reach will give him a competitive edge for building an M&A client base.

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  • Arendi S.A.R.L. v. LG Elec., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-04
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neal C. Belgam, Eve H. Ormerod, and Beth A. Swadley, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins, LLP, Wilmington, DE, Stephen Susman, Seth Ard, and Max Straus, Susman Godfrey, LLP, New York, NY, John Lahad, Susman Godfrey, LLP, Houston, TX for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jeremy D. Anderson, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Wilmington, DE, Steven R. Katz and Matthew C. Berntsen, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Boston, MA, Denise S. Kraft, Brian A. Biggs, and Erin E. Larson, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE, Mark D. Fowler, Christine K. Corbett, and Summer Torrez, DLA Piper LLP (US), East Palo Alto, CA, Robert C. Williams and Kevin C. Hamilton, DLA Piper LLP (US), San Diego, CA, Richard K. Herrmann, Mary B. Matterer, and Kenneth L. Dorsney, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE, Brian C. Riopelle and David E. Finkelson, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA, Rachelle Thompson, McGuireWoods LLP, Raleigh, NC, Jack B. Blumenfeld and Jeremy A. Tigan, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE, Heidi L. Keefe and Lowell D. Mead, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA, DeAnna Allen and Phillip E. Morton, Cooley LLP, Washington, DC, David E. Moore, Bindu A. Palapura, and Stephanie E. O’Byrne, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE, Robert W. Unikel, Robert Laurenzi, Michelle Marek Figueiredo, and John Cotiguala, Paul Hastings LLP, Chicago, IL, Rodger D. Smith, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE, Jeffri A. Kaminski and Justin E. Pierce, Venable LLP, Washington, DC, Jack B. Blumenfeld and Anthony David Raucci, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE, Jeffri A. Kaminsi, Venable LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: D68687

    Where patent claims failed to provide sufficient structure for a term or where a POS would not be on sufficient notice to know which algorithms were claimed by a patent, such claims were indefinite.

  • The Town of Flower v. Eagleridge

    Publication Date: 2019-09-02
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Energy and Natural Resources | Government
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wallach
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 02-18-00392-CV

    In response to the Town of Flower Mound citing it for violations of an ordinance prohibiting oil and gas activities on Sunday, appellee filed an Application for Temporary Restraining Order and Temporary Injunction, which was granted by the trial court and enjoined the enforcement of the ordinance against appellee.

  • August 28, 2019 | Daily Business Review

    Florida Judge Disqualified from Case Because He Revealed Family Ties in a Similar Suit, Court Rules

    The plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Palm Beach Sheriff's officer relied on the judge's sua sponte recusal in a similar case over family ties to the defendant. But the lower court found it legally insufficient.

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  • August 28, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    Federal Judge Christopher Droney Headed to Day Pitney

    A source has confirmed to the Connecticut Law Tribune that Judge Christopher Droney will be leaving his post in January to join Day Pitney.

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