EON Corp. IP Holdings, LLC v. Sensus USA Inc., 2010 WL 346218(E.D.Tex. Jan 21, 2010) (NO. 6:09-CV-116) Judge: John Love Holding: Motion to Compel Testimony/Strike Infringement Contentions DENIED without prejudice; Motion for Protective Order DENIED; Infringement contentions ordered supplemented. Thi ...

The First Two Delaware Decisions. In the past two months, I have reported on decisions by two Delaware bankruptcy judges in the In re Washington Mutual, Inc. case and in In re Premier International Holdings, Inc. (aka, the Six Flags case), taking opposing views on whether Federal Rule of Bankruptcy ...

By John Christoffersen, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – Authorities launched a criminal investigation Monday into the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a power plant under construction, saying they couldn’t rule out negligence. The powerful explosion blew apa ...

Image via CrunchBaseAfter a two-month production delay, New York-based bookseller Barnes & Noble, Inc. expects its Nook electronic book reader to be available for purchase in most of its bookstores this week, Reuters reports.Until now, the rival to Amazon.com, Inc.'s Kindle reader could only be had ...

Are the general characteristics of a snowman a fit subject for judicial notice? The Second Circuit Court of Appeals says yes in the copyright infringement case of Eden Toys, Inc. v. Marshall Field & Company, 675 F.2d 498 (1982). The Court did a thorough job of comparing two snowman toys by dif ...

As she walked toward the supervisor's office, Tyson Foods employee Gwendolyn Miles says she slipped on a wet floor and fell. Miles claims a leak in the roof caused the floor to become a hazardous condition. Miles filed a personal injury lawsuit against Tyson Foods Inc. on Feb. 2 in the Marshall Div ...

IMPORTANT NOTE: To anyone who was planning on attending MI's live event on Capitol Hill this afternoon, at which we were to unveil the newest Trial Lawyers, Inc. report, Trial Lawyers, Inc.: K Street--A Report on the Litigation Lobby 2010,...

A former secretary at an Illinois asbestos plant, Union Asbestos and Rubber Company (UNARCO) was awarded $17.87 Million as a result of contracting an asbestos related disease, mesothelioma. The woman was employed from 1967 to 1969 at UNARCO as a secretary. The lawsuit alleged that Pneumo Abex LLC ...

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NO-FAULT – DEFAMATION – QUALIFIED PRIVILEGE – MALICE Hame v. Lawson (2nd Dept., decided 2/2/2010) Can an insurer be sued for defamation in relation to statements it makes about the insured or claimant while it is investigating whether or after it has concluded that the claim is fraudulent?&nbs ...