Corporate & Securities Law

Court reverses FTC in Rambus ruling, but patent holders should still use caution with proposals to standard-setting organizations
On April 22, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed a decision of the Federal Trade Commission and held that a company’s failure to disclose its patents to a standard-setting organization who was considering adoption of the patented technology did not - by itself - violate antitrust laws...

Ninth Circuit fine tunes the pleading standard for securities fraud
Last week, the Ninth Circuit, in South Ferry LP v. Killinger, limited the use of the "core operations inference" to meet the heightened pleading standard of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act in alleging securities fraud by a corporation's management...

Prof. Campbell Posts Article on Antitrust Pleading Standards after Twombly
Professor Charles Campbell has recently posted an Article entitled A 'Plausible' Showing after 'Bell Atlantic Corp...

Prof. Ward Posts Article on Tombly
Professor Ettie Ward (St. John's) has posted an Article entitled The After-Shocks of Twombly: Will We Notice Pleading Changes? on SSRN...

Patently-O Bits and Bytes No. 30
Standard Setting & Patents: The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has overturned an FTC monopolization ruling against Rambus...

Prof. Stancil Posts Article on the Economics of Pleading on SSRN
Professor Paul J. Stancil has posted an Article entitled The Practical Economics of Pleading on SSRN...

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

How to Skirt H-1B Regulations
Senator reacts to YouTube video

Cell Phone Early Termination Fees
How to recover billing errors

H&R Block Retirement Plan Fraud
How to Join Class Action Suit

I feel everyone should be treated equal in this world, but in a lot of cases that doesn't happen. I live in a white community with only 2 to 3 African American families. I belong to one of them. A week after getting into
I would call the courthouse and ask for the judges assistant, and ask them why t...

Can my employer threaten me with termination if I don't seek a transfer to another department?
In many jurisdictions, employees are "at will". This means that their employmen...

My husband and I applied for and received a home equity loan in a year ago (08/2005). After the funds were recieved, the bank sent us a letter stating that the county would not record our loan due to the notary not stamp
Yes it's legal. You are still responsible for the loan that you signed for ...

Is there a standard Affidavit form for submission of proof to INS that two people have known married couple since their conditional residence was granted based on marriage?
It is best to write original letters or statements from two of your family frien...

Protection from damages from Internet advertising fraud for owners of an Incorporated company?
The "corporate veil" that ordinarily protects business owners and managers from ...

Utilities Whistleblower
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities agrees to $485,000 fine for setting up a private bank account.

Salmonella Found in Tomotoes
57 Reported Cases in New Mexico and Texas

ConAgra Peanut Butter
Hundreds of Salmonella Cases Settled

Metoclopramide
Associated with Development of Movement Disorder

Search Engine Optimization Claims
Web based company pays over $150,000 settlement in Internet lawsuit.

Repossessed car wins $700,000 Settlement
A class action lawsuit that was brought against Virginia Beach-based Tidewater Finance Co., alleging that the company had questionable repossession practices, has been settled.