International Law

Page on State Secret Claims
Michael H. Page (Cornell Law School) has posted Judging Without the Facts: A Schematic for Reviewing State Secrets Privilege Claims (Cornell Law Review, Vol. 93, No. 6, 2008) on SSRN...

Parliament moves to make commercial secrets available to investigators
ERCAN YAVUZ ANKARA Amid controversy over a bill on state secrets, viewed by many as a major obstacle in Turkey's battle against gangs, the administration is preparing to submit another bill on trade secrets, banking secrets and customers' private information.

Kinetic Concepts Brings Trade Secrets Against Innovative Therapies
What happier way to start the New Year than with a new trade secrets case? From Forbes.Com, a brief item concerning a matter filed yesterday in state district court in Texas in which medical technology firm Kinetic Concepts Inc...

Trade secrets snatched by former software exec., suit claims
By Ann Knef A California company that supplies data application systems to real estate agents is suing a former executive for violating trade secrets. IDX Media LLC of Sebastopol, Calif...

NC Court of Appeals Decision on Pleading Standards in Trade Secrets Case
It's nice (and easy) to be able to link to one of our sister blogs, the North Carolina Appellate Blog, concerning a case from earlier this week from the North Carolina Court of Appeals...

Mukasey warns against bill curbing state secrets privilege
[JURIST] US Attorney General Michael Mukasey [official profile] told Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) in a letter [PDF text] Monday that the State Secrets Protection Act [S 2533 summary] currently before Congress, introduced by committee leaders to enact a "safe, fair, and responsible" state secrets privilege [JURIST news archive], would needlessly and improperly interfere

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Trade Secrets
Former execs are hit with doctrine of inevitable disclosure.

Paxil Lawsuit
Paxil Claims, Lawsuits, and Injuries

Hurricane Claims
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. reaches settlement deal with Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood.

Trade Secrets
Razorsight agreed to pay $4.5 million settlement in infringement lawsuit.

False Claims
Attorney Robert Arledge ordered to pay $5.8 million after making false Fen Phen settlement claims.

Newspaper Publisher
Star Tribune must pay St. Paul Pioneer Press a $3.8 million trade secrets act violations settlement.

LINA - Cigna Life Insurance Company of North America Disability Claims
LINA Insurance alleging violations of disability insurance claims.

Bayer to Pay $3.3 Million To Settle One A Day Vitamin Claims
Bayer to Pay $3.3 Million To Settle One A Day Vitamin Claims