Litigation

FCBA Submits Amicus Brief on Motion for Recusal in AMP v. USPTO
By Donald Zuhn -- Last week, the Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) submitted an amicus curiae brief regarding the motion for recusal filed by Plaintiffs-Appellees in Association for Molecular Pathology v...

Judge Stark: Motion for Preliminary Injunction GRANTED
In their motion for a preliminary injunction, plaintiffs sought to enjoin defendant from bringing to market defendant?s generic version of plaintiffs? drug. Id. at 1. Plaintiffs? motion was filed after the Court held its March 23, 2010 Markman hearing and...

Threats Against Judge No Basis For Recusal
In a decision issued prior to the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion in Caperton v. Massey Coal, the New Mexico Supreme Court held that a judge had not abused her discretion in denying the recusal motion of a defendant with three...

Judge Stark: Withdrawal of Motion for Recusal Accepted
In St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants Inc. v. Matsushita Electronic Industrial Co., Ltd., C.A. No. 04-1436-LPS, C.A. No. 06-404-LPS (D. Del. Jun. 1, 2011), Judge Stark accepted the moving parties' withdrawal of their Motion for Recusal...

Superior Court Remands Bridgeport Fire Litigation Over Recusal Motion
By Amaris Elliott-Engel Of the Legal Staff The state Superior Court has remanded the Bridgeport fire class action case for a trial judge to consider a recusal motion and to reconsider the fees paid to the claims administrator...

Dr. Sami Al-Arian Files Response to Governments Motion
Shortly before midnight, counsel for Dr. Sami Al-Arian filed his response to the government’s motion in limine. The motion seeks to effectively strip Dr. Al-Arian of any defense and would prevent him from informing the jury that he did in fact answer the questions related to the IIIT investigation...

Lehman Brothers
Bankrupt, Files Chapter 11

Wrongful Death
alleging death was caused by the conduct of negligent defendant.

Nevada Onion
Workers Injured, EPA Files Complaint

Nationwide Mutual
305,000 Potential Plaintiffs in Class Action

Tulsa County Natural Gas Royalties
Plaintiffs Awarded $126 Million

Kia Motors America, Inc.
Kia Class Action Ends in $6 Million Verdict for Plaintiffs in NJ