Orac has plenty of interesting reporting and coverage here, here, and here (earlier). Update: Not guilty.
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
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Point of Law- "New Breed of Patent Claim Bedevils Product Makers"The Federal Circuit's Tuesday ruling in Stauffer v. Brooks Brothers permits qui tam relators to sue over mismarked patents, even when they have not personally been injured; together with an earlier decision that the $500 fine for violating the statute... […]Ted Frank
- Impact of Oregon expansion of liabilityIn 2009, Oregon Senate Bill 311 increased state agency liability caps from $500,000 to $3.2 million, and the cap will increase to $4 million by 2015. "In response, groups holding public events on state property are being required to carry... […]Ted Frank
- Around the web, September 1Iqbal/Twombly update: the Congressional threat to pleading standards. [Corporate Counsel] An example of those oh-so-valuable required disclosures about climate change risks. [Bainbridge] California courts continue to eat away at risk/benefit test. [Cal Biz Lit] Marlo Lewis isn't sanguine about the... […]Ted Frank
- " Litigating over the environment makes big bucks for trial lawyers"MI's Jim Copland with a good op-ed in the Washington Examiner.... […]Ted Frank
- Lawyers Sue Facebook For Letting Kids Like AdvertisementsTrial lawyers are suing deep-pocketed Faceboook for allowing kids to use the software's "like" feature to express their approval of ads they find on the site. […]Marie Gryphon
- "New Breed of Patent Claim Bedevils Product Makers"
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