The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has given Oracle a big win in its suit claiming Google used its patented and copyrighted Java technology in Android software.
More than a dozen judges on the U.S. circuit courts sat on panels deciding cases in which they had financial interest in one of the parties, according to an investigation…
An artist who sculpted a replica of the Statue of Liberty that appears outside a Las Vegas casino-hotel has sued the U.S. Postal Service for copyright infringement.
In a Thursday ruling in one of several recent patent cases related to smartphone technology, a federal appeals court said a U.S. District Court judge in California abused her discretion…
A trial lawyer for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission who was fired after nearly 18 years on the job for sending inappropriate email will get another chance to keep…
Chief Judge Richard Brown: “I think I’ve managed to persuade any doubters that a hearing disability is no bar to being a good judge.” Photo courtesy of Wisconsin Second District Court of Appeals.
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Granting a writ of mandamus, a federal appellate court has rejected the notion that incorporating in Delaware is a controlling factor in determining whether a company must defend a lawsuit…
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Photo of James Silkenat at the House Judiciary Committee by Rhonda McMillion.
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Chief Judge Richard Brown: “I think I’ve managed to persuade any doubters that a hearing disability is no bar to being a good judge.” Photo courtesy of Wisconsin Second District Court of Appeals.
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