In her ruling, Judge Kendall said that Walgreens had presented sufficient information to sustain its claim that law firm Crowell & Moring has breached its fiduciary duties to Walgreens based on its former legal work for the company. Walgreens made the allegation as a counterclaim against the plaintiffs represented by Crowell & Moring in a […]
In an unorthodox joint effort, tech giant Apple and its frequent patent rival Uniloc have persuaded a US appeals court to allow them to keep the terms of Uniloc’s patent licenses secret for the time being. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said a San Francisco-based judge had previously exaggerated the value […]
Earlier this week, Israel-based Teva reached a $225 million settlement with Texas, with $150 million of the settlement paid in cash and the rest paid in medicine. Speaking to Reuters, Teva Chief Executive Kåre Schultz said that Teva would likely pay $2.7 billion to $3.6 billion across 15 years. Schultz based his estimate on the […]
According to its oversight board, Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook, should not allow users to share people’s private residential information across its platforms even when the information is already publicly available. The board has also advised Meta to create a communications channel to help “doxxing” victims better explain their case to the company. Doxxing is […]
Smalls alleged that Amazon had subjected a workforce of predominantly non-white staff to conditions that were inferior to that of its predominantly white managers by failing to provide necessary protective equipment. However, US District Judge Rachel Kovner rejected Smalls’ claim that he was fired by Amazon because he is Black and had opposed the company’s […]
The decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is the second occasion in the patent dispute in which a court tossed a multi-million-dollar jury verdict for WiLAN due to issues with its expert testimony. In a statement, WiLAN said it views the decision by the court as favourable, noting that the […]
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has sued two former employees and their company, claiming they stole trade secrets related to a treatment Pfizer is currently developing for diabetes and obesity. According to the complaint, Min Zhong and Xiayang Qiu stole the “playbook” and critical data for the treatment then founded Regor Therapeutics in 2018 to commercialise their […]
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