Federal Trade Commission Finds That Rambus, Inc. Distorted the Standard Setting Process By Engaging in Exclusionary Conduct

For the uninsured and elderly in the United States, Canada might provide a solution to obtaining more affordable prescription medications.

On December 23, in a strongly worded opinion, United States District Judge, Kenneth M. Hoyt of the Southern District of Texas (Houston Division), granted defendant's motion for summary judgment and dismissed plaintiffs' antitrust case (<I>El Aguila Food Products Inc. v. Grama Corp</I>., S.D. Tex., No. H-03-0427, 12/24/03).

In April 2022, Proskauer, with co-counsel Public Counsel and Squire Patton Boggs, filed suit in Arizona federal court on behalf of a Guatemalan mother and daughter...

Radio great Paul Harvey would always leave listeners hanging during his broadcast, then return from a commercial with "the rest of the story".

When there is a right, there is a remedy—or so the maxim goes. But when a state infringes upon your copyright, such a remedy may be more difficult to obtain. Just a year ago, the Supreme Court held in...

The U.S. Congress overturned a veto by President Obama allowing families of the victims of September 11 to sue Saudi Arabia in U.S. courts.

In a unanimous opinion, the Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed the retroactive application of strict notice requirements under Michigan's Court of Claims Act...

According to a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (<I>Prewitt Enterprises, Inc. v. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries</I>, 11th Cir., No. 03-11580, 12/18/03), there are no means available under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ("FRCP") to serve the Austrian headquarters of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ("OPEC") with a complaint of illegal price fixing, absent the consent of OPEC.

For hundreds of years, the world’s sovereign nations refused to allow any other foreign sovereign to be sued in their courts without the sovereign’s consent. The guiding principle was “absolute sovereign immunity,” an outgrowth of the ancient legal precept rex non potest peccare, understood to mean “the king can do no wrong.” The principle also was recognized as wise foreign policy because it extended "grace and comity" to other sovereigns.

In the 1960 case of Kellam v. School Board of the City of Norfolk, the Supreme Court of Virginia affirmatively held that school boards are protected from suit for tortious claims by the doctrine of sovereign immunity.

The Supreme Court of Texas recently upheld a Thirteenth Court of Appeals' judgment finding that the plaintiffs in a premises defect case brought against the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)...

The Federal Circuit ruled on Friday July 20, 2018 that tribal sovereign immunity cannot bar inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) ...

On June 7, 2021, the United States Supreme Court denied Seneca County's (New York) petition for certiorari

On September 5, 2011, the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) published its report on United States – Measures Affecting Imports of Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tyres from China (DS399).

First Tuesday Update is our monthly take on current issues in commercial disputes, international arbitration, and judgment enforcement.

On Monday, March 23, in the case of Allen v. Cooper, No. 18-877, the Supreme Court held that states and state entities cannot be sued for copyright ...

As we previously reported, animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), sued the National Institutes of Health and Mental Health in federal court seeking to compel the defendants...

The enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in the United States has become an increasingly complex area of law, particularly as recent appellate decisions have introduced new challenges and considerations...