Monthly Archives: July, 2020

First Circuit Finds Amazon Transportation Gig Workers Exempt From Arbitration

The First Circuit issued an opinion on Friday affirming the district court’s judgment that independent transportation contractors are exempt from arbitration under the FAA’s...

Judge Blocks IPR Stay in Samsung Patent Case

A renewed motion to stay proceedings pending an inter partes review was denied in a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung. The proceedings against Samsung...

Microsoft Sued Over Data Sharing in Class Action

On Friday in the Northern District of California, consumers, including individuals and companies, filed a class action complaint against Microsoft which claimed the company...

Company Alleges Contractor Used Their Food-Preserving Formulas to Usurp Customers

Henessey Food Consulting, LLC claimed in a complaint filed in the Northern District of New York on Thursday that Prinova Solutions LLC breached its...

Doctor, Nurse Lose Appeal Alleging Oxycodone Conspiracy

A Fifth Circuit opinion was upheld on Tuesday in regards to a long-running drug distribution case against two Texas medical clinicians. Married plaintiffs...

Tobacco Companies Oppose Dismissal of Warnings Regulation Lawsuit

On July 17, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and other plaintiffs responded to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) motion to dismiss a suit challenging...

Lyft, Uber Sued For Infringing Driver-Matching Technology

Lyft and Uber were sued on Friday in the Western District of Texas for patent infringement relating to their respective websites and apps by...

Charges Against Blue Bell President Nixed

The CEO of Blue Bell Creameries L.P., Paul Kruse, represented by Chris Flood and John Cline, asked that criminal charges against him be...