Monthly Archives: December, 2020

Appeals Court Rules Health Benefits Cos. are not Fiduciaries When Setting Prices

The Second Circuit on Monday dismissed an appeal by the plaintiffs in a consolidated class action suit against Anthem Inc. and Express Scripts...

Lenovo Sues Nokia for Breach of Contract Over Failure to Disclose Video Compression Patent Rights

On Monday in the Northern District of California, electronics manufacturer Lenovo filed a complaint against Nokia Technologies Oy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nokia...

Court Rules a Physician’s Required Independent Judgment Does Not Make Them an Independent Contractor

On December 4, in the District of New Mexico, Judge Gregory Wormuth ruled that under New Mexico state law, the test for when...

Hulu Sued For Patent Infringement Over Pause Ad Feature

Pause Commercials, Inc. (PUCs) alleged that streaming service Hulu infringed upon its patents through its feature allowing for an advertisement to appear when streaming...

Big Data Analytics Co. Splunk Sued After December Stock Stumble

Shareholders of software company Splunk accused the company Friday of omitting key facts resulting in a 23 percent decline in stock price in a...

Par Seeks to Keep Amneal from Bringing Generic Versions of Life-Saving Injection to Market

Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. and three of its subsidiaries filed a patent infringement suit on Monday against generic competitor Amneal EU, Ltd., and several of...

CBD Products Labeling Suit Still on Hold Pending FDA Rulemaking

In a class-action accusing CV Sciences of mislabeling its cannabidiol (CBD) products, Judge Virginia A. Phillips of the Central District of California denied a...

Environmental Organizations File Complaint Challenging Keystone XL Pipeline Project

Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) and the North Coast Rivers Alliance (NCRA) claimed an oil pipeline project breaches federal laws and is harmful to the...