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• March 31, 2026

  Lululemon Gets Nike Patent Axed, Jury Verdict Overturned

  A New York federal judge Tuesday found that a Nike patent covering how sneakers are made is invalid and overturned a jury's verdict finding that Lululemon owed $335,450 for infringing it, holding that the patent's claims were obvious.

• March 31, 2026

  Students Can Become Aid Fixing Class, With New Lead Attys

  Students pursuing financial aid fixing claims against Cornell University and several other elite schools can proceed as a class if they tap different lead counsel, since misrepresentations regarding one firm's purportedly contingent casework caused a significant trust impairment, an Illinois federal judge said Tuesday.

• March 31, 2026

  Lobbyist Blocked Rivera After Tying Him To $50M Oil Deal

  Republican lobbyist Brian Ballard was "exceptionally angry" and blocked former Florida Congressman David Rivera's number after Rivera insinuated Ballard was tied to a $50 million consulting agreement Rivera signed with the U.S. affiliate of Venezuela's state-owned company, Ballard testified Tuesday in federal court.

• March 31, 2026

  Bias Challenge To Juror Strike Wasn't Waived, Justices Told

  A Black man on Mississippi's death row told the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday that state courts failed to properly address his objections to the prosecution's peremptory juror strikes at his 2006 trial, which he said were racially motivated.

• March 31, 2026

  Full Fed. Circ. Is Told Panel Defied EcoFactor In DePuy Case

  DePuy Synthes is urging the full Federal Circuit to review a circuit panel's decision reviving patent infringement litigation against it, saying the panel majority undermined the court's en banc EcoFactor decision on when to admit expert testimony.

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