The Fifth Circuit on Thursday reversed a lower court's approval of Motorola's discovery request for use in foreign proceedings in litigation brought by Advanced Standard Communication LLC over allegations of patent infringement, saying the district court "erred legally and analytically."
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5th Circ. Sinks Motorola's Discovery Bid For IP Feuds Abroad

By Adam Lidgett

The Fifth Circuit on Thursday reversed a lower court's approval of Motorola's discovery request for use in foreign proceedings in litigation brought by Advanced Standard Communication LLC over allegations of patent infringement, saying the district court "erred legally and analytically."

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Colo. Judge Blocks Coors' Supplier From Exiting Contract

By Rachel Konieczny

Beer brand supplier Constellation Brands Inc. cannot terminate its 18-year-long distribution contract with Coors Distributing Co. LLC until arbitration can occur as mandated under the companies' agreement, a Colorado state judge ruled.

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McCarter Can Keep ABA Report Quotes In Loan Suit Brief

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut state judge will not order McCarter & English LLP to file a new post-trial reply brief in a $21.3 million malpractice case over collapsed loan transactions, despite two insurers' arguments that the firm improperly quoted a treatise that was never admitted into evidence.

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Pot Use Firing Suit Can Be Arbitrated Despite Flawed Clause

By Mike Curley

A California state judge has granted Aarris Healthcare Staffing LLC's bid to compel arbitration against a former employee alleging she was wrongly fired for off-duty cannabis use, despite finding portions of the agreement unenforceable.

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REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT

Homebuyers Defend Third Zillow Suit Over Loan Kickbacks

By Nate Beck

A group of homebuyers urged a Washington federal judge to uphold a third amended complaint alleging Zillow paid kickbacks to brokers who steered homebuyers to use the company's mortgage services, driving up the cost of home loans and purchases overall.

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HEALTHCARE & LIFE SCIENCES

Fertility Cos. Accused Of Moving Eggs Without Consent

By Gianna Ferrarin

A national fertility clinic network has been hit with a suit in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging it jeopardized a 50-year-old woman's ability to have a biological child by transporting her frozen eggs across state lines to an automated facility without her permission.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

ITC To Review ALJ's Infringement Ruling In Wi-Fi Patent Case

By Adam Lidgett

The U.S. International Trade Commission has said it will look over various parts of an agency judge's findings that Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Asus and another Wi-Fi device seller infringed claims in a couple of patents licensed to Netgear.

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Ex-Property Management VPs Owe $1.6M For Poaching Clients

By Hayley Fowler

Two former officers and directors at a North Carolina property management company must pay their ex-employer more than $1.6 million in damages to make up for clients they allegedly poached for a rival business they ran, a state court judge ruled, granting the company a partial pretrial win.

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CONSUMER PROTECTION

FTC, States Allege Toast Trapped Restaurants With Fees

By Carolina Bolado

The Federal Trade Commission and eight states sued Toast Inc. on Thursday, accusing the restaurant software company of saddling restaurants with hidden fees, failing to provide promised customer support and making it difficult to cancel its services.

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EMPLOYMENT & BENEFITS

Uber, Amazon, Instacart Fight NYC Courier Deactivation Law

By Linda Chiem

Uber, Amazon and Instacart have accused New York City of overstepping by enacting a law prohibiting them from "deactivating" delivery couriers without formal notice and investigation, claiming in a new federal lawsuit that the regulation unconstitutionally interferes with their contractual rights.

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SECURITIES & WHITE COLLAR

Fugitive Former Conn. Official Must Pay Capital One $25K

By Aaron Keller

A onetime Connecticut budget official who fled to Greece as sentencing neared in one federal public corruption case and a trial loomed in another must pay more than $25,000 to cover the balance of a Capital One personal loan, a state judge has ruled.

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BANKRUPTCY

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Fla. REIT Entity Seeks OK To Settle Texas Foreclosure Suit

By Isaac Monterose

A bankrupt Florida-based real estate investment trust's entity and two other companies have asked a Florida bankruptcy court to approve their settlement in a Texas state court lawsuit that involved multiple foreclosed properties in the Texas city of Humble.

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Telecom Shareholders Claim Arbitrator Was Biased

By Nadia Dreid

Majority shareholders of a Central and South American telecommunications tower business fighting a $300 million arbitration award they were ordered to pay to the minority shareholders of that business have told the Second Circuit that the arbitrator was biased against them.

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INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

Equatorial Guinea Must Pay $8.2M Hospital Contract Award

By Caroline Simson

A D.C. federal judge Thursday again enforced a roughly $8.2 million arbitral award issued against Equatorial Guinea in a dispute over an ill-fated hospital operating contract, ruling that the dispute-resolution clause did not first require litigation in the Equatoguinean courts.

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

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Importer, NJ Distributor End Suit Over Stealing Grocery Biz

By George Woolston

A distributor has agreed to drop its lawsuit alleging a Korean food importer purposefully mischaracterized why it was ending the parties' relationship in order to gain direct access to a popular grocery chain, according to a filing in New Jersey federal court.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Weil's Demise Sparks Shock, Reflection In The Legal World

By Alison Knezevich and Andrea Keckley

The stunning collapse of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP is the talk of BigLaw this week, as those in the industry grapple with how the powerhouse Wall Street firm could implode so quickly.

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'Leadership Vacuum' Preceded Weil's Collapse

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson and Aebra Coe

A series of leadership failures and strategic missteps preceded the precipitous downfall of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, sources told Law360 Pulse.

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Lessons From The Past For Weil's Final Curtain Call

By Rick Archer

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP leaders may have every reason to agree to an out-of-court wind-down, but dissolving such a storied law firm, which announced Wednesday it intends to shut down following an exodus of attorneys, is not as simple as a handshake among partners, experts said in interviews with Law360 on Wednesday.

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Weil's Collapse Ends Firm's Long Run As Bankruptcy Leader

By Alex Wittenberg

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP helped pioneer modern bankruptcy practice and earned hundreds of millions of dollars leading many of the biggest Chapter 11 cases in U.S. history. Its collapse this week marks a stunning end to that legacy and reflects major changes in how law firms function today, attorneys told Law360.

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Troutman, Baker McKenzie Report Data Breaches

By Lynn LaRowe

Troutman Pepper Locke LLP and Baker McKenzie experienced data breaches last month as a result of social engineering attacks, according to notices submitted this week to the attorneys general offices in California and Texas.

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Morgan & Morgan Seeks To Block Celebrity Ad Ban In Florida

By Ryan Boysen

Personal injury giant Morgan & Morgan PA has asked a Florida federal court for a preliminary injunction to block a Sunshine State bar rule that forbids celebrity endorsements in attorney advertisements.

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