Jury Orders Apple, Broadcom to Pay $1.1 Billion for Infringing CalTech Wi-Fi Patent January 31, 2020 By Edvard Pettersson, Susan Decker and Mark Gurman Apple Inc. and Broadcom Inc. must pay $1.1 billion in damages for infringing California Institute of Technology patents on Wi-Fi...
Court Dashes Teens’ Hopes, Says Suit Can’t Force Climate Action by Government January 20, 2020 By Edvard Pettersson, Andrew Harris, Bloomberg and Kartikay Mehrotra Climate change should be addressed by Congress and the electorate, not the courts, a federal appeals panel ruled in ending...
Boeing Employees’ Emails on Pilot Training Could Boost Crash Victim Claims January 17, 2020 By Edvard Pettersson Internal emails from Boeing Co. employees could strengthen the legal case for families claiming the company’s push to minimize the...
California Judge Allows Gender Pay Bias Suit Against Disney to Proceed December 13, 2019 By Edvard Pettersson Walt Disney Co. failed to persuade a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by female employees who allege the company discriminates...
Insurers to Pay $21M of $41M Shareholder Settlement with Wynn Resorts December 1, 2019 By Edvard Pettersson Casino mogul Steve Wynn agreed to pay $20 million toward a settlement of shareholder lawsuits that claimed Wynn Resorts Ltd.’s...
Court Orders Replay of Song Copyright Case Against Taylor Swift October 31, 2019 By Edvard Pettersson Taylor Swift won’t escape so easily after all from allegations that her 2014 hit “Shake It Off” illegally copied the...
Music Copyright Law in Search of New Standard for Infringement September 23, 2019 By Edvard Pettersson Willie Nelson has famously said a country song is “three chords and the truth.” It might not be so simple...
J&J Gets New Trial After Jury Awards $417 Million in Baby Powder Talc Suit July 11, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Edvard Pettersson Johnson & Johnson deserves a new trial after a jury ordered the world’s largest maker of health-care products to pay...
Wells Fargo Settles Auto Insurance Scam for $385 Million June 7, 2019 By Edvard Pettersson Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to pay at least $385 million to customers who say they were signed up for...
Coffee Won’t Need Cancer Warning in California June 4, 2019 By Edvard Pettersson California coffee lovers can indulge their caffeine habit without worry now that the state has decided the beverage doesn’t need...