In a significant blow to plaintiffs suing over the HPV vaccine Gardasil, a federal judge on Tuesday sided with Merck & Co. Inc. on its implied preemption defense. […]
Federal Appellate Judges Denounce Threats, Impeachment Efforts
Two federal appellate judges raised concerns Tuesday about calls from public officials to impeach judges based on their rulings and an increase in threats to the judicial branch […]
Daddy Yankee Sues Wife, Plus Jay-Z, Taylor Swift & More Music Law News
This is The Legal Beat, a weekly newsletter about music law from Billboard Pro, offering you a one-stop cheat sheet of big new cases, important rulings and all […]
Lyft Must Face Negligence, Product Liability Claims Over Fatal Carjacking, State Court Rules
Plaintiffs suing rideshare services for fatal incidents involving suspicious riders may have found some hope for recourse in the state courts last week, after coming up short in […]
Judge Skeptical Of Her Bid To End Case
Miley Cyrus seems unlikely to immediately escape a copyright lawsuit filed over allegations that her Grammy-winning “Flowers” infringed the Bruno Mars song “When I Was Your Man.” A […]
Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Ban on Minor ‘Conversion Therapy’
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a Christian counselor’s free-speech challenge to a Colorado law prohibiting the practice of “conversion therapy” on LGBTQ children. Colorado is one of […]
Struggles Getting Stakeholder Buy-In Slowing Gen AI Adoption
Generative AI is giving in-house legal teams powerful new tools to speed up document review, surface key evidence and refine case strategies, but getting leadership, IT and external […]
LG Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Fire Hazard in Recalled Appliances Sold for Nearly a Decade
A products liability class action filed Friday in New Jersey federal court against LG Electronics claimed that the plaintiffs purchased allegedly defective stoves from the company, which had […]
Struggles Getting Stakeholder Buy-In Slow AI Adoption by In-House Counsel, Users Say
Generative AI is giving in-house legal teams powerful new tools to speed up document review, surface key evidence and refine case strategies, but getting leadership, IT and external […]
German Court Rules Pfizer, BioNTech Infringed Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Patent
Freshfields has won a Düsseldorf regional court patent dispute on behalf of client Moderna against German COVID-19 vaccine inventors BioNTech and Pfizer. BioNTech, represented by Taylor Wessing, and […]