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 […]
Federal Lawsuit Seeks $400M In COVID-19 PPE Commission Revenues to Be Handed Over
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM’s source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in federal and state courts. The complaint was filed on Sept. 19 by […]
Judge Sides With Employee In COVID-19 Religious Discrimination Suit
Relying on recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit precedent, a federal judge in Missouri is allowing an employee’s religious discrimination suit to continue against her […]
Judge Sides With Study Abroad Organization Learning Changes Due to COVID-19
A federal judge in Illinois dismissed a college student’s request for a partial refund after a European study abroad program was cut short because of the COVID-19 pandemic, concluding a clause […]
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Client Seeks $100M Over COVID-19 Test Case
Attorneys with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan recently filed a breach-of-contract suit in a Massachusetts state court on behalf of a biotech manufacturer seeking $100 million in damages […]
Legal Chief Who Led Southwest Through 9/11, COVID-19 Stepping Down
Southwest Airlines’ top lawyer, Mark Shaw, will be relinquishing the legal reins and moving into an advisory role on June 1, the company disclosed in a regulatory filing […]
New Jersey Court Reinstates Frontline Workers’ COVID-19 Wrongful-Death Case
In an unpublished decision, the Appellate Division reinstated a Bergen County Superior Court wrongful-death suit in favor of the family of married health care aides who died from COVID-19, […]