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Hornbeck offshore services decision

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 11 2013

On April 9, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a 2-1 ruling overturning a decision of the U.S. District Court for the

When a derivative shareholder suit meets forum non conveniens

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 22 2013

On January 17th, the Fifth Circuit held the trial court properly dismissed for forum non conveniens, a shareholder derivative lawsuit against BP's

Allflex USA, Inc. v. Avid Identification Sys., Inc., No. 2011-1621 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 17, 2013)

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 24 2013

An appeal is moot if the parties settle all of their claims and make a portion of the settlement payment contingent upon the outcome of the appeal

California Court of Appeals clarifies standard of review in Sky River property tax case

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 12 2013

On March 15, 2013, the Fifth Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal ordered publication of Sky River LLC v. Kern County, Case No

Crime & corruption

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 30 2009

According to a complaint filed by a former NFL Players Association director of human services, the U.S. Department of Labor is investigating alleged collusion between the union and team owners

An agreement between an inventor and a third-party providing that the inventor “hereby assigned” was a present assignment providing the third-party with an ownership interest in the resulting patents

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 6 2009

Researchers at the patentee collaborated in developing the patented technology with a third-party under a series of written agreements

Administrative & court decisions

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 30 2009

The NLRB ruled that Starbucks baristas working in a Milwaukee, WI Hilton hotel cannot be accreted to an existing bargaining unit of hotel employees represented by UNITE HERE because the baristas have a separate identity from the other hotel workers and, thus, constitute a separate bargaining unit

The attorney-client privilege and internal investigations

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 5 2009

On September 30th, the Ninth Circuit "explored the treacherous path which corporate counsel must tread under the attorney-client privilege when conducting an internal investigation to advise a publicly traded company on its financial disclosure obligations."

FDIC is liable for breach of contract

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 5 2009

On September 29th, the Federal Circuit held on behalf of a Winston & Strawn-represented party that the FDIC can be liable for breach of contract in a case stemming from the savings and loan crisis of the early 1980s

Allegedly infringing activity by an entity is conducted for and with the authorization or consent of the Government when the Government participates in some way in, and benefits from, the activity, and thus, the alleged infringement can only be litigated

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 6 2009

In a patent infringement case related to a method for detecting fraudulent bank checks, patentees appealed the district court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing certain infringement counts as proper only in the Court of Federal Claims because the relevant actions were “by or for the United States” under 28 U.S.C. 1498(a

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