Fabricant Law of New York filed patent infringement complaints against five major companies—Costco, Kroger, Shell, Starbucks and Walmart—for allegedly using contactless payment technology that violates the rights of its client. The claims were filed last Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on behalf of…

Another year means another class of summer associates in New Jersey, and this year’s class remains strong. A total of 100 summer associates were hired across the surveyed firms, which is slightly above the total of the last two years. Similar to the last three years, the average number of…

Harvey, the generative artificial intelligence-powered professional services and legal technology startup, announced on Tuesday that it raised $100 million in a Series C funding round, bringing its valuation to $1.5 billion. The round was led by Google Ventures, with participation from OpenAI, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Elad Gil and SV Angel,…

Ticketmaster parent Live Nation has moved to transfer a historic antitrust case filed by the Department of Justice to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, arguing that terms of a consent decree mandate that the case be litigated in the nation’s capital and not Manhattan. The DOJ and…

Trade secret cases present an intrinsic conflict between the open court principle and the confidential nature of trade secrets. Plaintiffs are often unwilling to identify and define their trade secrets with particularity, even under protective orders. However, this strategy denies defendants fair knowledge of allegations against them. Courts should ensure…

‘This Is Not Going Away’: Smackdown in Novel Cybersecurity Case Unlikely to Send SEC Into Retreat | Corporate Counsel Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/corpcounsel/2024/07/23/this-is-not-going-away-smackdown-in-marquee-cybersecurity-case-unlikely-to-send-sec-into-retreat/ The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a fraud lawsuit against SolarWinds last year, marking the first time the agency sued a public company over its response to a cyberattack.…