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US top court lets Liz Taylor keep disputed Van Gogh (AFP)
AFP - The US Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit against actress Elizabeth Taylor for owning a Van Gogh painting that a Jewish woman lost before fleeing Nazi Germany to South Africa in 1939.
US Supreme Court stays execution of Mississippi man (AFP)
AFP - The US Supreme Court late Tuesday halted the execution of a Mississippi prisoner just moments before he was set to die, officials from the state Department of Corrections said.
Is Fighting Your Patent Case in Public Really a Good Idea?
The existence of millions of blogs proves that everyone has an opinion. But you won’t often find the general counsel of a major tech company shooting his mouth off about ongoing patent litigation. Yet, Sun Microsystems’ GC and CEO have been blogging about their company’s IP battle with Network Appliances, trading barbs with a NetApp co-founder, who has been commenting on the case on his own blog. Some of the comments have turned personal.
October ends with no executions in US (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court halted an execution in Mississippi Tuesday, less than an hour before a convicted killer was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection.
Supreme Court halts halt Miss. execution (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court halted an execution in Mississippi Tuesday, less than an hour before a convicted killer was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection.
Court reviews child pornography law (AP)
AP - The Bush administration urged the Supreme Court Tuesday to uphold a law against the promotion of child pornography, rejecting First Amendment claims that it limits legitimate creative expression.
Taking New Area of Litigation One Plaintiff Suit at a Time
Spurred by a recent warning from the Food and Drug Administration, some plaintiffs firms, including Milberg Weiss, have identified gadolinium suits as a burgeoning area of litigation. Used to treat diseased kidneys, the chemical has plaintiffs lawyers salivating at the thought of a new arena of billion-dollar mass torts. But one firm wants to take it one suit at a time. Jeffrey Kaiser, a partner at Levin Simes Kaiser & Gornick, says the work on the first case will “set the tone” for the other cases.
Top court to hear Exxon Valdez case (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether Exxon Mobil Corp. should pay $2.5 billion in punitive damages to victims of the huge Exxon Valdez oil spill that fouled more than 1,200 miles of Alaskan coastline in 1989.
Summary: Court to hear Exxon Valdez case (AP)
AP - DAMAGES: The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether Exxon Mobil Corp. should pay $2.5 billion to victims of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
US top court to re-examine Exxon Valdez suit (AFP)
AFP - The US Supreme Court said Monday it would examine the legality under maritime law of damages of 2.5 billion dollars awarded against ExxonMobil for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil tanker disaster.