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3rd Circ. Clarifies Review Standard For Derivative Suits

Law 360

In a precedential ruling Friday declining to revive Cognizant Technology investors' derivative claims over a bribery scandal, the full Third Circuit held that the best way to review such cases on appeal was from the beginning, not giving deference to the lower court's decision or considering whether there was an abuse of discretion.

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Russia blocks website of protest monitor OVD-Info group

JURIST

Russia’s media regulator Roskomnadzor Saturday blocked the website of prominent rights and protest monitoring group OVD-Info after a court decision, the group said in a statement. The Russian government adopted the Federal Law of December 30, 2020, No.

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Eligibility and the U.S. Solicitor General: Patenting the Scientific, Technological, and Industrial Arts

Patently O

” In its briefing, the SG ties itself to the idea of “technological inventions”; arguing that “quintessentially technological inventions” should be patent eligible. A positive SG amicus brief usually indicates a high likelihood that the Supreme Court will hear the case. SG Brief. See 35 U.S.C.

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Sixth Circuit reinstates Ohio State University’s Lanham Act and state law right-of-publicity claims against Redbubble

HowAppealing

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link. In earlier coverage of the district court ruling that the Sixth Circuit reversed today, Eric Goldman had a post at his ” Technology & Marketing Law Blog” titled “ Online Marketplace Defeats Trademark Suit Because It’s Not the ‘Seller’ — OSU v.

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Elizabeth Holmes’ Prison Sentence Delayed as Court Considers Appeal

The Crime Report

The prison sentence of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been delayed while the court considers overturning a district court decision denying her request for release while she appeals her conviction for fraud. Holmes was sentenced to 11 years in prison and convicted on four counts of wire fraud in 2022.

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Guest Post: The Caselaw Access Project — Then, Now, Tomorrow

LawSites

We’d all been working for over a year on a contract that would make it possible, someday in the future, for everyone to have free and open access to all the official court decisions ever published in the United States. state and federal court decisions representing the bulk of our nation’s common law. This was not easy.

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Federal appeals court affirms approval of Google ‘Street View’ privacy suit settlement

JURIST

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision Monday approving a class settlement between Google and 18 named plaintiffs involving its “Street View” technology.

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