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A public health clinic accused of Medicare billing fraud in an underlying False Claims Act whistleblower lawsuit urged a California judge Friday to deny Hanover Insurance quick judgment in their dispute over coverage, saying the underlying facts at least potentially trigger the policy and no asserted exclusion applies.

A public health clinic accused of Medicare billing fraud in an underlying False Claims Act whistleblower lawsuit urged a California judge Friday to deny Hanover Insurance quick judgment in their dispute over coverage, saying the underlying facts at least potentially trigger the policy and no asserted exclusion applies.

A union representing more than 3,000 NetJets pilots on Monday defended its suit against that company's executive for allegedly infiltrating a confidential union member message board and attempting to disrupt organizing activities, telling an Ohio federal judge the facts provide a substantial basis for its claims.

A Virginia federal judge has temporarily dismissed a patent infringement case brought against the creators of a movie trivia card game on the grounds that under the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent TC Heartland ruling, an Amazon sale wasn’t enough to connect them to a state where they don’t reside.

Straight Path Communications has agreed to pay $9.45 million to settle a lawsuit with shareholders who accused the telecommunications asset holder of improperly acquiring and overstating the value of spectrum licenses, which caused the company's stock price to drop when brought to light.

After nearly a week of silence, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai addressed recent statements by President Donald Trump that NBC should have its broadcast license challenged for running a disparaging story about the president, saying Tuesday he's a firm believer in the First Amendment, but without criticizing the president directly.

The NFL has lost most of its bid to sidestep infringement claims brought by software and systems developers over their patented online video services, though a California federal judge did agree to invalidate one claim that was directed toward an abstract idea under Alice.

In this week's round of intellectual property attorney moves, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe found its new global intellectual property practice co-leader when it hired the former co-chair of Weil Gotshal & Manges' patent litigation practice, while Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman landed two partners with experience in complex intellectual property litigation and patents to lead its Taiwan practice, and Seyfarth Shaw snagged a veteran patent litigator to lead the firm's new intellectual property trial practice.

In this week’s round of intellectual property attorney hires, Akerman pulled in a pair of partners for its litigation practice group, while Goodwin Procter landed a life sciences pro from DLA Piper, and Cozen O’Connor nabbed two patent and trademark partners from Seed IP Law. Here are the details on these and other notable hires this week.

The owner of a Philadelphia building facing civil lawsuits stemming from a 2013 collapse that killed six people can examine some physical evidence that relates to the previous criminal proceedings of the building’s contractor, who was convicted of manslaughter in October, a Philadelphia judge ruled…

Atlantic Specialty Insurance Co. on Monday hit Essar Steel Minnesota and its subsidiaries with a complaint in New York state court demanding that the company cough up roughly $15.3 million in collateral for bonds the insurer issued last year.

Contractors accused of botching a $250 million project at Los Angeles International Airport asked the Ninth Circuit Wednesday to undo an order forcing them to arbitrate their claims seeking insurance coverage against the city’s allegations out of state, saying California’s insurance code should have…

A California resident has accused almond milk maker Blue Diamond Growers of deceptively advertising its products as a quality alternative to dairy milk with equivalent or even superior amounts of nutrients, when in fact they are not, according to a complaint filed in Los Angeles County court.

Vestor Capital Management is entitled to receive a $5 million payout from the life insurance policy of its now-deceased president, an Illinois federal judge concluded Monday, after finding that the investment firm’s request to reduce the policy to $2 million hadn’t gone into effect before its presid…

A staple of the legal thriller genre for nearly 40 years, Scott Turow’s bestselling novel and blockbuster movie "Presumed Innocent" returned to the screen this year as an eight-episode miniseries on Apple. In a spoiler-free conversation with Law360, the author discusses evolving his characters for their television debut and the lasting legacy of his most famous work.

A staple of the legal thriller genre for nearly 40 years, Scott Turow’s bestselling novel and blockbuster movie "Presumed Innocent" returned to the screen this year as an eight-episode miniseries on Apple. In a spoiler-free conversation with Law360, the author discusses evolving his characters for their television debut and the lasting legacy of his most famous work.

A staple of the legal thriller genre for nearly 40 years, Scott Turow’s bestselling novel and blockbuster movie "Presumed Innocent" returned to the screen this year as an eight-episode miniseries on Apple. In a spoiler-free conversation with Law360, the author discusses evolving his characters for their television debut and the lasting legacy of his most famous work.

Marking the decade anniversary of the Obergefell opinion, Law360 asked the attorneys who argued the case at the Supreme Court what it was like being at the center of such a monumental case, how a ruling favoring same-sex marriage changed the legal landscape over the past decade, and the remaining legal appetite to overturn it.

Marking the decade anniversary of the Obergefell opinion, Law360 asked the attorneys who argued the case at the Supreme Court what it was like being at the center of such a monumental case, how a ruling favoring same-sex marriage changed the legal landscape over past decade, and the remaining legal appetite to overturn it.

Illinois is set to receive the first overhaul of its public defense system in 75 years, and Champaign County Chief Public Defender Elisabeth Pollock is "very much looking forward" to it, she told Law360.