Supreme Court Takes Up Patent Eligibility Case

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • Supreme Court Takes Up Patent Eligibility Case • Judge Approves $153 Million Settlement in Fannie Mae Securities Class Action • Winston & Strawn Sues Mississippi Law Firm for Fees • At Telecom Prom, New FCC Chair Keeps 'Em Laughing • Criminal Defense Lawyers Criticize Stop-and-Frisk Policies • Lawyer Pleads Not Guilty in Mortgage Scam Supreme Court Takes Up Patent Eligibility Case The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review a deeply divided ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on the standard for determining whether certain computed-related inventions deserve patent protection. In Alice Corporation v. CLS... Read More » Judge Approves $153 Million Settlement in Fannie Mae Securities Class Action A Washington federal trial judge today approved a $153 million settlement between Fannie Mae and shareholders who sued the mortgage giant for securities fraud. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon found the settlement and plan for distributing it among the more... Read More » Winston & Strawn Sues Mississippi Law Firm for Fees Winston & Strawn is suing a former client, a Mississippi law firm, for alleged unpaid fees and expenses of more than $200,000. In the lawsuit filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Winston & Strawn... Read More » At Telecom Prom, New FCC Chair Keeps 'Em Laughing Among the leaders of federal regulatory agencies, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has a unique job requirement: He has to be funny - at least for one night. New FCC chair Tom Wheeler gamely rose to the occasion... Read More » Criminal Defense Lawyers Criticize Stop-and-Frisk Policies Stop-and-frisk policies are damaging and need retooling, a panel of criminal defense lawyers and legal scholars agreed Friday at an event aimed at shedding light on racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system. "Police interaction with citizens is... Read More » Lawyer Pleads Not Guilty in Mortgage Scam One of the first attorneys under investigation by the State Bar of California for inducing struggling homeowners to pay for fraudulent loan modification services pleaded not guilty on Thursday to federal charges that he lent his former law license to others as part of the $12 million scheme. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES

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