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In its third-ever post-grant review decision, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruled Tuesday that a patent for tracking container storage and shipping is invalid under the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice decision because it describes a long-standing industry practice. The PTAB found in favor of Continue Reading

Summertime isn’t the safe haven from responsibility it once was, and private equity attorneys who are expected to spend the dog days of summer helping clients clinch deals and close funds need to find ways to stay focused without losing their cool. It’s hot, your friends and colleagues and Continue Reading

Private equity interest in co-investment deals alongside their limited partners continues to rise in popularity, and experts say co-investments are only becoming more attractive as PE funds seek to take advantage of the benefits, including the strengthening of relationships with LPs and improved Continue Reading

Lawyers for the Fox News chairman, Roger Ailes, are looking to transfer a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the former anchor Gretchen Carlson to a New York federal court, a move her lawyers immediately dismissed as “judge shopping.” In papers filed on Friday, Mr. Ailes’s lawyers argued that the Continue Reading

A New Jersey appeals court's Thursday ruling that adverse side effects caused by chicken feed additive are covered property damage chips away at precedent long relied upon by insurance carriers in product defect cases, but the court's new test for how an exclusion for impaired property is applied Continue Reading

When former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson sued her ex-boss, Roger Ailes, her lawsuit outlined what employment attorneys call an all-too-familiar tale of sexual harassment: comments about her legs, instructions to wear certain types of clothing, even an overt sexual proposition. But there was Continue Reading

As the National Labor Relations Board's blockbuster Browning-Ferris decision nears its first anniversary, the agency issued a complementary ruling Monday making it easier for temp workers to unionize, a one-two combination punch that management-side lawyers fear will open primary employers up to Continue Reading

The first half of 2016 was a bit rocky for the private equity world, but plenty of deals were still inked, numerous funds were still raised and experts say the industry could have a strong second half of the year. There were more total private equity deals made in the first half of this year when Continue Reading

When Fox News chief Roger Ailes asked a court on Friday to dismiss former Fox TV host Gretchen Carlson’s sexual harassment suit against him and force it into secret arbitration, he put on display a hornet’s nest of increasingly common and controversial employment practices. The notion that the Continue Reading

A federal judge may dismiss some counts in an indictment against Wilmington Trust and five former senior bank executives after hearing arguments Thursday. U.S. Judge Richard G. Andrews said he will likely dismiss a handful of counts alleging the bank and executives made false statements to the Continue Reading