http://www.scourlawyer.com Legal News Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:11:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ScourLawyerhttp://feedburner.google.com JD Supra, a legal content syndicator, added a Legal Updates application to LinkedIn, reports attorney Ari Kaplan. The new application gives LinkedIn users access to lawyer-written articles and lends JD Supra's premium members a new channel to expose their expertise to potential clients.Original post by LexisNexis® Mealey's� Legal News http://www.scourlawyer.com/jd-supra-links-in-legal-content/ LOS ANGELES - Finding that a video game publisher provided adequate evidence of damages from the operation of a Web server that allowed unauthorized play of its popular "World of Warcraft" (WOW) game, a California federal judge on Aug. 10 awarded the company more than $88 million in disgorgement, statutory ... http://www.scourlawyer.com/unauthorized-gaming-server-operator-hit-with-88-million-judgment-in-dmca-case/ WASHINGTON, D.C. - Recommending that the U.S. Supreme Court deny certification of the question of whether the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) is subject to the anti-preemption provision of the McCarran-Ferguson Act, the U.S. solicitor general on Aug. 26 said, among other things, that the issue is not in conflict in ... http://www.scourlawyer.com/us-to-high-court-do-not-review-arbitration-acts-preemption-of-state-law/ WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sitting en banc, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 30 held that the key inquiry under the patent misuse doctrine is whether the patentee has "leveraged its patent beyond the scope of rights granted by the Patent Act" (Princo Corporation and Princo America Corporation ... http://www.scourlawyer.com/federal-circuit-defines-key-to-inquiry-under-patent-misuse-doctrine/ SCRANTON, Pa. - Underlying allegations that an insured purposely participated in a kickback scheme consist of intentional and/or malicious conspiratorial conduct on the part of the insured and not accidental conduct, a Pennsylvania federal judge held Aug. 31, further finding that coverage is precluded by certain policy exclusions (Travelers Property ... http://www.scourlawyer.com/judge-insurer-has-no-duty-to-defend-indemnify-kickback-conspiracy-claims/ IRVINE, Calif. - Allergan Inc. said Sept. 1 that it will plead guilty to a federal misdemeanor charge related to off-label marketing of Botox and will pay a total of $600 million to the federal government in criminal and civil penalties. Full story on lexis.com Original post by LexisNexis® Mealey's� Legal ... http://www.scourlawyer.com/allergan-pleads-guilty-pays-600m-for-off-label-marketing-of-botox/ NEW ORLEANS - The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 16 remanded a dispute over a Louisiana federal judge's June 22 ruling striking down the federal government's six-month moratorium on offshore drilling operations of deepwater oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico. The Fifth Circuit directed the lower ... http://www.scourlawyer.com/5th-circuit-remands-moratorium-dispute-to-district-court/ WASHINGTON, D.C. - The nation's largest retailer on Aug. 25 filed a petition for writ of certiorari asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a California federal judge's decision to certify a class of more than 1 million current and former female Walmart employees who claim that the company discriminated ... http://www.scourlawyer.com/walmart-asks-us-supreme-court-to-hear-appeal-of-gender-discrimination-class/ The BlackBerry Presenter fits in the palm of your hand and is designed to receive a PowerPoint presentation from a Bluetooth-enabled BlackBerry device and display it on a projector, television, or monitor without the aid of a computer. Technology editor Sean Doherty gives it a test drive.Original post by LexisNexis® ... http://www.scourlawyer.com/review-blackberry-presenter/ NEW ORLEANS - Because an insurer accepted coverage for a chlorine gas release under the policy's pollution legal liability provision, the insured is not entitled to coverage under the policy's general liability provision pursuant to the policy's other coverages exclusion, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Aug. 24 ... http://www.scourlawyer.com/no-coverage-is-afforded-under-general-liability-provision-panel-says/