| GlaxoSmithKline issues update on US patent litigation regarding Valtrex | | Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 2:45:45 PM by Blog57 Team | | GlaxoSmithKline has issued an update on US patent litigation regarding Valtrex (valacyclovir), an antiviral drug used for the treatment and suppression of genital herpes, herpes zoster (shingles), and cold sores. In May 2003, GSK filed a patent infringement suit in the US District Court of New Jersey against Ranbaxy alleging that its generic product would infringe GSK's basic "composition of matter" patent (4957924) for Valtrex, which expires in June 2009 (excluding paediatric exclusivity). No trial date has yet been set for this litigation. On February 1, 2007, Ranbaxy received FDA approval for its generic valacyclovir product, and notified GSK that it sought to market the product in the USA. GSK will apply to the court for a preliminary injunction prohibiting launch of this product pending completion of the lawsuit.... | |
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| | | Slain racer's lawyer tells of vitriolic litigation with defendant | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 6:46:26 PM by Blog57 Team | | PASADENA, Calif. A lawyer who once represented slain racing legend Mickey Thompson testified today that a legal battle between his client and the former business partner now on trial for murder was the most vitriolic litigation he ever encountered Philip Bartenetti testified at the trial of Michael Goodwin, who is accused of having Thompson and his wife, Trudy, murdered over the soured business relationship nearly 19 years ago. Bartnetti said he advised Thompson the case was getting too costly for both sides. The lawyer was called to testify as part of a circumstantial case being presented against Goodwin. Thompson, who gained fame in numerous auto sports and set land speed records, merged his motorcycle racing business with Goodwin's but their association quickly soured and Thompson successfully sued him.... | |
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| | | Alabama With Utilities in Pollution Case | | Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 2:46:02 AM by Blog57 Team | | Alabama will weigh in on the side of the utility industry Wednesday as the U.S. Supreme Court takes up long-awaited litigation that could impact pollution levels from power plants across the country, including four plants in central and southern Alabama. With Republican Gov. Bob Riley's backing, Alabama is among 11 states that filed a brief with the court supporting the defendant, North Carolina-based Duke Energy Corp., which was sued for upgrading plants without improving emissions controls. The case is one of many court battles over the Clean Air Act's New Source Review regulations, including one involving Alabama Power Co., a subsidiary of Southern Co. Under New Source Review, utilities and other major polluters must update aging power plants with stronger emissions controls when they make improvements that increase power generation.... | |
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| | | Perpetual litigation? | | Posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 12:46:03 PM by Blog57 Team | | The latest round in the Denton-Tarrant boundary battle leaves the overwhelming impression that any more legal wrangling will needlessly cost taxpayers in both counties. Despite several tries, Denton County commissioners have been unable to undo an appeals court ruling in Tarrant County's favor in a dispute about the location of the boundary between the neighboring jurisdictions. But earlier this year, Denton County claimed in court that Tarrant owes about $2 million in property taxes that Denton officials calculated as the portion of its bond debt owed by property owners in the 3,500-acre triangle at the heart of the boundary fight. In September, Tarrant County countered with its own request for sanctions against Denton for filing frivolous motions.... | |
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| | | Mathon Systems Joins Google Enterprise Professional Program to Extend Enterprise Search to Litigation Response and | | Posted Monday, October 23, 2006 6:46:22 PM by Blog57 Team | | Mathon Systems, a provider of information risk management solutions, today announced it has joined the Google Enterprise Professional program to integrate its flagship information risk management solution, Mathon Integral, with the Google Search Appliance. The integrated solution will extend the power of Google search to enterprise organizations to reduce the risk of litigation, enable the rapid of discovery sensitive files (such as spreadsheets, emails, documents, etc.), prevent the loss of critical information, and reduce the cost of regulatory compliance. "The Google Enterprise Professional Program will help our customers utilize the full search and indexing power of Google with the rich metadata from Mathon to advance risk management initiatives," said Angus MacDonald, CEO of Mathon Systems.... | |
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| | | Get ready to go to trial'?: Lawyer for Potawatomi denies threat of litigation to force bingo development | | Posted Sunday, October 15, 2006 6:45:49 AM by Blog57 Team | | SYCAMORE - DeKalb County officials said this week that they are preparing for the likelihood of litigation by a Kansas-based American Indian tribe that wants to build a bingo parlor on 128 acres it purchased near Shabbona earlier this year.“The attorney for the tribe indicated to us that we should prepare a budget and get ready to go to trial," County Administrator Ray Bockman said Thursday, recounting a conversation he said he had with Sycamore attorney Jordan Gallagher last week after the county announced it had suspended negotiations with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.Attempts to speak directly with Gallagher on Thursday and Friday were not successful, but in a voice mail message he left with the Chronicle Friday, Gallagher, who has been retained by the Mayetta, Kan.-based tribe, denied making the statement “Get ready for litigation or trial."He added, “I have never made that statement, certainly not to you or anybody else and I know the Potawatomi are working very hard at trying to avoid the expense for themselves and the people of DeKalb County for that expensive litigation, and they are continuing to talk with people in the county and they will continue to do that." That's not how DeKalb County State's Attorney Ron Matekaitis remembered it.He said he spoke with Gallagher on Oct.... | |
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| | | Discovery Law Expands Litigation Support Services National Service Bureau Alliance Network | | Posted Friday, October 06, 2006 10:45:55 PM by Blog57 Team | | Houston, TX (PRWEB) October 6, 2006 -- Discovery Law, an emerging leader in the US wholesale litigation support services market, today formally announced that it has expanded its national service bureau alliance network to more than 30 alliance members covering 93 locations in the US and Canada with the addition of WarRoom Document Services with offices in Boston, Massachusetts, Tampa, Florida and Providence, Rhode Island and Digital Discovery Solutions of Austin, Texas. .... | |
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| | | Homeland Security Department Ends Litigation on Workplace Rules | | Posted Thursday, September 28, 2006 2:45:33 PM by Blog57 Team | | At the Department of Homeland Security, litigation over new workplace rules is out. The Bush administration, after losing three times to a labor coalition led by the National Treasury Employees Union, has decided not to file a petition at the Supreme Court, a spokesman for the department said yesterday. .... | |
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| | | Toshiba to pay Micron $288 million to end litigation over flash memory | | Posted Tuesday, September 19, 2006 10:45:54 PM by Blog57 Team | | Toshiba Corp., the world's second-biggest flash memory maker, said it will pay $288 million to Micron Technology Inc. to end patent litigation started by a company Micron bought in June. Lexar Media Inc. sued Tokyo-based Toshiba over NAND flash memory that stores large amounts of data in digital cameras and music players such as Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod. Toshiba will get some of Lexar's patent rights and license others. The accord ends a battle that included a $465.4 million jury verdict in a trade secrets case against Toshiba, to be retried on damages in California, and a U.S. International Trade Commission complaint seeking to block the importation of Toshiba products accused of infringing Lexar patents. The agreement came sooner than expected, J.P.... | |
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| | | San Jose's Tripath settles litigation | | Posted Tuesday, September 12, 2006 4:45:38 AM by Blog57 Team | | Tripath Technology Inc. said Monday it agreed to settle litigation with Langley Partners againsts its founder and Chief Executive Adya Tripathi and its former Chief Financial Officer David Eichler. San Jose-based Tripath (OTCBB:TRPH) said all claims against the company will be dropped in exchange for payment to Langley Partners of $40,000 and common stock that corresponds to $357,750 based on the closing bid price on the first trading day before court's order approving the stock transfer. .... | |
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