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Recent News About Covington & Burling
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VENUE Act aims to lessen ease of filing patent lawsuits in Eastern District of Texas
A recently proposed bill in the U.S. Senate may be the key to curbing the rampant patent lawsuit abuse in the plaintiff-friendly Eastern District of Texas jurisdiction. -
Abbott: Health care arguments show administration's hypocrisy
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott speaks to press outside the U.S. Supreme Court on March 27. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott was among those who attended the first day of oral arguments on the federal health care challenge before the U.S. Supreme Court, and said he feels the proceedings will reveal the "hypocrisy" of the Obama administration. -
ExxonMobil suing insurers over asbestos litigation costs
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Insurance issues surface in BP oil spill litigation
Haycraft NEW ORLEANS - Below the surface of lawsuits blaming oil company BP for the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion, tremors of insurance disputes begin to roll. -
Legally Speaking: Lawyers Behaving Badly ... Again
After writing a three-part series on some of the lowlights of the legal profession earlier this year, you might think that I've run out of material. Evidently, you don't know lawyers very well. -
Microsoft files counter suit to Hill patent claim
The Microsoft Corp. has filed a counter suit against Charles E. Hill after the Marshall resident claimed the software giant infringed on his patents. -
Recent patent/copyright infringement cases filed in U.S. District Courts
Marshall Division, Eastern District of Texas