Archive

Posts Tagged ‘senate’

Get In Line: Jobless Wait on Benefit Extensions

March 1st, 2010
Comments Off

As of this week, not only do COBRA benefits subsidies hang in the balance,

Legal News , , , , , , , , ,

COBRAcalypse Avoided? COBRA Extensions in Job Bill

February 26th, 2010
Comments Off

We all have been worrying about this for some time, but each time the end is near, we get one more chance. The Senate will review a proposal

Legal News , , , , , , , , ,

Theme-Park Suits Rarely See Courtrooms

February 26th, 2010
Comments Off

In the midst of the fatal accident on Wednesday

Legal News , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Microsoft Ordered to Pay $200 Million in Patent Dispute

May 20th, 2009

A federal jury in Tyler, Texas, has ordered Microsoft to pay $200 million to Canadian software company i4i for patent infringement resulting from Microsoft Word’s use of XML, or “extensible markup language.” Douglas Cawley of McKool Smith, who represented i4i at the six-day trial, says the jury found the infringement to be willful, which gives federal Judge Leonard Davis the discretion to treble the damages.

Originally posted here:
Microsoft Ordered to Pay $200 Million in Patent Dispute

Legal News , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Specter Recommends Four Women Who Are Not Judges for High Court Nomination

May 20th, 2009

The former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday that President Barack Obama had asked him to name some possible successors to Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court. And Arlen Specter, D-Pa., said he has complied, though in speaking with reporters he would only hint at the people he suggested.

See original here:
Specter Recommends Four Women Who Are Not Judges for High Court Nomination

Legal News , , , , , , , , , , , ,