Business
[11/23] IMF chief: Global economy still fragile
[11/23] Economic survey: Job losses to bottom out in 1Q
[11/23] Heritage Oil to sell Ugandan fields to Italy's Eni
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Top Headlines
[11/20] $6M verdict upheld in McDonald's strip search case
[11/20] Investors sue Fla. lawyer in fraud probe for $100M
[11/20] NYC model who married doorman sues upscale co-op
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Government Contracts

[11/17] Alabama Aircraft Indus., Inc. v. US
In plaintiff's post-award bid protest case against the Department of the Air Force (agency) for awarding a billion-dollar-plus contract to Boeing for long-term maintenance on the Air Force's fleet of KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, judgment in favor of plaintiff is reversed and the injunction against proceeding with the contract awarded to Boeing is vacated as the agency's price-realism analysis based on the set work package was not arbitrary and capricious, and the trial court's contrary determination was not within the court's scope of review under the APA standard.
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Intellectual Property

[11/19] Iovate Health Sci., Inc. v. Bio-Engineered Supplements & Nutrition, Inc.
In a patent case involving nutritional supplements containing a ketoacid and an amino acid to enhance muscle performance or recovery from fatigue, summary judgment holding certain of plaintiff's patent claims invalid as anticipated is affirmed as the Professional Protein advertisement constitutes an anticipatory printed publication under section 102(b) that invalidates the asserted claims of the patent as: 1) the ad discloses each and every claim limitation as a matter of law; and 2) a person of skill in the art, combining his or her knowledge of the art with the advertisement's suggestions, would have considered the advertisements to be enabled.
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Labor & Employment Law

[11/23] Sherwood v. Marquette Transp. Co., LLC
In plaintiff's suit against his employer under the Jones Act and general maritime law for injuries he suffered while working as a deckhand, defendant-employer's appeal of a district court's denial of its motion to stay the suit in favor of arbitration is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction under 9 U.S.C. section 16(a)(1)(A) as: 1) section 16 is part of the Federal Arbitration Act, and as such, under the language of section 1, does not apply to any employment contract involving a seaman; and 2) section also is inapplicable, and defendant's motion for a stay did not rely on it.
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