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[12/14] Young to stay with GM after stepping down as CFO
[12/14] Merrill Lynch to pay Va $1.37M settlement
[12/14] Jekyll Island regroups after ending developer deal
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[12/14] AP Source: Feds eye NY trial for Gitmo suspect
[12/14] High court to rule on deportation issue
[12/14] Colo. court: Immigrants records illegally searched
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Government Contracts

[12/11] In re: Hijazi
Defendant's petition for a writ of mandamus arising from his indictment for various fraud-related charges involving a contract with the United States Army to provide goods and services to military locations throughout the world, including Kuwait, is granted under the three conditions set forth by the Supreme Court in Cheney v. U.S. Dist. Court and the district court is ordered to rule on defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment where: 1) there is no other adequate means for defendant to attain the relief he seeks and defendant is asking for relief well within the power of the district court; 2) the right to the issuance of the writ is clear and indisputable as there is no doubt that the question of how far a statute, such as the Major Fraud Act and the Wire Fraud Act, reaches out to address conduct undertaken outside the U.S. is a fundamental one, and as more than enough time has passed, defendant is entitled to a ruling on his motions now; and 3) this case is an appropriate candidate for mandamus as defendant's arguments raise serious questions about the reach of U.S. law, and it remains to be seen whether the U.S. contacts on which the government relies are sufficient to support its prosecution. Finally, with regards to the fugitive disentitlement doctrine and mutuality, although the district court correctly recognized that the doctrine does not apply to defendant's situation, the court took too narrow a view of the adverse consequences that defendant would suffer if he loses on his motion to dismiss.
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Intellectual Property

[12/07] Source Search Tech., LLC v. LendingTree, LLC
In plaintiff's patent infringement suit against defendant-LendingTree involving a patent for a computerized procurement service for matching potential buyers with potential vendors over a network, district court's conclusion that the asserted patent claims were infringed but invalid on obviousness grounds is vacated in part, affirmed in part, and remanded where: 1) district court's grant of summary judgment of invalidity and infringement are vacated except to the extent that the latter grant forecloses defendant's argument that its website does not offer goods or services; 2) district court's grant of summary judgment on the charges of indefiniteness is affirmed.
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Labor & Employment Law

[12/14] Rederford v. US Airways, Inc.
In an action brought against an airline by a former employee alleging that the termination of her employment violated her rights under the ADA because she was suffering from lupus, dismissal of the action is affirmed where: 1) an injunction is effective to bar plaintiff's claims as she failed to pursue her employment discrimination claims through the bankruptcy proceeding; and 2) the district court did not err in rejecting plaintiff's contention that she nonetheless should be able to litigate her claims based on the doctrines of judicial estoppel and unclean hands.
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