Dismissals, Parallel Proceedings

Dismissal of Case Affirmed for Lack of Prosecution, Parallel Bankruptcy Trust Litigation No Excuse for Plaintiff’s Delay

Goldberg Segalla on 8/14/2025

Back in 2009, Salvador Parra filed suit in the trial court of Jones County, Mississippi against 19 companies for asbestos exposure. He amended to clarify he was a Louisiana citizen but was employed in Mississippi in 1968-69...more

Israeli National Labor Court Rules Investors Are Not Employers

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co. on 8/15/2022

The Israeli National Labor Court recently issued a ruling addressing a claim to “lift the corporate veil” in a dispute between two groups of shareholders in a company. The National Labor Court’s ruling did not allow the...more

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2021 Decisions: Mylan Labs. Ltd v. Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.,...

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 2/17/2022

Mylan appealed from a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) discretionary denial of institution of an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding. The Board declined to institute Mylan’s IPR under NHK-Fintiv, a multi-factor analysis...more

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2021 Decisions

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 2/9/2022

[co-author: Jamie Dohopolski] Last year, the continued global COVID-19 pandemic forced American courts to largely continue the procedures set in place in 2020. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was no...more

PTAB Strategies and Insights - January 2021: Patent Owner's District Court Disavowal Moots Petitioner's PTAB-Based CAFC Appeal...

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 1/26/2021

In ABS Global, Inc. v Cytonome/ST, LLC, the Federal Circuit dismissed a Petitioner’s appeal from a U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) final written decision when it determined that a Patent Owner’s voluntary...more

PTAB Strategies and Insights - January 2021

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 1/25/2021

The PTAB Strategies and Insights newsletter provides timely updates and insights into how best to handle proceedings at the USPTO. It is designed to increase return on investment for all stakeholders looking at the entire...more

[Virtual Event] 8th Annual Advanced Forum on False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement - March 24th - 25th, 8:15 am - 4:45 pm...

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 12/14/2020

THE ONLY EVENT WHERE YOU'LL HEAR FROM Government, In-house Counsel, The Judiciary, the Defense & Relator’s Bar - ACI’s 8th Annual Advanced Forum on False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement will address the underlying...more

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