A federal judge in Los Angeles has granted summary judgment in one of the first cases to address the heightened standard for false patent-marking claims under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. Robert Nissen, lead counsel for the defendant, explains how the sweeping new patent law affected his case.

In the case of a man who lost his lower leg after being injured by a stump grinder rented from Home Depot, a federal judge rejected summary judgment motions arguing that Home Depot, as a lessor, is immune from claims under New Jersey’s Products Liability Act and that the plaintiff spoliated evidence.

A judge’s ruling dismissing a class action against the Royal Bank of Scotland extends for the first time the Supreme Court’s ruling to claims under the Securities Act of 1933.

The 3rd Circuit has set aside a $295 million settlement of a class action antitrust suit alleging a price-fixing conspiracy in the international market for diamonds allegedly orchestrated by the De Beers group of companies headquartered in South Africa. The court ruled the settlement must be vacated because the lower court improperly certified a nationwide class of indirect purchasers despite recognizing that would bar some of those plaintiffs from pursuing such indirect claims under their own states’ laws.

The new landmark health care reform law made its first appearance in a Supreme Court decision Tuesday involving whistleblower claims under the federal False Claims Act.