BP suffered a big blow when a federal judge said it owed indemnification to Transocean for any compensatory damages that might arise from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill two years ago. Will BP now suffer the same fate with the other rig-operator at the center of the disaster, Halliburton?

A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit brought by a former Mayer Brown associate, in which she claims the firm fired her because she is black, can proceed. At the same time, the judge cleared the way for counterclaims that accuse the associate of improperly taking confidential documents prior to her departure from the firm.

A federal judge has certified a class of Sallie Mae shareholders in a suit claiming the lender misled investors, rejecting arguments that the lead plaintiff “undermined its credibility and ability to represent the class” by “markedly overstating” its claimed losses.

A federal judge has certified a class of Sallie Mae shareholders in a suit claiming the lender misled investors, rejecting arguments that the lead plaintiff “undermined its credibility and ability to represent the class” by “markedly overstating” its claimed losses.

In the ongoing stent patent litigation wars, a New Jersey federal judge has dismissed infringement claims that Johnson & Johnson and its partner Wyeth brought against Abbott Laboratories, Medtronic and Boston Scientific. The judge invalidated the two patents at issue on “written description” grounds.