Patent merchant Ocean Tomo is suing a former managing director for the alleged theft of trade secrets and confidential client information. Ocean Tomo says a forensic analysis of a company laptop Steve Lee returned after he resigned found that more than 10 gigabytes of data had been copied.

Federal securities regulators want a judge in Washington, D.C., to order liquidation proceedings to resolve potentially thousands of claims from investors who were caught up in the alleged multibillion-dollar fraud scheme executed by Texas financier R. Allen Stanford.

The New Jersey Supreme Court is considering whether a man convicted of sexually assaulting his girlfriend’s daughter should have been allowed to introduce sexually explicit instant messages that the girl sent to other men. The defense claimed the IMs were relevant to the alleged victim’s credibility.

A trademark plaintiff’s delivery of a broad covenant not to sue divests a district court of jurisdiction over counterclaims by the alleged infringer, the 2nd Circuit has ruled, addressing a question of first impression in the circuit. The decision came in a suit by Nike over its Air Force 1 shoe brand.

Targeting the alleged proceeds of an international lottery scam, the U.S. Justice Department has asked a federal judge in Washington, D.C., to authorize the government’s seizure of more than $1.2 million in banks in the United Kingdom, Spain and Malaysia.