Liverpool’s Silverbeck Rymer is set to be acquired by software and outsourcing firm Quindell Portfolio in one of the first takeovers of a law firm under the U.K.’s Legal Services Act. The deal, which requires regulatory approval, will create a combined insurance claims outsourcing operation.Visit International News

Gov. Chris Christie has announced two nominees who, if confirmed, would become the first Asian-American and the first openly gay justice on New Jersey’s Supreme Court. The candidates are First Assistant New Jersey Attorney General Phillip Kwon and Bruce Harris, Chatham mayor and of counsel to Greenberg Traurig.

The America Invents Act shifts the United States from a system where a patent is awarded to the first person who comes up with an invention to one where it’s awarded to the first person who files a patent application. Patent practitioners shine a light on 10 key points to keep in mind.

A California appeal court has reinstated a suit by a woman who claimed that a Brookstone store illegally asked for her ZIP code during a credit card transaction. The ruling is the first to retrospectively apply a state Supreme Court decision that found ZIP codes were “personal identification information.”

In a court document that provided a glimpse into Toyota’s potential defense in the first bellwether case in the federal multidistrict litigation over sudden acceleration, the company blamed a deceased driver for a crash involving a 2008 Camry that allegedly lurched forward while on an exit ramp.