Rejecting a Delaware corporation’s arguments, the 3rd Circuit ruled last week that a Pennsylvania state law that mandates that steel used in public works projects be made in the United States is not unconstitutional or pre-empted by the federal Buy American Act.

Two Japanese automotive parts suppliers have agreed to pay a combined $548 million in criminal fines for their roles in price-fixing and bid-rigging conspiracies in the sale of products to automobile manufacturers in the United States, in what the Justice Department describes as the largest criminal probe its antitrust division has ever pursued.

A group of reinsurance companies is responsible for $420 million of a nearly $1 billion settlement between United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. and one of its insureds over asbestos claims whether or not Fidelity & Guaranty initially denied those claims in bad faith, a New York appellate panel has ruled.

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.

It’s not just regional law firms in the United States that are combining operations. Recent major tie-ups beyond U.S