Among the stories on this video edition of LexisNexis Legal News, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York has announced a $7.2 billion settlement with the estate of deceased investor Jeffrey Picower, to recover profits he received as part of his investment in Bernard Madoff Investment Securities, and, a Virginia federal judge holds that the individual mandate contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional.
Weekly LexisNexis Video News Update - December 10, 2010
Among the stories on this video edition of LexisNexis Legal News, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider an appeal filed by Walmart seeking to overturn a California federal judge's decision to certify a class of more than 1 million current and former female employees and a federal appeals court has ruled that ruled that electronic cigarettes, are for regulatory purposes tobacco products, not medical devices.
Weekly LexisNexis Video News Update - November 30, 2010
Among the stories on this video edition of LexisNexis Legal News, a jury determines that Oracle USA is entitled to $1.3 billion in actual damages in the form of a fair market value license for copyright infringement related to software items that another company had downloaded from an Oracle website, and a federal jury in Florida hands down a rare verdict in a securities class action lawsuit.
Weekly LexisNexis Video News Update - November 19, 2010
Among the stories on this video edition of LexisNexis Legal News, the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on enforcing arbitration agreements and a copyright dispute over the first-sale doctrine, and, the tobacco industry's 8-verdict winning streak in Engle progeny cases ends with an $80 million verdict.
Weekly LexisNexis Video News Update - November 10, 2010
Among the stories on this video edition of LexisNexis Legal News, the U.S. Supreme court hears oral arguments involving preemption of claims in a wrongful death case involving an automaker and lap-only seatbelts, and the high court declines review of the first petition for writ of certiorari filed in a case challenging the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.