Appellants' application was filed subsequent to the Swiss filing date of Habicht but prior to the U.S. filing date of the Habicht application. The patent office, overturning an administrative interpretation of nearly 40 years standing by giving a...

Doe v. Diocese of Dallas Supreme Court of Illinois September 24, 2009, Opinion Filed Docket No. 106546 Opinion  [**477]   [*395]   [****651]  The issue in this case is whether section 13-202.2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as amended by Public Act 93...

Plaintiffs, Gary L. Blank and Sheldon Garber, purporting to represent a class of credit cardholders, brought the present action against defendants Harris Trust and Savings Bank (Harris Trust), Sears Roebuck and Co. (Sears), J. C. Penney Co., Inc. (Penney...

The short life of the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has been all about speed. As the COVID-19 pandemic paralyzed the economy in March 2020, the federal government hurriedly created the PPP loan program to rescue...

People living in the remote jungles of Malaysia can now claim their nationality and prove their identities through documents issued by a mobile court GAYTHRI RAMAN, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF LexisNexis Southeast Asia, and a team of magistrates, lawyers,...

From 1982 to 1990, defendant Mark Yost worked for plaintiff, The Torrington Company ("Torrington"), manufacturing various types of bearings. While at Torrington, Yost signed an agreement not to divulge any secret or confidential information...

Defendant Polaris Industries is a manufacturer of snowmobiles and other vehicles. Polaris used to ship its vehicles in disposable containers, but in 1993 it began considering the possibility of using returnable containers instead. ConFold Pacific Inc...

The victim, Michael Van Horn, was awakened at home in the early morning hours of Aug. 6, 1980, by loud knocking on his back door. Van Horn looked through the window and saw a man he later identified as George Billingham standing outside. Billingham stated...

Plaintiff Shirley M. Schoor had been employed by Chuck Boyles, Inc. working in various aspects of publishing and distributing a real estate advertising magazine. In June 1981, her employment was terminated and she started her own magazine, named "Town...

By: Sunil Shenoi , Erica Williams , Brian Kavanaugh , Gianni Cutri , and Lauren Casazza , Kirkland & Ellis LLP This article provides companies with key issues to consider before, during, and after a ransomware attack. Recently, there have been a...