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On Saturday, a 3-year-old boy crawled through a barrier and entered a gorilla exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. While the boy was splashing and walking around in a moat, a 17-year-old male lowland gorilla, Harambe, picked the boy up...

On Jan. 27, 2010, Oracle America, Inc. acquired Sun Microsystems, Inc. along with its Java platform. Oracle owned by assignment patents originally issued to Sun as well copyrights in materials that comprised the Java platform. Google Inc.'s Android...

Most attorneys—especially those with smaller law firms—will think at least twice before taking on a medical malpractice case. The reasons for their hesitation are obvious: such cases are complex and increasingly expensive to litigate, and...

The Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) operated Douglas State Prison. Corizon Health, Inc. and Corizon, Inc. were contracted to provide medical services at the prison. ADC allegedly had a history of failing to provide adequate health care to prisoners...

Last week, Led Zeppelin successfully fought off copyright infringement claims brought over descending chromatic chords used in “Stairway to Heaven,” the rock band’s most well-recognized song. The stakes of the case were huge, with “Stairway...

In early July, millions of Americans began acting oddly, walking around in ever increasing numbers with their cellphones pointed in all directions, muttering about PokéStops, Poké Balls, and wild Pokémon. The phenomenon expanded exponentially...

During the first half of 2016, the attorney editors on the LexisNexis Jury Verdict team covered several notable employment verdicts from across the country. Even though the year is far from over, we have made a list of the top ten cases that have captured...

On Nov. 1, 2012, twelve year old G.T. was severely injured by a downed power line that dangled within reach -fully energized - over a sidewalk in a residential neighborhood. The power line, which was at least 60 years old and already deteriorated, was...

During his first week in office, President Donald Trump made good on his campaign promise to crack down on immigration into the United States. A broad executive order was signed late in the afternoon on Friday, Jan. 28, 2017. The order barred Syrian refugees...

According to an article broken today by our colleagues at Law360, President Donald Trump's sister, a federal appellate judge with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, has decided to stop hearing cases. https://www.law360.com/articles/888127/3rd-circ...

This evening the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to overturn a lower district court's decision regarding President Trump's highly publicized Executive Order concerning immigration and travel in the U.S. and popularized in the media as...

Last year, hundreds of attorneys across the nation submitted cases to be included in the LexisNexis Jury Verdict and Settlement database. Some of the cases were submitted directly here at the Litigators’ Verdict & Settlement Exchange. Other...

Last year, hundreds of attorneys across the nation submitted cases to be included in the LexisNexis Jury Verdict and Settlement database. Some of the cases were submitted directly here at the Litigators’ Verdict & Settlement Exchange. Other...

In just a few weeks, the 142nd Kentucky Derby will be run at Churchill Downs, the historic racetrack located in Louisville, KY. Traditionally run on the first Saturday in May and arguably the most famous race in the world, an estimated 100,000 spectators...

The LexisNexis Jury Verdicts team receives hundreds of case submissions each year from attorneys across the U.S. Some of the cases are submitted here at the Litigators’ Verdict & Settlement Exchange. Other cases are submitted to our team’s...

The LexisNexis Jury Verdicts team receives hundreds of case submissions each year from attorneys across the U.S. Some of the cases are submitted here at the Litigators’ Verdict & Settlement Exchange. Other cases are submitted to our team’s...

The LexisNexis Jury Verdicts team receives hundreds of case submissions each year from attorneys across the U.S. Some of the cases are submitted here at the Litigators’ Verdict & Settlement Exchange. Other cases are submitted to our team’s...