All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Legal Issues

Tessera continues to focus public attention on its arbitration with Amkor.  But the real action these next few months will not come from that corner.  Instead, the real action is going to be the looming final decision about TSRA's '419 patent.

Rambus has scored two big legal victories over the last few weeks.  Now, all eyes turn to the summer, where three more big legal events could determine the firm's fate.

The litigation between Bally and IGT is nearing its conclusion, with all three pending cases now set for trial sometime between October 2008 and February 2009.  The likelihood that any of those juries actually sit, however, is small.  The way the cases have played out, there is tremendous...

Ohio Supreme Court ruling may pave the way for less resistance! Tort Reform in Ohio may be setting a road map for what stands up to Constitutional challenges?

Should Federal Pre-emption be automatic? Should companies be allowed to use Federal approval as a shield? 

The combination of a huge regulatory burden plus the uncertainty and the vast costs related to product liability threatens innovation.  "Preemption" -- the presumption that drugmakers are not culpable for mishaps with their drugs, as long as they have fully satified federal regulators...

Tactics in 524(g) plans clearly play a role in stock prices upon emerging! Will 524(g) plans be tightened to shorten time frames for being in them as well as discovery guidelines?

Will states ever be allowed to enact stricter rules for things like public health and safety?Some state issues will clearly out weight any Federal interests.

Depends on the jurisdiction. Many times the challenge is basaed on unconscionability. But don't count on it every place. It's a hot area that requires analysis by an attorney with a lot of experience. Comes up in credit card arbitration all the time. If there is any real interst in talking about the...

challenges to clauses that try to exculpate class action loability have been the subject of as lot of law suits and there is little agreement as to whether or not such a clause is unconscionable. This is an area that is constantly moving in all directions at once. Great care must be taken when trying...