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Qualcomm can't leverage Chinese bogeyman or allege misuse of its trade secrets by Apple in upcoming antitrust and contract trial: pretrial rulings

Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel just entered a minute order summarizing various rulings on Apple's, its contract manufacturers', and Qualcomm's motions in limine (pretrial motions to exclude testimony, evidence, or argument). The rulings came down orally at yesterday's motion hearing as … Continue reading

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Will analysts stop buying Qualcomm's representations of leverage over Apple after Tim Cook's CNBC interview?

Day Three of the FTC v. Qualcomm antitrust trial was underway in San Jose (a couple of blog posts about it will follow later) when I saw a CNBC interview–Jim "Mad Money" Cramer went to California to interview Apple CEO … Continue reading

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US Federal Banking Agencies issue Community Bank Leverage Ratio proposal

On November 21, 2018, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board”), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) (collectively, the “Federal Banking Agencies” or the … Continue reading

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Qualcomm seeking leverage over Apple, hoping to win German patent injunction by August or September

At the end of the previous post (relating to the vacatur of a discovery sanctions order agaqinst Apple) I mentioned today's Qualcomm v. Apple patent infringement hearing by the Munich I Regional Court, relating to European Patent EP2724461 on a low-voltage … Continue reading

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8 ways to leverage technology as a lawyer

We lawyers and law students are trained to think in the past. We are taught that the law changes slowly, that we should stick to precedent, and that stare decisis is king. But living in the past comes at a … Continue reading

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