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• December 10, 2025

  VLSI, PQA Square Off Again Over Conspiracy Claims In Va.

  A Virginia state judge spent two hours Wednesday working through whether VLSI Technology LLC should be able to proceed with its claims that Patent Quality Assurance LLC violated state law during its successful challenge to a VLSI chip patent.

• December 10, 2025

  Too Zealous? EscapeX Challenges Sanctions In Google Case

  EscapeX IP is asking the Federal Circuit to review en banc a decision upholding $255,000 in fees and sanctions for what a California federal judge found to be a frivolous patent suit against Google, arguing the decision contradicts precedent and raises questions for the whole legal profession.

• December 10, 2025

  Boardwalk Pipeline Case Sees Partial Reversal

  The Delaware Supreme Court on Wednesday partially revived long-running challenges to Loews Corp.'s 2018, $1.5 billion cash-out of Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP, ruling that the Chancery Court misread the high court's 2022 guidance and prematurely shut down minority unitholder claims attacking the legal opinion that triggered the buyout.

• December 10, 2025

  Wells Fargo Says It Didn't Know Ex-Atty Stole From Clients

  Wells Fargo is seeking to shed claims in Texas federal court alleging it turned a blind eye to a convicted former attorney's misuse of client funds held in accounts at the bank, arguing that the victims of the lawyer's fraud failed to show it knew of the misconduct.

• December 10, 2025

  11th Circ. Urged To Undo Atty Docs Disclosure In Peru Case

  Florida attorneys representing more than 1,000 Peruvian lead refinery workers in a toxic exposure action urged the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday to overturn an order requiring the disclosure of documents related to former cocounsel in a foreign criminal proceeding, saying the files are protected by attorney-client privilege. 

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