Fed. Circ. Reverses Abstract Ruling For Patents Under Alice

The World Anti-Doping Agency said Tuesday that a “Russian cyberespionage group” has illegally gained access to its anti-doping database system accessing confidential athlete medical information, coming just months after the anti-doping authority recommended that the Russian Olympic team be banned from this year’s summer games.

A Birmingham, Alabama-based bank will pay $52.4 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly originating and underwriting mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration without conducting solid quality control, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

The European Parliament's newly appointed lead Brexit negotiator called Tuesday for the U.K. to leave the European Union by 2019 when the legislature's next round of elections takes place.

More than 11 years after being charged with civil fraud claims by then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, former American International Group Inc. CEO Maurice "Hank" Greenberg will face trial Tuesday over allegedly sham transactions that reaped tens of millions of dollars in bonuses.

Actor Alec Baldwin sued a New York City art gallery and its owner in state court on Monday, accusing them of intentionally selling him a counterfeit painting for $190,000 and later admitting that it was a copy.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has snapped up the entire 17-attorney team at renowned appellate firm Bancroft PLLC, home to former solicitor general and prolific U.S. Supreme Court litigator Paul D. Clement, Kirkland & Ellis said Monday.