In the News Today – May 1, 2014

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit between Internet services companies Akamai Technologies, Inc. and Limelight Networks, Inc, “over whether to make it easier to hold companies liable for encouraging others to commit patent infringement.” (Wall Street Journal)

Altria Group Inc. plans to appeal an Illinois state court ruling that reinstated a $10.1 billion verdict against the company for marketing its cigarettes as “light'” and “low tar” in a case that began more than a decade ago. (Wall Street Journal)

The Third Circuit has ordered a review of the sentence of a cardiologist who was convicted of mail and wire fraud for his, “submission of faulty reports on behalf of claimants to the Fen-Phen settlement trust.” (Legal Intelligencer)