Litigation

Twitter Sued For "Secret" Promotion Process Favoring Men

March 24, 2015

A former female software engineer is suing Twitter, saying the company tells only certain workers about job openings and promotion […]

SCOTUS Won’t Sanction Lawyer For Jargon-Packed Filing

March 23, 2015

The Supreme Court said this week it won’t sanction a Foley & Lardner partner for filing a cert petition filled […]

No Product Confusion? No Trademark Case

March 23, 2015

When a California winery attempted to block a Canadian company’s similar trademark for an apple juice product- both marks included […]

AT&T’s Lawyers Miss Deadline, Can’t Appeal $40M Patent Suit

March 23, 2015

Lawyers for AT&T missed a deadline and will not be able to appeal a $40 million verdict in a case […]

Stanford Ponzi Scheme Ensnares Golf Channel

March 19, 2015

The Golf Channel once received a hefty advertising and sponsorship fee – $5.9 million -from Stanford International Bank, likely because […]

Summary List Of Supreme Court IP Cases

March 19, 2015

A compilation of granted certiorari petitions in cases that deal with patent law issues, in reverse chronological order from the present going back several years.

Courts: ‘Gay’ No Longer Slander

March 18, 2015

Courts nationwide are deciding that falsely claiming someone is gay is not slander, a reflection on changing attitudes toward homosexuality. […]

Strategic Retreat By The FDA

March 18, 2015

A more “closely calibrated” approach to general wellness and other kinds of low-risk products and devices.

Fallout From The “Blurred Lines” Decision

March 18, 2015

While he music industry may have to re-evaluate concepts like “influence,” and “transformative” in the context of fair use, it also raises questions that go beyond the music industry – about, for example…

When Compliance Officers Can Be Whistleblowers

March 17, 2015

The bounty program under Dodd-Frank rewards whistleblowers who provide information that leads to an SEC enforcement action that totals more […]

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