Litigation

Enhanced Consumer Law Enforcement: Class Actions Often Follow

Consumer protection laws have never posed more risks and burdens for business. Enhanced enforcement…

North Carolina Supreme Court Addresses Duties of Corporate Directors

In a rare opinion, the North Carolina Supreme Court addressed the duties of corporate directors, reaffirming that those duties are generally owed only to the corporation itself rather than the individual shareholders.

Bill on Bankruptcy: Big Time Lawyers Pricing Themselves Out

Two significant Chapter 11 reorganizations may be signs that lawyers in New York and Delaware are starting to price themselves out of the market. Bloomberg Law’s Lee Pacchia and Bloomberg News bankruptcy columnist Bill Rochelle discuss that and more in a video conversation.

Creation of International Commercial Arbitration (ICA) Subsection

The Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County, Fla. is creating an International Commercial Arbitration (ICA) Subsection within the Complex Business Litigation Section to handle all international arbitration cases.

Willful Infringement of Copyright in Haitian Earthquake Photographs Cost AFP and Getty $1.2 Million

A federal jury in New York has found Agence France-Presse and Getty Images Inc. willful in their infringement of Daniel Morel’s copyrights in eight photographs of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and ordered them to pay damages of $1.2 million.

Cyber Law Tracker: Cybersquatting Ruling in the Ninth Circuit

A recent Ninth Circuit ruling should provide much comfort to registrars sued for contributory cybersquatting.

Faked LinkedIn Profile and Twitter Hash Tags Give Rise to Trademark and False Advertising Claims

A recent opinion from the Western District of Virginia sets forth a useful framework for analyzing a variety of Lanham Act claims based on false commercial speech uttered in social media.

Class Action Suit Filed Against Target For Massive Data Breach

A databreach at Target Corp.left 40 million debit and credit cards vulnerable to attack, and one shopper has already filed […]

Sarah Palin Sued For Using, Misattributing, 9/11 Image

The copyright owner of “Raising the Flag at Ground Zero,” an image of firemen hoisting an American flag amidst World […]

New Mexico Supreme Court Rules Gay Marriage Legal

With a ruling by the state’s Supreme Court, New Mexico joins 16 states and the District of Columbia in legalizing […]

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