Law 360
MAY 31, 2024
An Illinois federal judge has rejected vape pen maker Midwest Goods' bid to throw out counterclaims that it infringed competitor Breeze Smoke's trade dress and a design patent, while also denying a bid from Breeze Smoke for a preliminary injunction.
Above The Law
MAY 31, 2024
Todd Blanche. Lawyer. Thespian: Todd Blanche: Lawyer, Thespian: Experienced lawyer plays dumb for the camera. Go Home, Stephen Miller: Judge throws out the NYU John Doe case. A Challenger Approaches!: Did you see the NYT's law school ranking ? Hot Bonus Summer?: Congrats on the money, maybe… The post If Only There Were A Prize For Being In Denial — See Also appeared first on Above the Law.
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Law 360
MAY 31, 2024
Catch up on this week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including how federal money will refresh seven courthouses around the country and what Freddie Mac's former multifamily appraisal chief thinks about appraisal bias and market distress.
Above The Law
MAY 31, 2024
Moderna’s mResvia is now the third FDA-approved RSV vaccine and the first one based on mRNA technology. It will compete for market share against RSV shots from GSK and Pfizer that won their FDA nods last year. The post FDA Approves Moderna RSV Vaccine, an mRNA Alternative to GSK and Pfizer Products appeared first on MedCity News.
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LLRX
MAY 31, 2024
We have been informed that 49% of law firm leaders indicate “strategic planning is more important than ever.” Another 20% say it is tremendously important. Law firms have more money at risk than ever before. They have more attorneys in their firms to communicate with. And – they are looking at bigger markets along with a multitude of new ones. Meanwhile, the world is awash in geopolitical risk.
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LLRX
MAY 31, 2024
The year 2023 witnessed an unprecedented escalation in ransomware attacks, affecting users from homeowners to critical infrastructure like healthcare, education, and government. With over 5,200 reported incidents—a 74% increase from the previous year—ransomware has not only intensified in frequency but also sophistication and financial demands, with total payments exceeding $1 billion.
Conflict of Laws
MAY 31, 2024
As some readers will have seen through various other blogs and social media, this month the book Research Methods in Private International Law. A Handbook on Regulation, Research and Teaching , edited by Xandra Kramer (Erasmus University Rotterdam/Utrecht University) and Laura Carballo Piñeiro (University of Vigo) was published. The book is part of the Handbook in Research Methods of Law Series of Edward Elgar Publishing.
LLRX
MAY 31, 2024
Articles and Columns for May 2024 Ransomware in the Digital Age: Multidisciplinary Legal Strategies for Minimizing Cryptocurrency Ransom Payments – 2023 witnessed an unprecedented escalation in ransomware attacks, affecting users from homeowners to critical infrastructure like healthcare, education, and government. With over 5,200 reported incidents—a 74% increase from the previous year—ransomware has not only intensified.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
MAY 31, 2024
Tokyo High Court On February 22, 2024, the Tokyo High Court ruled against an appeal in the Yokosuka climate case. The case was filed by 45 residents in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture in 2019. The residents sought an injunction to block the construction of 2 coal-fired power plants (CFPPs) which had been evaluated under the Improvement and Replacement Rationalization Guideline (the Guideline) that allows for a simplified Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in certain circumstances.
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LLRX
MAY 31, 2024
This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, industry white papers, academic papers and speeches on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided are to the primary sources, and as available, indicate links to alternate free versions.
Conflict of Laws
MAY 31, 2024
Conventions & Instruments On 14 May 2024, Georgia deposited its instrument of ratification of the 2007 Child Support Convention and of the 2007 Maintenance Obligations Protocol. With the ratification of Georgia, 51 States and the European Union are bound by the 2007 Child Support Convention, while 32 States and the European Union are bound by the 2007 Maintenance Obligations Protocol.
Attorney at Work
MAY 31, 2024
Meyling Ly Ortiz | Now that I’m in-house, executive presence is a phrase I hear often, usually in conversations about influence and leadership. The post Unpacking Executive Presence for Young Lawyers appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
Law 360
MAY 31, 2024
A Tesla stockholder has launched a derivative lawsuit in Delaware's Chancery Court seeking damages from co-founder Elon Musk and seven company directors over Musk's sales of more than $7.5 million in shares in late 2022, accusing the billionaire of leveraging insider information and flouting a six-year-old federal consent agreement.
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OneLegal
MAY 31, 2024
Discover the evolution of women in law, celebrating remarkable female lawyers who've reshaped legal landscapes and broken down barriers in the profession. The post The most famous women who have served as lawyers appeared first on One Legal.
Law 360
MAY 31, 2024
The U.S. Department of Justice sued to unwind the 14-year-old merger between Live Nation and Ticketmaster, while the Federal Trade Commission advanced pending challenges of a grocery megamerger and deals in the healthcare and designer fashion space. Here are some of the major merger review developments from May.
SCOTUSBlog
MAY 31, 2024
Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. The Supreme Court cleared out quite a bit of its backlog of relisted cases at last week’s conference. For starters, it granted review in City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency , concerning how specific Clean Water Act pollutant discharge permits have to be.
Law 360
MAY 31, 2024
A California federal judge indicated Friday that she'll preliminarily approve Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's $8 million deal to end putative class claims over a 2023 data breach that purportedly exposed personal information for 638,000 individuals, but said the "very broad" scope of the settlement's release "raised my eyebrows.
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LLRX
MAY 31, 2024
Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.
Law 360
MAY 31, 2024
Former executives for the maker of Kioti tractors and mowers siphoned away nearly $7.7 million from the company through an exploitative and self-dealing scheme with a financial services business, the manufacturer said in a North Carolina Business Court complaint filed Friday.
Patently O
MAY 31, 2024
[I have substantially updated this post – correcting a couple of issues from the original and also added info from the letter from former USPTO leaders. – DC 6/1/24] by Dennis Crouch As I have previously discussed on Patently-O, the USPTO recently issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that could significantly impact patent practice, particularly in the realm of terminal disclaimers filed to overcome non-statutory double patenting rejections.
Law 360
MAY 31, 2024
A consumer hit S. Martinelli & Co. with a proposed class action in New York federal court Friday over allegations that the company failed to disclose that its apple juice contains arsenic, saying a recent recall campaign has been "a complete and abject failure.
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SCOTUSBlog
MAY 31, 2024
Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Supreme Court rules official likely violated NRA’s free speech rights (Justin Jouvenal, The Washington Post) Supreme Court gives New Yorkers second shot in escrow interest-payment fight (Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse News Service) Chief Justice John Roberts declines to meet with Democrats about ethics concerns amid Alito flag flap (Lawre
Law 360
MAY 31, 2024
Law360 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends. Catch up this week with coverage on potential reasons why the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission saw an uptick in color-based bias charges in fiscal year 2023, an interview with go-to appellate attorney Daniel Geyser about arbitration and experts' anticipation of a fight over the renomination of the National Labor Relations Board's chairman.
Above The Law
MAY 31, 2024
Donald Trump is mad the federal government gets to spend money when he's not president. The post Aileen Cannon’s Delay Tactics In Trump Documents Case Takes A Turn For The Stupid appeared first on Above the Law.
Law 360
MAY 31, 2024
T-Mobile US Inc. has escaped a shareholder suit claiming its board centralized customer data to enrich its corporate parent, which resulted in compromised data security and cyberattacks, with a Delaware vice chancellor saying the suit only shows that T-Mobile and its parent company centralized the data to make it easier to access and nothing more.
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Above The Law
MAY 31, 2024
About those felony charges. The post Trump Isn’t Alone On Falsifying Business Records appeared first on Above the Law.
Law 360
MAY 31, 2024
A New York federal judge has refused to throw out an indictment accusing two former executives of a student financial aid startup of tricking JPMorgan Chase & Co. into a buyout, according to an order filed Friday.
JonathanTurley
MAY 31, 2024
This morning, many of us are emerging from the late coverage last night after the conviction of former President Donald Trump on 34 felonies. I was in the courtroom for the verdict, which hit like a thunderclap (particularly after a strange snafu with the judge). The question that everyone is asking: what happens next? The scene in the court was a madhouse.
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