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  • August 29, 2017 | National Law Journal

    Federal Circuit Wrestles With Vulgar Trademarks in 'Fuct' Case

    Less than three months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Lanham Act's ban on disparaging trademarks, the D.C.-based appellate court was asked to decide whether "Matal v. Tam" extends to marks that use dirty words or graphics.

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  • August 29, 2017 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    Despite Federal Circuit Decision, US Judge in Del. Bounces Patent Suit

    A Delaware federal judge on Tuesday ordered a patent infringement case involving two Finnish companies transferred out of the Delaware district court, in an unusual ruling that diverged from one issued by the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.

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  • August 29, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

    No Class Status for Drug Buyers in Provigil 'Pay-for-Delay' Case

    A federal judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has denied class certification to wholesalers of the narcolepsy drug Provigil who claimed that its maker, Cephalon, paid off Ranbaxy Laboratories to delay generic versions of the medication from entering the market.

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  • Sierra Club v. Pruitt

    Publication Date: 2017-08-29
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-28
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Susan Illston, District Judge, Presiding Before: J. Clifford Wallace, M. Margaret McKeown, and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Zachary M. Fabish (argued), Sierra Club Environmental Law Program, Washington, D.C.; Paul R. Cort, Earthjustice, San Francisco, California; Nicholas Morales and David S. Baron, Earthjustice, Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiffs-Appellees Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council.
    for defendant: J. David Gunter II (argued) and Martha C. Mann, Attorneys; John C. Cruden, Assistant Attorney General; Environment & Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Michael Thrift, Office of General Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.; for Defendant-Appellee.
    Case Number: No. 15-15894

    States' objections to consent decree unavailing (McKeown, J.)

  • Rubenstein v. Doe No. 1

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Government | Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Education
    Date Filed: 2017-08-28
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Elliot N. Kanter, Elliott N. Kanter; Esner, Chang & Boyer, Holly N. Boyer and Shea S. Murphy for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Daley & Heft, Lee H. Roistacher, Richard J. Schneider, Reece A Roman; Jackson Lewis, Leila Nourani, Sherry L. Swieca and Douglas M. Egbert for Defendants and Respondents.
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    Delayed discovery statute does not extend accrual date for government claims (Chin, J.)

  • Ed H. v. Ashley C.

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-08-24
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Office of Patrick McCrary and Patrick L. McCrary for Appellants.
    for defendant: Bruce W. Cozart for Respondent.
    Case Number: No. D070346

    Great-grandparents not equivalent of "grandparents" for purposes of standing to seek visitation (O'Rourke, J.)

  • In re Charles G.

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-08-25
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Eric D. Share, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Joan Killeen and Amit Kurlekar, Deputy Attorneys General for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Jamie M. Weyand, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. A149593

    Statute prohibiting minor's possession of firearm capable of being concealed does not preempt statute prohibiting any person from carrying concealed firearm (Stewart, J.)

  • Disney Enterprises, Inc. v. VidAngel, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Copyrights
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Technology Media and Telecom
    Date Filed: 2017-08-24
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: André Birotte, Jr., District Judge, Presiding Before: Carlos T. Bea and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges, and Leslie E. Kobayashi,*District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald B. Verrilli Jr. (argued),Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, Washington, D.C.; Glenn D. Pomerantz, Kelly M. Klaus, Rosa Leda Ehler, and Allyson R. Bennettt, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellees.
    for defendant: Peter K. Stris (argued), Elizabeth Rogers Brannen, Dana Berkowitz, and Victor O'Connell, Stris & Maher LLP, Los Angeles, California; Brendan S. Maher, Daniel L. Geyser, and Douglas D. Geyser, Stris & Maher LLP, Dallas, Texas; Ryan Geoffrey Baker, Jaime Wayne Marquart, and Scott M. Malzahn, Baker Marquart LLP, Los Angeles, California; David W. Quinto, VidAngel Inc., Beverly Hills, California; Shaun P. Martin, University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California; for Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant.
    Case Number: No. 16-56843

    Family Movie Act of 2005 did not exempt from liability for copyright infringement online streaming service that offered filtered versions of movies (Hurwitz, J.)

  • Alamillo v. BNSF Railway Company

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation
    Date Filed: 2017-08-25
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: S. James Otero, District Judge, Presiding Before: Milan D. Smith, Jr. and N.R. Smith, Circuit Judges, and Gary Feinerman, District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert M. Kitson (argued), The Myers Law Group A.P.C., Rancho Cucamonga, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald Wayne Novotny (argued) and Ann K. Smith, Atkinson Andelson Loya Ruud & Romo, Cerritos, California, for Defendant-Appellee.
    Case Number: No. 15-56091

    Absentee employee's sleep apnea was not cause of his termination (Feinerman, J.)

  • United States v. Walter-Eze

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Legal Services | Health Care
    Date Filed: 2017-08-25
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: R. Gary Klausner, District Judge, Presiding Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judge, and Carol Bagley Amon,* District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ellen R. Meltzer (argued), Special Counsel; Joanna K.W. Bowman, Alexander F. Porter, and Blanca Quintero, Assistant United States Attorneys; Sung-Hee Suh, Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Leslie R. Caldwell, Assistant Attorney General; Fraud Section, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: David J. Bernstein (argued), Law Office of David Jay Bernstein PA, Deerfield Beach, Florida, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Case Number: No. 15-50315

    Conflict between counsel's interest and client's interests did not warrant presumption of prejudice (Amon, J.)