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  • Ezaki Glico Kabushiki Kaisha v. Lotte Int'l Am. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-22
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica L. Ellsworth, Anna K. Shaw, Neal K. Katyal, and Benjamin A. Field (Hogan Lovells US); Steven M. Levitan (Hogan Lovells US); Aaron S. Oakley (Hogan Lovells US); Katherine B. Wellington (Hogan Lovells US); Roy H. Wepner (Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik)
    for defendant: John J. Dabney and Mary D. Hallerman (Snell & Wilmer)
    Case Number: 19-3010

    Food Product's Configuration Allowing Consumers to Cleanly Eat the Product Constituted Functional Design Ineligible for Trade Dress Protection

  • Ezaki Glico Kabushiki Kaisha v. Lotte Int'l Am. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-08
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica L. Ellsworth. Anna K. Shaw, Neal K. Katyal, Benjamin A. Field, Steven M. Levitan, Aaron S. Oakley, Katherine B. Wellington (Hogan Lovells US); Roy H. Wepner (Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik)
    for defendant: John J. Dabney and Mary D. Hallerman (Snell & Wilmer)
    Case Number: 19-3010

    Trade Dress Protection Could Not Be Asserted Against Similar-Looking Product Which Shared a Functional Design

  • Ezaki Glico Kabushiki Kaisha v. Lotte Int'l Am. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-18
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anna K. Shaw, Jessica L. Ellsworth, and Benjamin A. Field (Hogan Lovells US); Steven M. Levitan (Hogan Lovells US); Aaron S. Oakley (Hogan Lovells US); Katherine B. Wellington (Hogan Lovells US); Roy H. Wepner (Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik)
    for defendant: John J. Dabney and Mary D. Hallerman (Snell & Wilmer)
    Case Number: 19-3010

    Where Product's Design Was Useful to Its Purpose, It Constituted Functional Design Ineligible for Trademark Protection

  • In re: Allergan ERISA Litig.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-05
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Jordan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacob H. Zamansky and Samuel E. Bonderoff (Zamansky, LLC); Gary S. Graifman (Kantrowitz Goldhammer & Graifman); Michael J. Klein (Abraham Fruchter & Twersky); Mark Levine; Patrick K. Slyne (Stull Stull & Brody)
    for defendant: Anjuli M. Cargain, Robert D. Eassa, and Paul J. Killion (Duane Morris); Joseph F. Falgiani, Joseph G. Harraka, Jr., David G. Tomeo, and Robert D. Towry (Becker, LLC)
    Case Number: 18-2729

    ERISA Action Arising from Alleged Stock Price Inflation Failed Where No Evidence Company Engaged in Unlawful Price-Fixing of Its Products

  • B.L. v. Mahanoy Area Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Krause
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0725

    In this precedential case, the third circuit held that the first amendment protects students engaging in off-campus speech to the same extent it protects speech by citizens in the community at large and the seminal holding in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School Districtdid not apply to plaintiff's off-campus speech.

  • PPG Indus. Inc. v. United States

    Publication Date: 2020-05-18
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Fisher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam G. Husik and Joseph F. Lagrotteria (K&L Gates); Joseph M. Rainsbury (Miles & Stockbridge)
    for defendant: Jeffrey Bossert Clark, Assistant Attorney General, and Allen M. Brabender (U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental & Natural Resources Division)
    Case Number: 19-1165

    Government Had No Operator Liability Under CERCLA Where It Had No Control Over Polluting Activities at Manufacturing Facility

  • In re: Lamictal Direct Purchaser Antitrust Litig.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-04
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Ambro
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel J. Bolan, Lindsay D. Breedlove, and Robin P. Sumner (Pepper Hamilton LLP); Joseph A. Fischetti and Gavin J. Rooney (Lowenstein Sandler LLP); Devora W. Allon, Jay P. Lefkowitz, and Dmitriy Tishyevich (Kirkland & Ellis LLP); Katherine M. Romano and Liza M. Walsh (Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP)
    for defendant: Elena K. Chan, Bruce E. Gerstein, Joseph Opper, and Noah Silverman (Garwin Gerstein & Fisher LLP); Caitlin G. Coslett and David F. Sorensen (Berger Montague); Matthew F. Gately and Peter S. Pearlman (Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf LLP); Peter R. Kohn and Joseph T. Lukens (Faruqi & Faruqi LLP); Stuart E. Des Roches, Chris Letter, and Dan Chiorean (Odom & Des Roches LLC); Susan C. Segura, David C. Raphael, Jr., and Erin R. Leger (Smith Segura Raphael & Leger LLP); Russell Chorush and Allan Bullwinkel (Heim Payne & Chorush LLP)
    Case Number: 19-1655

    Class Certification Granted in Error When Experts Disputed Whether Proof of Damages Required Individualized Inquiry

  • Riccio v. Sentry Credit, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-13
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph K. Jones and Benjamin J. Wolf (Jones Wolf & Kapasi)
    for defendant: Jacob C. Cohn (Gordon Reese Scully Mansukhani); Peter G. Siachos (Gordon Reese Scully Mansukhani)
    Case Number: 18-1463

    Statutory Language of FDCPA Expressly Permitted Consumers to Dispute Debts Either Orally or in Writing

  • Estate of Roman v. City of Newark

    Publication Date: 2019-02-11
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Ambro
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin D. Santagata (Kaufman Semeraro & Leibman)
    for defendant: Kenyatta K. Stewart, Acting Corporation Council, and Wilson D. Antoine (City of Newark-Department of Law)
    Case Number: 17-2302

    Municipal Liability Claim Erroneously Dismissed Where Pleadings and Related Evidence Showed City's Failure to Train Police Officers

  • U.S. v. Hester

    Publication Date: 2018-12-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Restrepo
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leticia Olivera and K. Anthony Thomas (Office of Federal Public Defender)
    for defendant: Mark E. Coyne and John F. Romano (Office of United States Attorney)
    Case Number: 16-3570

    Sentencing Enhancement Erroneously Applied Where Evidence Insufficient to Find Felon Defendant Possessed Handgun for Evidence Tampering