Nearly two years after the Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, additional challenges are being brought that may limit access to abortion in the U.S. Mifepristone was originally approved in 2000 by the U.S. Food and...more
Abortion was a key issue for voters in the midterm elections, with voters in California, Vermont and Michigan voting in favor of constitutional amendments that will strengthen abortion protections, and voters in Kentucky and...more
President Biden issues a new executive order directing the Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Trade Commission to take steps to safeguard access to reproductive healthcare services, protect patient...more
On July 3, 2020, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released the Second Edition of their Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “Resource Guide”). As...more
7/7/2020
/ Aiding and Abetting ,
Bribery ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disgorgement ,
FCPA Guidance ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Mens Rea ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Statute of Limitations
United States Supreme Court Holds Due Process Forbids Exercising Specific Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Plaintiffs’ Claims Against Nonresident Defendant Where Claims Did Not Arise From Defendant’s Contacts with Forum,...more
8/31/2017
/ Breach of Warranty ,
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co v Superior Court of California - San Francisco County ,
Compliance ,
CORI ,
Design Defects ,
Due Process ,
Failure To Warn ,
Fraud ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Non-Residents ,
SCOTUS ,
Specific Jurisdiction ,
Zofran
On March 22, 2017, the Supreme Court established a test for determining whether a design that is incorporated into a useful article is entitled to copyright protection. In its much-awaited opinion in Star Athletica, L.L.C. v....more
4/4/2017
/ Cheerleaders ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyrightable Subject Matter ,
Fashion Design ,
Fashion Industry ,
Graphic Designs ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 101 ,
Separability ,
Sports Apparel ,
Star Athletica v Varsity Brands ,
The Copyright Act ,
Uniforms ,
Utilitarian Function
When are clothing designs sufficiently severable from the utilitarian aspects of the clothing so that the designs can be protected by copyright? That is a question courts have wrestled with for years, and the Sixth Circuit...more
10/20/2015
/ Cheerleaders ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Copyright Office ,
Fashion Design ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Motion To Stay ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
SCOTUS ,
The Copyright Act ,
Uniforms
The United States has taken several recent steps towards normalizing its ties with Cuba and, just yesterday, the two countries re-opened embassies in each other’s capitals for the first time since 1961. Despite these...more
7/21/2015
/ Appeals ,
Cuba ,
Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) ,
Embargo ,
Exceptions ,
Injunctions ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Paris Convention ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
SCOTUS ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
U.S. Embassies ,
USPTO ,
Young Lawyers