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From Pocket to Wrist: Decision for Vortic Affirmed on Appeal

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We have previously written about the trademark dispute between Vortic - a watchmaker that restores antique pocket watches, and converts them into wrist watches - and the venerated Hamilton Watch Company, which produced its...more

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7th Circuit Rules that Extreme Obesity is Not an ADA Impairment (at Least on These Facts)

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The U.S. Court of Appeals in the Seventh Circuit has recently decided a case involving an extremely obese bus driver and denied his claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101–12213, as...more

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Seventh Circuit Eases ERISA Plaintiffs’ Pleading Burden Against Private Company Plan Fiduciaries

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On August 25, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in Allen v. GreatBanc Trust Co., No. 15-3569, 2016 WL 4474730 (7th Cir. 2016), held that (1) the defendant in an ERISA case, rather than the plaintiff,...more

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