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New Utah NHL Team Takes Shot-Pass With Nine Intent-to-Use Trademark Applications

Though the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs are in full swing, a lot of off-ice activity is happening as a result of the sale of the Arizona Coyotes to Utah Jazz owners Ryan and Ashley Smith’s Smith Entertainment Group. Most hockey...more

SCOTUS Watch Update: No “discovery rule” for Rotkiske; FDCPA one-year limitations period runs from date of violation.

We noted earlier the Supreme Court’s review of the Third Circuit’s decision in Rotkiske v. Klemm regarding the statute of limitations for claims under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). Again, this was a case...more

BizLitNews SCOTUS watch: Rotkiske v. Klemm and whether the “discovery rule” applies to FDCPA’s one-year limitations period.

We are keeping an eye on Rotkiske v. Klemm, which is currently pending at the U.S. Supreme Court. This case will likely resolve a circuit split on whether the “discovery rule” applies to toll the one-year statute of...more

Logic and the Repo Man: SCOTUS holds that nonjudicial foreclosure firms are not “debt collectors” under the FDCPA

On March 20, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a circuit split over whether businesses engaged only in nonjudicial foreclosures—a business principally involved in the enforcement of security interests—is a “debt...more

Bob Parsons’ golf equipment startup PXG tees up patent infringement suit against TaylorMade three days before major product...

The great Bobby Jones, himself a lawyer, once said that “Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course … the space between your ears.” I don’t know if Mr. Jones ever practiced patent law, but the...more

S.D.N.Y. Litigators Hit Snooze Button, Magistrate Judge Peck Issues Second “Wake-Up Call” for “Every Litigator”

Renowned (e)discovery guru (and I use that term advisedly) Andrew Peck, a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of New York, recently issued what he termed a “wake-up call” to the Bar in his District. It was...more

The Demand Approach: Fifth Circuit clarifies that arbitration demand, not award, determines amount in controversy

In a case of first impression for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the court held that in a proceeding to confirm an arbitral award under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), the amount of the demand in...more

Capturing Flagg: Fifth Circuit, En Banc, Holds that Failure to Complete Pre-suit Medical Board Review Renders Med Mal Defendants...

We previously wrote about the Fifth Circuit’s panel decision and the defendants’ petition for rehearing en banc in this case. As we reported earlier, the issue is whether a non-diverse defendant is improperly joined by...more

Pro Te: Solutio Vol. 8 No. 3

Dear Client - Coming to a court near you (and soon): In our first article, “The 2015 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: What You Need to Know,” we highlight upcoming changes that will impact discovery...more

Back up the Flagg pole: Fifth Circuit to reconsider improper joinder case en banc after panel votes to remand

We wrote a while back that the Fifth Circuit held that failure to exhaust a state law pre-suit medical panel review process did not subject the plaintiff’s claims against the non-diverse healthcare provider defendants to...more

Alabama No Longer An Outlier State: Legislature Says “No” To Innovator Liability

I. Introduction - Since the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Pliva, Inc. v. Mensing, the plaintiffs’ bar has been feverishly searching for an alternate theory of recovery when the claimant took a generic...more

Taking Down the Flagg: Fifth Circuit Remands Med Mal & Device Case for Lack of Diversity Despite Uncompleted Administrative Review...

A divided panel (2-1) of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently held that failure to exhaust a state law pre-suit medical panel review process did not subject the plaintiff’s claims against the...more

Newton’s Third Law: The Alabama Legislature Supersedes Weeks v. Wyeth and Disallows Innovator Liability in Product Liability Cases

Sir Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion states, loosely, that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. A force exerted by one body upon another causes an equal reaction by the second body. Want an...more

I Think We’re Alone Now: Applying the Common-Interest Privilege When No Litigation is Pending

Recently, the New York Appellate Division broadened that state’s common-interest privilege doctrine. In Ambac Assurance Corp. v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 124 A.D.3d 129 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep’t 2014), the court removed...more

A Rory for the Rest of Us (Litigants): Golf’s World No. 1 sees the hazard of high-dollar commercial litigation

Rory McIlroy is the number one ranked golfer in the world. He won back-to-back major tournaments last year and is looking for the “career grand slam” with a win this April at the Masters Tournament, the only major win he...more

Friending and Following Jurors: The Ethical Boundaries of Researching Jurors on Social Media

What are the ethical boundaries of an attorney’s internet research of jurors? Before the ubiquity of the internet, an attorney obviously couldn’t walk up to a potential juror in a restaurant and strike up a conversation. But...more

That Yo-Yo is actually a Yo-Yo™ — Generic Trademarks

There is a recent magazine ad by Xerox Corporation showing consumer goods by picture only, and the products were instantly identifiable by their popular names: a thermos, an escalator, a trampoline, and a yo-yo. Xerox...more

7/3/2014  /  Generic , Manufacturers , Trademarks , Xerox
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