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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Corporate Fraud and Institutional Liability in the Age of Deepfakes

When discussing the litigation challenges deepfake technology poses, one typically thinks of difficulties protecting individual privacy rights, complications prosecuting anonymous actors, the lack of law regulating deepfake...more

K&L Gates LLP

Reputation (High Court’s Version): Bed Bath ‘N’ Table v Global Retail Brands Australia

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The High Court of Australia has allowed Bed Bath ‘N’ Table Pty Ltd’s (BBNT) appeal from the decision of the Full Federal Court in its case against Global Retail Brands Australia Pty Ltd (GRBA)....more

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What Does "Registers" Mean? The Wrong Interpretation Could Allow Cybersquatters to Escape Liability

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Imagine that an up-and-coming business intends to register the business’s trademark, but another person catches wind of this rising business and registers a website domain name that “is identical or confusingly similar to”...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Understanding the New Wave of ERISA Litigation Targeting Voluntary Benefit Plans

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A new trend in Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) class actions is targeting employers and benefits consultants over voluntary benefit programs, such as accident, critical illness, cancer and hospital...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

UK High Court of Justice Freezes Worldwide Assets of Astor Defence and Henry Turnbull: What Was Ordered, Why It Matters, and What...

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Justice Cotter of the U.K. High Court of Justice, King’s Bench Division, has continued an October 9, 2025, freezing injunction against Astor International, Astor Defence, and their principal, Henry Turnbull. This injunctive...more

Hendershot Cowart P.C.

Protect Your Brand: 5 Lessons from the Texas Stock Exchange Trademark Battle

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In September 2024, the Toronto Stock Exchange sent a cease-and-desist letter to the newly launched Texas Stock Exchange, demanding they abandon their TXSE branding. The Canadian exchange claimed the four-letter acronym was...more

A&O Shearman

A cautionary tale: UK CMA given green light to raid home of potentially dishonest director

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The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been granted a warrant to search the home of a managing director who denied using his personal phone for work purposes during a dawn raid at his company’s premises. ...more

Alston & Bird

Liability for Fraudulent Payments: An English Law Perspective

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Opportunities for fraud have never been greater. Both the number of cases and the amounts at stake are vast1 and advances in technology allow fraudsters to deploy increasingly sophisticated and tailored techniques. Moreover,...more

A&O Shearman

Washington Court Dismisses Antitrust Claims Against Cloud Computing Company

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Prior to 2022, plaintiff was a provider of network optimization services. Leveraging its network of internet exchange points, plaintiff could allegedly offer customers, website operators, services to support high-volume...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

114th Tennessee General Assembly Reconvenes for Second Regular Session

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On Tuesday, January 13, the state’s legislative branch reconvened for the second session of the 114th General Assembly. With most legislators returning and several major policy debates unresolved from last year, lawmakers are...more

Oberheiden P.C.

Filing a Lanham Act Lawsuit – 5 Things You Need to Know

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The Lanham Act establishes several grounds for businesses to pursue litigation against competitors and other parties that are misusing their trademarks and engaging in other forms of false and misleading advertising. When a...more

Knobbe Martens

Battle of the PB&J: Smucker’s Is Crusty Over Trader Joe’s Private Label Sandwich

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If you have a kid, or play in the NFL, you are likely familiar with The J.M. Smucker Company UNCRUSTABLES® a pre-made PB&J sandwich. According to The New York Times, “NFL teams go through anywhere from 3,600 to 4,300...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

Preparing to Compete: Legal Limits Before Resigning

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Employees regularly leave their jobs to pursue new opportunities, whether by joining a competitor or starting a competing business. The law generally allows employees to prepare for that transition while still employed, but...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Trade Secrets Case Offers Wisdom on Professionalism and Permanent Injunctions for 2026

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A recent federal decision from the Western District of Pennsylvania offers a timely reminder for litigators in the new year: Zealous advocacy has limits, and professionalism is not optional. On Dec. 31, 2025, in Mallet &...more

Butler Snow LLP

Donuts, Tea, and Why E-Commerce Ruined the “Remote Market” Argument for Trademark Infringement Claims

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Here’s a trademark situation I see (and businesses stumble into) all the time: You’ve run Acme Widget in Nashville for years. A company you’ve never heard of has been running Acme Widget in Astoria, Oregon....more

Thompson Coburn LLP

Why ‘Mission-Critical’ Risks Create Liability for Corporate Directors

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As boards prepare for the new year, a combination of recent Delaware decisions, corporate controversies, and shareholder litigation has brought renewed attention to corporate governance practices. This article is the first in...more

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Minnesota Cannabis Business Owners: Don’t Let Your Valuable Trade Secrets Go Up in Smoke

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Minnesota’s recreational cannabis industry is finally budding. Growers have devoted substantial time and resources to their cultivation process. Sellers have invested heavily in market research. This information can give...more

White & Case LLP

Client advisory – trends in dupes & super-fakes in luxury retail

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The dupes and super-fakes market is booming. These designer knockoffs have become ubiquitous – and they are almost indistinguishable from the original designer luxury goods. In response to this flood of dupes and super-fakes...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Application of the Economic Loss Rule in Texas

The economic loss rule provides a limitation on damages in cases alleging both breach of contract and certain other causes of action sounding in tort, by precluding a party’s recovery of damages when the only economic loss is...more

Smart & Biggar

Federal Court of Appeal confirms BYOOVIZ is confusing with Novartis’ BEOVU trademark

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On November 28, 2025, the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) upheld an injunction against the use of the trademark BYOOVIZ for an ophthalmic biosimilar, confirming the application judge’s finding that the mark is likely to be...more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

Class Action Targets Stake.us, Drake and Adin Ross for Illegal Gambling Promotion

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A new class action complaint has been filed against Stake.us and celebrity endorsers Drake and Adin Ross, alleging that Stake.us operates as an illegal online gambling platform in violation of federal and Virginia law. ...more

Freeman Mathis & Gary

Absolute Litigation Privilege shields complaints to certification bodies in Illinois

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In American Backflow & Fire Prevention, Inc. v. Hincks et al, 2025 IL App (1st) 250023, the Illinois Appellate Court, Second District, affirmed the dismissal of claims arising from allegedly defamatory statements made to the...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Judge Blasts Defendant For Ignoring Discovery Obligations and More (UPDATED)

A recent decision by Bankruptcy Judge Brendan Shannon was peppered with some harsh words for a defendant in an adversary proceeding. Judge Shannon said the party’s “failure to perform basic discovery responses and...more

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Standout UK Insolvency Cases of 2025 and Their Impact for Insolvency Practitioners in 2026

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Every year, the courts make a vast number of insolvency case law decisions. Many refine established legal principles; some are highly fact-specific (and distinguishable on that basis), whilst others reshape practice and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Federal Circuit Upholds Setting Side of Jury Verdict Where Trade Secrets Not Identified With Sufficient Particularity

The Federal Circuit recently confirmed the importance of properly identifying the trade secrets underlying a claim under the Ohio Uniform Trade Secrets Act (“OUTSA”) [Ohio Rev. Code §§ 1333.61 et seq.], finding that the...more

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