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The legal framework for fighting copycats, lookalikes and dupes: what can brand owners do to protect themselves?

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In this article, the second in our series, we look at the various legal options brand owners have when faced with copycats and compare trends across some key regions....more

Morris James LLP

Court of Chancery Dismisses SPAC Target’s Fraudulent Inducement Action in its Entirety

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Edwards v. GigaAcquisitions2, LLC, C.A. No. 2024-0591-LWW (Del. Ch. July 25, 2025) - The Court of Chancery dismissed at the pleading stage a claim by former members of a now-bankrupt health care company (the “Company”)...more

Lathrop GPM

New Mexico Federal Court Denies Suppliers’ Motion to Transfer Venue

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A federal court in New Mexico denied a supplier’s motion to transfer venue after finding that a forum selection clause was invalid under New Mexico law. Rawson Inc. v. Associated Materials, LLC, 2025 WL 137811 (D.N.M. Sept....more

Cozen O'Connor

West Virginia AG Brings Latest Lawsuit in Ongoing Opioid Crisis

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West Virginia AG J.B. McCuskey, assisted by private outside counsel, filed a federal lawsuit against Optum Inc., United Healthcare’s pharmacy benefit manager, and several affiliated entities, alleging that Optum exacerbated...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

What Businesses Should Know About Protecting Trade Secrets Under the Defend Trade Secrets Act

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When sensitive business information is taken or misused, companies often face a difficult combination of urgency and uncertainty. Trade secrets, whether technical processes, customer information, or proprietary strategies,...more

ArentFox Schiff

Fourth Circuit: Confidentiality Agreements Are Sufficient to Plead ‘Reasonable Measures’ Under DTSA

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The Fourth Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of a trade secret misappropriation claim under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) where the district court concluded that a company did not plausibly allege that it...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

After centuries of courtroom battles, states breathe new life into undue influence claims

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When a person manipulates someone into changing their will, what’s a family member who finds themselves cut out of an inheritance to do?...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Discrimination Exclusion Unambiguously Bars Coverage for Lawsuit Alleging a Racially-Motivated Campaign Interfered with Claimant’s...

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The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, applying Florida law, has held that a discrimination exclusion barred coverage for a lawsuit against a city chamber of commerce for allegedly interfering...more

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Traceable economic value of fraudulently acquired property may be made the subject of a constructive trust: Two procedural...

Assume fraudulent representations by the owner of a residence with multiple hidden material defects that the defects were non-existent induce Jones to purchase residence. Call that residence the “old residence.” The unjustly...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Delaware Court of Chancery Holds that a Fiduciary’s Interpersonal Misconduct Resulting in Corporate Loss Does Not Necessarily...

Bad behavior in the workplace is in many instances a legal wrong that leads to legal consequences. Sexual harassment, for example, leads to consequences under tort and employment law. But if the perpetrator is a director or...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

District Court Enters Judgment in Fraud Case Involving Escrow Transfers

On November 26, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered judgment in favor of a real estate company plaintiff, concluding that the defendant, a title guaranty company, breached its duty of care...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Privy Council Issues Pivotal Judgment on Misrepresentation

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On 24 November 2025, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council handed down judgment in Credit Suisse Life (Bermuda) Ltd v. Bidzina Ivanishvili [2025] UKPC 53. ...more

Morris James LLP

Chancery Holds Integration Clause Bars Fraudulent Inducement Claim Based on Extra-Contractual Statements

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Park7 Student Housing, LLC v. PR III/Park7 SH Holdings, LLC, C.A. No. 2025-0167-MTZ (Del. Ch. June 20, 2025) - Integration clauses provide that a contract is the complete and final agreement between the parties and...more

ArentFox Schiff

Plant-Based, High Stakes: Beyond Meat’s $39 Million Slogan Setback

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A federal jury in Massachusetts ordered Beyond Meat, Inc. to pay $38.9 million to Sonate Corp. d/b/a Vegadelphia Foods for willful trademark infringement tied to slogans used in national advertising for meat-free products....more

Epstein Becker & Green

How Litigation Experience Improves Workplace Solutions: One-on-One with Jill Bigler

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Meet Jill Bigler, a dynamic employment attorney who blends litigation experience with practical insights to guide clients through complex workplace challenges. In this one-on-one interview, Jill joins fellow Epstein Becker...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Ohio Appellate Decision Underscores Contract Terms in Equipment Failures

When a critical piece of heavy equipment fails, the financial consequences can be substantial from repair costs, downtime and lost revenue. For many businesses, the natural assumption is that these losses can be pursued...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Consumer Deception and Price Inflation Case: Eighth Circuit Reverses Class Certification Based on Individualized Issues

If,  like me, you grew up during (or otherwise lived through) the 1980s, you’ll recall the ever-present jingle “The best part of wakin’ up is Folgers in your cup” (and perhaps some creative modifications thereof by the...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Judge Blasts Defendant For Ignoring Discovery Obligations and More

You take note when an opinion by an experienced bankruptcy judge says a party’s “failure to perform basic discovery responses and participation in litigation . . . has been breathtaking. I have seen a lot, but I have not seen...more

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Director Personally Liable for Breach of Confidence

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In Kieran Corrigan & Co Ltd v. OneE Group Ltd, Bashir Timol and others, a company’s director was held personally liable for breach of confidentiality for signing off on the company’s marketing of a tax mitigation structure...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Ninth Circuit Refuses to Apply California’s “Reasonable Particularity” Requirement to Claims Under the Defend Trade Secrets Act

The Ninth Circuit’s recent decision in Quintara Biosciences, Inc. v. Ruifeng Biztech, Inc. underscores an important distinction in trade secret law between California’s Uniform Trade Secrets Act (“CUTSA”) [Cal. Civ. Code, §§...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Is Choice of Law an Issue of Fact?

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For close business owners and their attorneys embarking upon a major litigated business dispute, it is not unreasonable to want to know with certainty which state or nation’s laws they can expect the court to apply over the...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® – November 2025

Welcome to the November 2025 issue of Sterne Kessler’s MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss a cautionary tale for adopting an “abandoned” mark and explore monetary damages that can be awarded in trademark...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Notable Litigation - October 2024

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Notable litigation filed in October 2024 includes: (1) Jolley v. WCM Global Wealth, LLC, et al., No. 2024CP2306268 (S.C. Com. Pl.); (2) Vazquez, et al., v. Inventis Ventures Holding, Inc., et al., No. 2024-01436108 (Cal....more

Gardner Law

Navigating Lanham Act Risk in a Shifting Medtech Landscape

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The medtech sector is operating in an era of rapid innovation, aggressive commercialization, and intense scrutiny. As companies race to differentiate their technologies, the marketing landscape has become far more fraught....more

Seward & Kissel LLP

Bearish Sentiment, Diamond Hands, and Making an Appointment

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Nicklaus Companies files for bankruptcy after losing in court to Jack Nicklaus | Golf Digest - The Chapter 11 filing comes after the golf legend won a $50 million defamation lawsuit against his namesake former company....more

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