Historically, clerks have had a pretty sweet deal. A year spent with a judge increases their attractiveness to law firms; in the past, this translated to big bonuses for going into Biglaw. During the recession, the deal got slightly less sweet, as firms went a little sour on clerks. Over the last m ...

A man was fatally injured in a Long Beach pedestrian accident after he was struck by a big rig the morning of February 8, 2010. According to a news report in The Press Telegram, the man was crossing Wardlow Road at Santa Fe Avenue in a marked crosswalk, when a large truck hit him as it made a turn. ...

A friend and client, India born, was telling me about the different prior art search firms he had used. "The Indians are cheap, and you get what you pay for. They find something and they quit. They know nothing about litigation, or U.S. patent laws. They have no concept of story art. They just t ...

ProtectMarriage.com - Yes on 8 v. Courage Campaign, 2010 U.S. Dist. 10045 (E.D. Cal., 2010) Plaintiff sought a preliminary injunction based on trademark infringement.  The court denied the injunction, holding that Plaintiff was “unlikely to overcome the conclusion that defendant’s use of ...

MOVING TO FRONT FROM SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7 IN CASE ANY READERS MISSED THIS Per the new policy, Calvin's ad is the first to appear marked for failure to comply. Several philosophers have now drafted a letter which will be sent...

The recent Federal Court case of Sanders v. Smart & Biggar Intellectual Property and Technology Law is a good example of the difference that well prepared evidence can make.  The Trademarks Opposition Board expunged the applicant’s trade-mark, UGGLY BOOTS pursuant to section 45 of the Trade-marks Ac ...

In order to comply with subscription agreements you will need to use your own Westlaw password to view the full text of cases listed below: Tuesday, February 09, 2010    1. People v. Danton2010 WL 424920(N.Y.Sup. Feb 02, 2010) (NO. 5759/03)Mark Zeno, ...

The U.S. economy continued to hemorrhage jobs in the first month of the 2010, but the overall unemployment rate fell to 9.7 percent, according to the latest employment report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While the legal sector lost another 1,100 jobs in January, the number marked a no ...

In Sand Hill Advisors, LLC v. Sand Hill Advisors, LLC — a trademark case involving companies with the same name — the Northern District of California found that northern California is big enough for both parties. In reaching this conclusion, the court found: “Sand Hill” ...

NO-FAULT – DEFAMATION – QUALIFIED PRIVILEGE – MALICE Hame v. Lawson (2nd Dept., decided 2/2/2010) Can an insurer be sued for defamation in relation to statements it makes about the insured or claimant while it is investigating whether or after it has concluded that the claim is fraudulent?&nbs ...