When the President of the United States, allegedly possessed of the best bully pulpit in the free world, needs to go on the Super Bowl pre-game show to attract a big audience, you know that something has gone horribly, horribly wrong. We can't solve that problem here at HealthBlawg, but perhaps ...

The Dykas case finally comes to an end, an appellate argument on sentencing comes a cropper, and we learn valuable lessons about no contest pleas.  All that, and a sidenote on the intricacies of insufficient evidence claims and affirmative defenses, represent the courts body of work for the week. Om ...

A former secretary at an Illinois asbestos plant, Union Asbestos and Rubber Company (UNARCO) was awarded $17.87 Million as a result of contracting an asbestos related disease, mesothelioma. The woman was employed from 1967 to 1969 at UNARCO as a secretary. The lawsuit alleged that Pneumo Abex LLC ...

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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 ...

By Rhett Pardon U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Nguyen signed off this morning on an order discharging claims and vacating further motions in the case that pitted two large adult brands over allegations of leaked confidential documents, poached business secrets and cybersquatting. RedTube.com claim ...

By Chinta Puxley, THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG – There was no lasting help for a man who twice risked his life last year to save drowning people, his stepdaughter said after a vicious weekend attack left the “Homeless Hero” unrecognizable in hospital. Kristy Assin said Faron Ha ...

On December 2, 2009, Tana Seybert LLC (now known as UTBTS, LLC) held an auction for miscellaneous remaining assets with the assistance of GoIndustry USA, Inc. (which does business as GoIndustry-DoveBid). Earlier today, the company filed a report of the results of that auction with the bankruptcy co ...

ResQNet sued Lansa in 2001 for infringing five patents related to terminal emulation. Lansa found art, two unpublished user manuals for a software product called Flashpoint, that it argued anticipated one of the asserted patents, 6,295,075. But the district court wouldn't admit the art as public ...