Plaintiff Trade Associates, Inc., sued defendant Fusion Technologies Inc. in the Western District on various patent issues and for breaching an alleged royalty agreement. Fusion filed a counterclaim asserting an ownership interest in Trade Associates’ DURA-BLOCK mark in connection with sa ...

If solos are the downtrodden and under-appreciated laboring masses of the legal profession, then Carolyn Elefant is their Spartacus. First through her blog, myShingle.com, then through her book, Solo by Choice, Carolyn has championed the cause of the sole practitioner. Now, Carolyn has teamed with a ...

In one of the 142 posts on the LexBlog Network today, food safety advocate Bill Marler has a strong opinion on the hiring of Stewart Parnell, a peanut industry executive whose processing plants were blamed for an extensive Salmonella outbreak, as a consultant to peanut companies. Also, Jim Walk ...

The title of this post is the headline of by Marie Gryphon in the "Supreme Court Insider" section of . here is how it starts: this terrific commentary The National Law Journal Criminal defendants can't get a break from conservative judges, according to conventional wisdom.  For ...

By Mike McIntyre Winnipeg Free Press A former RCMP officer is facing prison time after admitting he tried to sexually assault a teenaged girl while on duty at a Manitoba reserve. Benjamin Neufeldt, 26, pleaded guilty Tuesday to forcible confinement and invitation to sexual touching stemming from t ...

Over on the Marquette University School of Law website, they're crowing about the appointment of Mary Beth Beazley as the Robert E. Boden Visiting Professor of Law. Wait until they hear her repertoire of jokes! hat tip: Jessica Slavin (spl)

Vilnius, Lithuania - Experts from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will address security, openness, privacy, and other issues at the United Nations' Internet Governance Forum (IGF), set for September 14-17 in Vilnius, Lithuania. This is the fifth meeting of the IGF, which was established to ...

On August 25, 2010, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (“Wal-Mart”) appealed the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ 6-5 en banc decision in Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 603 F. 3d 571 (9th. Cir. 2010), to the United States Supreme Court.  In Dukes, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld ...

"Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot or something." - John Lennon The man who shot and killed John Lennon has been denied parole for the sixth time. The New York State Division of Parole, by way of a three member panel, ...

Fortune Reports: How Ronald Perelman Met His Match Fortune magazine provides an insightful account of billionaire Ronald Perelman's litigation on behalf of his daughter against his ex-wife's New Jersey book store and publishing distributor magnates. The New Jersey state court sanctioned Perelman ...