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Connectu v. Facebook (and vice versa)
ConnectU is suing Facebook in Massachusetts for copyright infringement, breach of actual or implied contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, unfair business practices, intentional interference with prospective business advantage, breach of duty of good faith and fair dealing, fraud and breach of confidence. Facebook is suing ConnectU in California for business torts and unfair business practices. Read More
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| Adaptix, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. et al | April 19, 2013 | May 17, 2013 |
| Adaptix, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. et al | April 19, 2013 | May 17, 2013 |
| Epstein et al v. Apple, Inc. et al | March 25, 2013 | May 17, 2013 |
| Hilton v. Apple Inc | May 10, 2013 | May 10, 2013 |
| Institute For Information Industry v. Google Inc. | May 10, 2013 | May 10, 2013 |
| Viacom International, Inc. v. Youtube, Inc. | May 3, 2013 | May 10, 2013 |
| William Lacy v. Braeburn Capital, et al | May 7, 2013 | May 10, 2013 |
| Adaptix, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. et al | May 2, 2013 | May 8, 2013 |
| Ivankina v. Facebook, Inc. et al | May 8, 2013 | May 8, 2013 |
| Mitel Networks Corporation et al v. Facebook Inc. | May 7, 2013 | May 8, 2013 |
| Public.Resource.org v. Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association, Inc. | February 22, 2013 | May 8, 2013 |
| Parts.Com, LLC v. Google Inc. | May 6, 2013 | May 6, 2013 |
| Brilliant Optical Solutions LLC v. Google, Inc. | April 10, 2013 | May 6, 2013 |
| CpuMate Inc et al v Apple Inc | April 11, 2013 | May 3, 2013 |
| A.K. v. Google, Inc. | April 9, 2013 | May 2, 2013 |
| Case Name | Case Filed | Last Update |
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| Hilton v. Apple Inc | May 10, 2013 | May 10, 2013 |
| Institute For Information Industry v. Google Inc. | May 10, 2013 | May 10, 2013 |
| Ivankina v. Facebook, Inc. et al | May 8, 2013 | May 8, 2013 |
| Mitel Networks Corporation et al v. Facebook Inc. | May 7, 2013 | May 8, 2013 |
| William Lacy v. Braeburn Capital, et al | May 7, 2013 | May 10, 2013 |
| Parts.Com, LLC v. Google Inc. | May 6, 2013 | May 6, 2013 |
| National Cheng Kung University v. Apple Inc. | May 3, 2013 | May 3, 2013 |
| Viacom International, Inc. v. Youtube, Inc. | May 3, 2013 | May 10, 2013 |
| Adaptix, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. et al | May 2, 2013 | May 8, 2013 |
| GOLDIN AUCTIONS, LLC v. BRYANT | May 2, 2013 | May 2, 2013 |
| Plaintiff Goldin Auctions seeks a declaratory judgment that it has the legal right to sell at auction sports memorabilia of Kobe Bryant which was consigned to it by Pamela Bryant, Kobe Bryant's mother. | ||
| Jones et al v. Zuckerberg et al | April 30, 2013 | April 30, 2013 |
| Fread et al v. Google, Inc. | April 29, 2013 | April 29, 2013 |
| Freeny et al v Apple Inc | April 29, 2013 | April 30, 2013 |
| Adaptix, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. et al | April 19, 2013 | May 17, 2013 |
| Adaptix, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. et al | April 19, 2013 | May 17, 2013 |
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| Authors Guild, Inc. v. Hathitrust | November 14, 2012 | December 7, 2012 |
| Cambridge University Press, et al v. J. Albert, et al | October 5, 2012 | November 2, 2012 |
| Is it Fair Use to make digital copies for e-reserves at a university, using the four factor analysis on an item by item basis? If so, how should the analysis be made? | ||
| Marino Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Inc. v. Issa et al | June 1, 2012 | July 2, 2012 |
 A continuing legal education company headed by Joseph Marino (inset, left), the legendary force behind a 65-year-old family-owned New York and New Jersey bar exam course, sued a former employee for alleged theft of “invaluable data” from his more recent CLE company’s business.… | ||
| ROLLING THUNDER MOTORCYCLE RALLY, WASHINGTON, D.C., INC. v. DOES et al | May 4, 2012 | June 1, 2012 |
 The Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Rally, an annual motorcycle ride sponsored by veterans to honor their missing and fallen colleagues files a preemptive copyright infringement lawsuit in advance of the group's Memorial Day ride in Washington, D.C. to stop and enjoin alleged copyright infringers from selling unlicensed and counterfeit goods during the event.
Photo credit: Pak Gwei via Flickr | ||
| TufAmerica, Inc. v. Diamond et al | May 3, 2012 | May 15, 2012 |
| CBS Television Distribution v. Comstar Media LLC et al | April 16, 2012 | April 26, 2012 |
| Disney Enterprises Inc v. Michael Jones et al | April 26, 2012 | April 26, 2012 |
| Toma v. Motley Crue, Inc. et al | April 16, 2012 | April 17, 2012 |
| Paramount Pictures Corporation v. Puzo | February 17, 2012 | March 14, 2012 |
| Lawson et al v. Universal Studios LLC | February 22, 2012 | February 29, 2012 |
| Capitol Records, LLC v. Redigi Inc. | January 6, 2012 | February 6, 2012 |
| Is it legal to resell used mp3 files? | ||
| Nate Hoffman v. O Three Meida LLC et al | January 4, 2012 | January 5, 2012 |
| Fifty-Six Hope Road Music Limited, a Bahamian corp. v. Booker et al | December 1, 2011 | December 22, 2011 |
| UMG Recording, Inc. v. Escape Media Group, Inc. et al | November 18, 2011 | December 16, 2011 |
| Record label UMG Recording, Inc. sues Gooveshark, and a number of the company's executives, for copyright infringement, accusing the defendants of uploading roughly 100,000 recordings to the online music service, without payment or licensing use of the artists' works. | ||
| Braddock v. Jolie et al | December 2, 2011 | December 13, 2011 |
| Case Name | Case Filed | Last Update |
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| Rimowa GmbH v. Marvel Entertainment LLC et al | August 1, 2012 | August 27, 2012 |
| Adidas America, Inc et al v. Seven Wells, LLC | May 15, 2012 | June 22, 2012 |
| RC3, INC. v. Bieber | February 24, 2012 | March 1, 2012 |
| Aurelio's Is Pizza Franchise, Ltd v. PFC of Illinois, Inc. et al | October 20, 2011 | January 9, 2012 |
| A 52-year-old family pizza business filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against a franchisee, alleging that defendant illegally sells "frozen counterfeit pizzas at wholesale for sports teams to re-sell as fundraisers." | ||
| True Religion Apparel, Inc. et al. v. Xiaokang Lee et al. | November 15, 2011 | December 22, 2011 |
| Hester v. Neverson et al | November 15, 2011 | December 12, 2011 |
| Television personality David Hester of A&E's 'Storage Wars' reality TV show, filed a trademark lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment that his "Yuuup!" moniker does not infringe upon rapper Trey Songz's purported intellectual property claims to variations of the phrase. | ||
| Adidas America, Inc et al v. Preschoolians Company et al | December 5, 2011 | December 8, 2011 |
| In-N-Out Burgers v. Pappas Restaurants, Inc, | November 15, 2011 | December 8, 2011 |
| Holiday Public Relations & Events, LLC et al v. The Edgartown Library Foundation, Inc. et al | December 2, 2011 | December 5, 2011 |
| adidas AG et al v. Wu et al | November 14, 2011 | December 1, 2011 |
| Cavern City Tours Ltd v. Hard Rock Cafe International (USA), Inc. | November 27, 2011 | November 29, 2011 |
| Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A. et al v. Yang Quan Lu | November 9, 2011 | November 29, 2011 |
| Basis International Ltd. v. Research in Motion Ltd. et al | October 24, 2011 | November 23, 2011 |
| BRAVADO INTERNATIONAL GROUP MERCHANDISING SERVICES, INC. et al v. JOHN DOES 1-100 et al | October 31, 2011 | November 14, 2011 |
| Boyd v. MizzFit LLC | October 4, 2011 | November 2, 2011 |
| Case Name | Case Filed | Last Update |
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| Parallel Iron LLC v. Google Inc | March 6, 2013 | March 21, 2013 |
| The Authors Guild v. Google, Inc. | August 14, 2012 | September 17, 2012 |
| The Authors Guild v. Google, Inc. | June 14, 2012 | July 11, 2012 |
| Suffolk Technologies, LLC v. AOL Inc. et al | June 7, 2012 | June 25, 2012 |
| Google and AOL face a patent infringement by Suffolk Technologies, LLC over Internet companies' search result ‘snippets' and ad-serving technologies. Learn more... | ||
| Franchise Dynamics LLC v. Google Inc | April 19, 2012 | May 2, 2012 |
| Oldenburg v. Google Inc | March 19, 2012 | March 26, 2012 |
| United States of America v. The Google email accounts deogydog@gmail.com and cbonislawski@gmail.com | March 16, 2012 | March 16, 2012 |
| Rischar v. Google, Inc. et al | February 20, 2012 | March 15, 2012 |
| ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION | February 8, 2012 | March 5, 2012 |
| Benjamin Joffe, et al v. Google Inc. | October 17, 2011 | November 21, 2011 |
| Doctor John Doe et al v. Google Inc | November 3, 2011 | November 7, 2011 |
| The Authors Guild, Inc. et al v. Hathitrust et al | September 12, 2011 | October 6, 2011 |
| Pessano et al v. Google, Inc. | August 24, 2011 | September 21, 2011 |
| Benjamin Joffe, et al v. Google Inc. | July 29, 2011 | August 16, 2011 |
| Isys Technologies v. Google et al | June 6, 2011 | July 5, 2011 |
| A Utah company sued Google for trademark infringement, claiming that the search giant's Chromium OS infringes its trademark rights to Isys Technologies' Chromium Modular Computer. | ||
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ABA Journal Daily News
| Judge reveals dispute about whether prosecutors withheld critical evidence in Chandra Levy case | May 22, 2013 |
Federal prosecutors and defense lawyers in the Chandra Levy case have been battling in sealed proceedings over the existence of a prosecution witness’s history of cooperating with law enforcement, District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Gerald Fisher revealed yesterday. In early 2012, prosecutors learned that government witness Armando Morales previously…... more |
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| Girls Gone Wild founder says jury that convicted him should be ‘lined up and shot’ | May 22, 2013 |
After being convicted of false imprisonment, Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis told the Hollywood Reporter that his jury was “retarded,” and should be killed. "I want that jury to know that each and every one of you are mentally f--ing retarded and you should be euthanized…... more |
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| 70 is not so old, say state court judges challenging mandatory retirement rule | May 22, 2013 |
Pennsylvania law mandates that state court judges retire when they are 70 years old, a rule which has been in existence since 1968. That’s discriminatory, say some jurists, who also object to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court taking control of their commonwealth court lawsuit challenging the rule. Bucks County Judge Alan…... more |
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| Are you still in touch with any of your law school professors? | May 22, 2013 |
It's graduation season, so you might find yourself attending one soon–or graduating yourself! So this week, we'd like to ask you: Are you still in touch with any of your law school professors? If so, have they continued to be of help to you as you advanced in your law…... more |
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| YouTube can be used as ‘hammer of justice’ even if client has lost in court, lawyer says | May 22, 2013 |
It isn't just in court proceedings that depositions can be useful, a Colorado attorney says. By posting them on YouTube after his client had already lost in court, he won a secret settlement in one corporate matter, John Pineau tells the Denver Post. "This is an incredible…... more |
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| Survey: Firm Leaders Admit Downturn's Permanent Impact | |
Most law firm leaders admit that recession-driven responses to their pricing practices and their clients' expectations that work be done efficiently are likely here to stay, according to a survey released Tuesday of 238 firms. At the same time, most respondents to the Altman Weil survey acknowledge that they have been slow to alter their long-term strategies to address those changes. ... more |
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| Aereo Makes Peace with FilmOn Founder Amid Network Challenges | |
Litigation magnet Aereo reached a settlement on Monday with billionaire Alki David, the founder of rival TV streaming company FilmOn. The deal brings an end to David's quixotic fight with Aereo and its top financial backer, Barry Diller, leaving the companies to face their real adversary: network television. ... more |
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| Suit Names Missing Attorney Timothy McCabe For Alleged Fraud | |
A lawsuit for theft and fraud has been filed against a fugitive Florida real estate attorney whose license was suspended after he disappeared with about $4 million from his law firm's accounts. He left behind an apologetic email confession to his partner and staff, which said in part, "I have done things unknown to any of you that have been financially devastating." ... more |
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| Appeal Filed by Lawyers Sanctioned Over Porn Lawsuits | |
Lawyers under sanction for fraudulently filing dozens of copyright infringement suits against people accused of downloading pornographic films have filed an appeal, as the attorneys who represented them before the sanctioning judge have disappeared from the case. Prenda Law argues that the judge, who "dropped an anvil on Prenda Law's interests across the country," exceeded his authority and deprived the firm of its due process rights. ... more |
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| Reed Smith Wins Essential Patent Ruling in Chip Feud | |
Expanding the backlash against companies that aggressively assert standards-essential patents against their rivals, a federal judge in San Francisco has barred the chip designer LSI Corp. from pursuing injunctive relief against RealTek Semiconductor at the U.S. International Trade Commission. ... more |
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LegalTimes.com - Legal News Online from the Nation's Capital
| Law School Offers A Second Chance for Rejected Students | May 22, 2013 |
The Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law has introduced 'Admission Through Performance,' allowing rejected applicants to enroll in a free, four-week course on the Federal Rules of Evidence taught by Duncan faculty. If the applicants do well, they can earn a spot in next year's 1L class. ... more |
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| Defense Building Mitigation Case in Boston Bombing | May 21, 2013 |
Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have persuaded a federal judge to grant them access to prison documents and photos of their client, apparently to help them build a case mitigating against the death penalty. ... more |
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| Senators Grill Apple Executives About Tax Strategy | May 21, 2013 |
A day after a congressional panel claimed that Apple Inc. uses offshore entities to avoid U.S. taxes, senators on Tuesday grilled the company's chief executive officer and two colleagues about their tax strategy. ... more |
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| Appeal Filed by Lawyers Sanctioned Over Porn Lawsuits | May 21, 2013 |
Lawyers under sanction for fraudulently filing dozens of copyright infringement lawsuits against people accused of downloading pornographic films have filed an appeal, as the attorneys who represented them before the sanctioning judge have disappeared from the case. ... more |
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| Interim Law Dean Gets the Permanent Job in South Dakota | May 21, 2013 |
The University of South Dakota School of Law has named Thomas Geu as its new dean. He has taught there since 1989 and has served as interim dean since former dean Barry Vickrey stepped down in 2011 after 18 years at the helm. ... more |
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Jurist Legal News & Research
| Senate Judiciary Committee approves immigration reform bill | May 22, 2013 |
[JURIST] The Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] on Tuesday approved S. 744 [text], an immigration reform bill. The bill, entitled the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, is intended to help create a 13-year path to citizenship for the approximately 11 million current undocumented immigrants, contingent upon strengthening security along the Mexican border. The bill also proposed an improved process for allowing high-skilled immigrants into the... more |
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| Zimbabwe president signs new constitution into law | May 22, 2013 |
[JURIST] Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on Wednesday signed the country's new constitution [text] into law, clearing the path to pivotal elections later this year. The new constitution limits future presidents to two five-year terms. The provision limiting presidential terms will not apply retroactively, so the 89-year-old Mugabe will be able to run in the next election [Reuters report] and potentially continue to serve as president for the next decade.... more |
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| Ninth Circuit strikes down Arizona 20-week abortion ban | May 22, 2013 |
[JURIST] The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Tuesday that the Arizona law banning abortions at 20 weeks violates women's rights, making it "per se unconstitutional." The opinion, authored by Judge Marsha Berzon, focused on balancing fetal viability and a woman's right to medical autonomy. The state defended the statute [text, PDF] by arguing that it was not an outright ban because it permitted procedures in the event of a medical emergency. The... more |
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| UK House of Commons approves same-sex marriage bill | May 22, 2013 |
[JURIST] The House of Commons of the UK Parliament [official websites] voted 366-161 on Tuesday to approve the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill [HC Bill 3]. The legislation was introduced in January [JURIST report] and will effectively extend the application of the Marriage Act of 1949 [materials] to same-sex as well as opposite-sex couples. The bill allows for an exception for any religious institutions that do not wish to perform same-sex weddings. Same-sex couples in England and Wales have... more |
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| Federal appeals court rules bin Laden photos may remain classified | May 22, 2013 |
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official site] ruled Tuesday that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official site] has no legal obligation to release photos [opinion, PDF] of Osama bin Laden [CFR profile; JURIST news archive] after his death. The decision was in response to a Freedom of Information Act [official website] request seeking to have more than 50 photographs released which show bin Laden's body after he was killed by US special forces...... more |
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