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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 |
| Brilliant Optical Solutions LLC v. Google, Inc. | April 10, 2013 | May 6, 2013 |
| Parts.Com, LLC v. Google Inc. | May 6, 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
| Hacker’s Hell: Many want to narrow the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act | May 24, 2013 |
Angered that the Internet site PayPal had ceased allowing its users to donate to the controversial online publisher WikiLeaks, 14 computer users allegedly fought back. They sent PayPal multiple communication requests, a program that hackers use to saturate networks with information and crash them. One of the programmers, Keith W.…... more |
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| Carlton Fields partners prep to vote on Jorden Burt merger, business journal reports | May 24, 2013 |
The Daily Business Review (sub. req.) reported that there is a pending merger vote by Carlton Fields partners to join insurance firm Jorden Burt and create a 310-lawyer firm, citing sources with knowledge of the discussions. Although Gary Sasso, president and CEO of Carlton Fields, and…... more |
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| Even after 911 caller’s assault when no cops were on duty, counties vote to keep budget cuts | May 24, 2013 |
Last August, a 911 dispatcher told a distressed woman caller that authorities were unable to help minutes before the woman’s ex-boyfriend broke into her home, choked and sexually assaulted her. Despite the chilling event, two Oregon counties this week rejected property tax increases that would have funded law enforcement and…... more |
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| Sotomayor takes SCOTUS chief justice seat to re-enact famous baseball case | May 24, 2013 |
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor got the chance to sit at the center of the bench, normally reserved for Chief Justice John Roberts, this week as she presided over the re-enactment of a case that unsuccessfully challenged the ability of baseball team owners to virtually own their players. The…... more |
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| ‘Boys Clubs’ can be a source of workplace gender bias, partner says | May 24, 2013 |
Business leaders often criticize gender discrimination at other companies without realizing they’ve also created a corporate culture that marginalizes women, Duane Morris employment partner Jonathan Segal recently wrote in a column for CNN Money. The piece mentions a $100 million sex-discrimination case filed May 9 against pharmaceutical…... more |
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| Firm Takes Another Hit in Bid to Collect 'Unconscionable' Fees | |
An appellate panel has tossed a $16 million contingency fee for work Graubard Miller performed for a New York real estate magnate's widow. ... more |
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| Counting the Hours | |
A new ABA-backed project aims to blaze a path for the nation's underfunded, overburdened public defenders while improving indigent defense. ... more |
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| In Tricky Prosecutions, Judges Play Peacemakers | |
The U.S. Supreme Court could soon clarify the scope of a rule that discourages federal courts from allowing criminal settlement conferences. ... more |
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| Compliance a Priority, But C&E Leaders Face Hurdles | |
Policy management and lack of resources are two key challenges for corporate compliance and ethics representatives, says a new survey. ... more |
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Steven J. Harper's readers know his criticism of law school deans. But he's giving credit to one who's announced big cuts in class size. ... more |
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LegalTimes.com - Legal News Online from the Nation's Capital
| Counting the Hours | May 26, 2013 |
For Missouri's defenders, who last year handled 86,000 cases, timekeeping could prove to state officials -- with solid data -- that they're stretched too thin and need relief. ... more |
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| OPINION: Boston, the Trade Center and Personal Privacy | May 26, 2013 |
As we move down the road to ever more intrusive technology, we should bear in mind that it is not always tolerable to be always on camera. ... more |
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| Objections Mount to Toyota Deal | May 26, 2013 |
Objectors have raised a range of problems with the $1.6 billion Toyota settlement, including a proposed $30 million cy pres award for automotive-accident research and the potential for release of claims in companion litigation over anti-lock braking system defects in Priuses. ... more |
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| THE CONNECTED LAWYER: Three Simple Ways to Connect | May 26, 2013 |
LinkedIn has introduced some features that give users more opportunities to gain visibility and business. ... more |
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| Wilmer's Billing Snapshot | May 26, 2013 |
Eastman Kodak Co.'s bankruptcy case is providing a glimpse into the billing rates of one of Washington's biggest firms: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. ... more |
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Jurist Legal News & Research
| Bosnia court orders release of president | May 25, 2013 |
[JURIST] The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina [official website] ordered [press release] Friday that Zivko Budimir [official website, in Croatian], president of the Bosniak-Croat Federation, be released from jail immediately. Budmir was arrested [JURIST report] in April along with 19 other officials as part of a corruption investigation and crackdown. Budmir, who has been charged with accepting bribes to grant amnesty to numerous convicts, left the prison in the southern town of... more |
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| Puerto Rico lawmakers approve gender, sexual orientation discrimination law | May 25, 2013 |
[JURIST] Puerto Rico's House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender or sexual orientation in places of employment. According to media sources, the bill originally included protections for commercial transactions, housing, governmental services, and public accommodations, but the Senate voted [AP report] to narrow to bill's scope to employment last week. The bill will now move back to the Senate, which is expected to approve the... more |
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| UN rights experts urge stronger legislation against caste-based discrimination | May 25, 2013 |
[JURIST] A group of UN independent experts on Friday urged South Asian countries to strengthen legislation to prevent caste-based discrimination [press release]. In South Asia, those members of society who are of low caste are referred to as "Dalits" or "untouchables." The UN experts noted that Dalits endure "marginalization, social and economic exclusion, segregation in housing, limited access to basic services including water and sanitation and employment, enforcement of certain types of... more |
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| Third Circuit upholds conviction in Pennsylvania juvenile sentencing scandal | May 25, 2013 |
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit [official website] on Friday upheld [opinion, PDF] the conviction and 28-year sentence for former Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas [official website] judge Mark Ciavarella Jr. In February 2011 Ciavarella was convicted by a jury [JURIST report] in the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania [official website] of racketeering, mail fraud, money laundering, tax fraud and other related crimes. The convictions stemmed from a... more |
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| African leaders to request Kenyan leaders be tried domestically | May 24, 2013 |
[JURIST] African foreign ministers agreed Friday to request that Kenyan leaders accused of inciting violence following the 2007 elections stand trial in their home country rather than before the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] in The Hague. This follows Tuesday's report [text, PDF] by the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission [advocacy website] connecting [JURIST report] the Kenyan leaders to the violence. The African leaders' request stems from accusations [AFP... more |
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