Article summarizing the issues faced by continuing care retirement communities in regard to the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act
College football in Alabama, as demonstrated by the recent national titles by Auburn University and the University of Alabama, is a big deal. One painter's efforts to cash in on this popularity brought a long-lasting lawsuit from the latter...
This article points out that statutory damages for copyright infringement are not the free ride many would-be litigants like to conceive of them as. The primary reason, according to the article, has to do with personal notions of fairness; in...
This article shares the resolution of litigation by a prominent trademark law firm against marketers and owners of a so-called "trademark catalog." The article details how as part of the settlement between the parties, the sale of the catalog...
This article reviews the tangled path of copyright litigation involving the RIAA and a file sharer on a peer-to-peer network. The case has been appealed multiple times, and the article points out how the lawyers for the defendant are now in a...
This article sounds a warning for advertisers and business owners who tout their products' health benefits to the public. The article points to several recent examples of unfounded claims leading to monetary liability (both by government...
This article reviews a recent California court decision which has important implications for the ability of plaintiffs in civil litigation to discover defendants' internet bulletin board postings. The case in question involved posts to...
This article provides an illustration of how a trademark search is conducted by trying to find registered trademarks associated with Bates numbering. After explaining what Bates numbering is (it's near and dear to litigators' hearts), the...
You have an API for your platform. You need to share it with integration partners to provide a more powerful solution for your customers. Share smart. Know what you are giving up and don't rely on trade secret law to protect your work, get a...
This article looks at a trademark dispute which was being contested on heavily technical procedural grounds. The doctrines in question centered around various rules of civil procedure (such as standing and joinder); this article highlights what...