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By: Jennifer Hijazi
With Supreme Court petitions and a youth climate trial on the horizon, 2023 could be a blockbuster year for climate issues in the courtroom.
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By: Brooks Barnes
The version of the iconic character from “Steamboat Willie” will enter the public domain in 2024. But those trying to take advantage could end up in a legal mousetrap.
By: Angie Leventis Lourgos
Before the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 decision to rescind federal abortion protections, Planned Parenthood of Illinois saw dozens of patients from other states every month. Now hundreds of patients are crossing state lines each month to have an abortion at one of Planned Parenthood’s 17 health centers across the state.
By: Shoshy Ciment
While trademark complaints and disputes made up the bulk of the legal dramas through the year, other legal disputes between major brands and designers made headlines as well, such as the dissolution of brand deals, SEC charges and accusations of misleading shareholders.
By: Sujeet Indap
Law firms involved including Kirkland & Ellis and White & Case which are usual powerhouses in corporate and private equity bankruptcies are involved in Celsius and have top lawyers billing more than $1,800 per hour. (This may remain a bargain as top lawyers in the FTX bankruptcy at Sullivan & Cromwell are charging in excess of $2,000 per hour).
By: Nathaniel Meyersohn
There’s a stigma around attorney advertising and it was restricted for most of the 20th century until the Supreme Court in 1977 ruled that it violated First Amendment protections. The court said the restriction had disadvantaged legal service access “particularly for the not-quite-poor and the unknowledgeable.”
By: Sharareh Abdolhoseinzadeh
Sharareh Abdolhoseinzadeh, a PhD in Political Sociology and political researcher in Tehran, discusses internet censorship in Iran…
By: Will McDuffie
A North Carolina lawyer died after sacrificing himself trying to disarm a client who pulled out a revolver in the middle of a mediation session and began firing wildly, before turning the gun on himself, according to someone within the firm with knowledge of what happened.
By: Matt Novak
Smucker insists that it doesn’t have any issue with other people selling peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, but the Fortune 500 company is claiming it holds a trademark on a “round crustless design” and the packaging photo choice that shows a bite taken out of the sandwich.
By: Stephen Garner
According to a complaint filed on Nov. 30 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Nike alleged that defendants Nickwon Arvinger and David Weeks of By Kiy LLC (known as “Kiy”), as well as Bill Omar Carrasquillo (known as “Omi”) of Reloaded Merch LLC were “promoting and selling Nike knockoffs in several colorways.”
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