Gabriela Kennedy Leaves Hogan Lovells to Join Mayer Brown as IP Head, Asia
Mayer Brown JSM announced on Monday that Gabriela Kennedy has left Hogan Lovells to join as head of the Intellectual…
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Utah Supreme Court Says Gangs Must Receive Due Notice of Injunctions
One of Ogden city’s biggest and most violent gangs, the Trece gang just received a reprieve from the Utah Supreme…
Illinois Internet Sales Tax Struck Down by State Supreme Court
The Illinois Supreme Court struck down a 2011 state law that imposed a sales tax on online retailers, this week.…
Motorola Scores Surprise Win against Microsoft in Germany’s Patent Court
Microsoft lost against Google’s Motorola Mobility in a patent war over multilingual programs on Thursday at Germany’s Federal Patent Court.…
Obama Nominates Former Pentagon Attorney as Homeland Security Chief
President Barack Obama is nominating former Pentagon attorney Jeh Johnson as the new chief of Homeland Security. Johnson is a…
Jury Clears Mark Cuban of Insider Trading Charges
On Wednesday, Mark Cuban won a long courtroom battle in a matter where the US Securities and Exchange Commission had…
Appeals Court Declines Rehearing of Journalist in CIA Leak Case
On Tuesday, the full United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit declined to hear an appeal by James…
ABA Committee Wants Disclosure of Pass-Fail Information Regarding Bar Exams
The ABA Standards Review Committee, which is engaged in doing a comprehensive review of law school accreditation standards has recommended…
Two Florida Homeowners’ Law Firms Merge
Law firm mergers, both small and big continue happening across the legal landscape. While Cooley LLP recently announced absorbing Washington…
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Jerry Brown on California Prison Overcrowding
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear California Governor Jerry Brown’s appeal against a lower court ruling that…
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Cases to Restrict the Power of EPA
On Tuesday, the US Supreme Court decided to accept six separate petitions seeking to restrict the clout of the Environmental…
Malaysian Appeals Court Rules Only Muslims May Use the Word “Allah”
On Monday, a Malaysian appeals court ruled that a Christian newspaper may not use the word “Allah” to refer to…