Intellectual Property Law

Max Mosley Files Lawsuit Against News of the World For Defamation
Max Mosley has filed another lawsuit, this time a defamation suit against the tabloid News of the World. He won an invasion of privacy suit last year against the same paper for its coverage of his sex life...

Simply Apology Ends Defamation Lawsuit
Apology Ends Defamation Lawsuit is an interesting March 17, 2010 article from Inside Higher Education. It discusses a complicated and high profile defamation case involving two college professors as well as statements about their union...

Douchebag Files Lawsuit
Did no one tell the man that truth is an absolute defense to defamation?

Tweeting Spawns a Defamation Suit
It had to happen sooner or later. Someone somewhere would find something from Twitter troublesome enough to file a defamation lawsuit. The someone in this case is Horizon Group Management, of Chicago, who filed a libel lawsuit against a former...

Defamation By Twitter: NBA Ref Files Suit
An NBA referee officiating the Minnesota Timberwolves January 24th 125-129 loss to the Houston Rockets has sued an AP reporter for defamation over a Tweet. Bill Spooner has officiated over 1,000 regular season games and over 50 play-off games...

Must be campaign season
The infringement lawsuits have begun.  This one has a twist: Ron Paul is suing YouTuber NHLiberty4Paul over an anti-Jon Huntsman video posted as a reason to vote for Paul, alleging (1) false advertising under the Lanham Act, (2) false designation of origin under the Lanham Act, and (3) defamation (the theory being that it associates Paul with repugnant opinions)...

Paxil Lawsuit
Paxil Claims, Lawsuits, and Injuries

Copyright Lawsuits: Critical Issues Before Filing Copyright
Federa Rule 11(b) Considerations

Vioxx Lawsuits
Vioxx personal injury suits are a seroius concern for Merck and patietns

Construction Site Accidents
Lawsuits related to accidents

Bextra Injury Risks
Bextra Increases Risk of Fatal Heart Attack

Bausch Lomb Renu Moistureloc Linked to Eye Infection Fusarium Keratiti
Contact Lens Solution Product Recall

Adidas Imitators
Payless Shoesource to pay $304.6 million settlement in trademark lawsuit.

Ojani Noa
$545,000 settlement JLo defamation lawsuit.

Lehman Brothers
Bankrupt, Files Chapter 11

Nevada Onion
Workers Injured, EPA Files Complaint

Paul McCartney
$96 million paid out as divorce settlement.

Newspaper Publisher
Star Tribune must pay St. Paul Pioneer Press a $3.8 million trade secrets act violations settlement.