- IP turf-staking: charity tries to trademark the phrase “Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness” [Likelihood of Confusion]
- Bad excuses dept.: Ohio 17-year-old killed his mom but lawyers “insisted youth and video game addiction made him less responsible,” a theory judge wasn’t buying [AP/WBBM]
- Lawsuit over Yelp review (chiropractor vs. disgruntled ex-client) settled [CNet; earlier]
- “Can U.S. Laws Protect Online Speech from Foreign Libel Suits?” [Neuberger/PBS]
- Coverage of Philadelphia’s Fumo scandal trial, “law firms [and some big ones] used in an alleged blackmail scheme” [Lowe, AmLaw Daily, earlier]
- “Another wrongful-paternity case from hell” (wrong guy, but default judgment) [Balko, Reason]
- Never trust content from “ProPublica” [Kopel @ Volokh on environmental effects of oil hydraulic fracturing, response from ProPublica, Kopel’s riposte; their attack on Goldman Sachs in California and New Jersey; Carter Wood at NAM “ShopFloor”]
- Few places have emulated San Francisco and Santa Cruz ban on discrimination based on appearance, i.e., against less attractive folks [WorkplaceProf]
Filed under: blue-ribbon excuses, discrimination law, online speech, Philadelphia, scandals, trademarks
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Love the round-ups!
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Another Yelp / Doctor / negative review lawsuit:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/13/BU40158CPE.DTL
[…] as the earlier one settles, comes word that pediatric dentist Yvonne Wong of Foster City, Calif. has sued the parents of a […]
[…] jury convicted the veteran pol on all counts after a five-month trial. The case raised allegations of lawyer misconduct, and we have previously covered the bare-knuckled tactics Fumo used to protect some of his friends […]