“Taco Bell filed two petitions to cancel trademark registrations for the phrase “Taco Tuesday” last week while touting its “liberation” campaign. The petitions seek to cancel trademarks registered by Gregory Hotel Inc. and Spicy Seasonings, which operates the Taco John’s...
Read more“A Massachusetts judge has refused to toss a $636 million malpractice lawsuit contending that a botched contract drafted by Proskauer Rose caused its client’s loss of a minority interest in a hedge fund. Judge Kenneth W. Salinger of the Suffolk...
Read more“A man who walked into a homeowner’s open garage and stole his leaf blower didn’t commit burglary because he didn’t use “force, stealth or deception” to gain entrance, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled. The Ohio Supreme Court vacated the...
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“ChatGPT and other conversational artificial intelligence built with large language models could radically change how the legal industry operates, giving early adopters a major advantage. For instance, conversational AI can automate routine tasks such as document review and contract analysis Read more…
“The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider overruling a 1984 decision that established Chevron deference—the principle that federal courts should defer to reasonable federal agency views when Congress passes ambiguous laws. The Supreme Court agreed to consider the issue Read more…
“A federal appeals court has upheld a California law that bans honking your car horn—except when reasonably needed to warn of a safety hazard. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco ruled April 7 against Susan Porter, Read more…
“Gerald E. Groff is a devout evangelical Christian and former missionary who settled into a job with the U.S. Postal Service in 2012 after years of overseas religious work. “Sometimes you just have to take the job that comes along,” Read more…
“As we start to come out of the pandemic, many businesses are deciding to embrace remote workforces on a more permanent basis for a variety of reasons, including cost saving, increased talent pool, and employee satisfaction. However, maintaining a remote Read more…
“. The Affirmative Defense of Prosecution Laches Wednesday, March 29, 2023 The Summary Modern U.S. Patent Law provides a patentee with a right to exclude others from practicing an invention for twenty years from the earliest priority date. Is it Read more…
“Lawyers admitted to multiple jurisdictions may be subject to different ethical requirements in the different states in which they are licensed to practice law, according to a new ABA ethics opinion. A March 1 ethics opinion from the ABA’s Standing Committee on Read more…