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W.D. Wash Upholds $1.9 Million Jury Verdict Finding Confidential Customer Compilation a Protectable Trade Secret

Sean Combs (P. Diddy)'s Defamation Suit Can Go Forward (Including Against NewsNation)

From Judge John Cronan (S.D.N.Y.) today in Combs v. Mitchell: Plaintiff Sean Combs is a well-known musician who uses the… The post Sean Combs (P. Diddy)'s Defamation Suit Can Go Fo...

Ex-Josh Cellars Prez Can Keep Litigation Funding Out Of Trial

A Connecticut judge on Monday refused to allow companies behind the Josh Cellars wine brand to introduce an ex-president's alleged litigation funding deals during an upcoming trade...

License to Litigate: Exclusive Licensee May Sue Without Patent Owner

Kennedys capped its payout at £3 million. A judge said that was too low

Large PI insurance policy one reason why

Josh Cellars Co. Says Ex-Prez Has 'Deep' Litigation Funding

Companies behind the Josh Cellars wine brand say they should be allowed to introduce an ex-president's alleged litigation funding deals during an upcoming Connecticut jury trial, a...

Eleventh Circuit Upholds Restriction on Referring to "Settlement" of Trump v. IRS,

though concluding that the restriction is narrow.

No Venue, No Problem- Improper Venue Doesn’t Bar District Court from Deciding Validity Challenge

Saved by the Bell: Class Certification Isn’t the Time to Have a Mini-Trial on the Merits

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit declined to disturb a district court’s certification of damages and injunctive classes asserting violations of California’s statutory...

Eleventh Circuit Affirms Preliminary Injunction Against Non-Signatories Who Helped Former Owner Violate Noncompete and B...

The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction against non-signatory third parties who helped a former business owner violate his noncompete agreement and build a direct co...

Court Reversed Summary Judgment Based A No-Contest Clause

D.C. Circuit Panel Tosses Soo Kim’s Conspiracy, Racial Discrimination Claims against Rosenworcel

In its narrative of Kim’s failed bid for TEGNA, the court sidestepped Nancy Pelosi’s intervention on behalf of Democratic donor Byron Allen, an African-American businessman and Kim...

"Mo Money Mo Problems": No Pseudonymity for Maine Lottery Winner Suing Over Alleged Violation of Non-Disclosure Agreemen...

"[O]ur precedent makes paramount the principle of transparency as a bulwark of the effectiveness of our judicial system and the public's trust in it."

OUT OF BUSINESS: The Court Grants Defendant’s Motion To Dismiss Because Dobronski’s Number Was A Business Line When He P...

A new entry in my ongoing series on the internal affairs doctrine

We have an interesting decision out of a California appellate court regarding the intersection of inspection rights and forum selection clauses. California grants shareholders an u...

Toxic Backlink SEO Sabotage Campaign States Claims for Lanham Act False Advertising, Trademark Infringement, and Dilutio...

Montway LLC v. Nexus AT LLC, et al., No. 25 C 13100, consolidated with SGT Auto Transport Corp. v. Nexus AT LLC, No. 26 C 1056, (N.D. Ill. June 2, 2026) (Kennelly, J.). Judge Kenne...

Same Trade Secret Dispute, Different Injunction Standards: PCC Airfoils v. Daugherty, et al. and Forum Choice in Ohio

Off the Mark- NPE Licensees Must Comply with Patent Marking for Pre-Suit Damages

Josh Cellars Cos. Say Court, Not Jury, Must Decide Defenses

Entities that help manage and market Josh Cellars wines say a Connecticut state judge, not a jury, must decide fairness defenses in former company president Thomas Steffanci's bid...

Corporate Officer Did Not Lose Agent’s Immunity Merely By Acting For Personal Gain

Single Amazon Sale to Illinois Sufficient for Personal Jurisdiction in Schedule A Trademark Case

Stussy, Inc. v. The Partnerships & Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A, No. 26 C 2870, (N.D. Ill. June 1, 2026) (Kendall, C.J.). Chief Judge Kendall denied def...

No Closed Trial for Billion-Dollar Maine Lottery Winner Suing Over Alleged Violation of Non-Disclosure Agreement

I have more details on this morning's First Circuit decision (written by Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson) in Doe v. Smith… The post No Closed Trial for Billion-Dollar Maine Lottery Winn...

In Camera Review of Claimed Privilege Communications

In Camera Review of Claimed Privilege CommunicationsDyson, Inc. v. SharkNinjaby Joshua Gilliland

Kennedy Center Appeals Ruling Blocking Trump’s Name From Being Inscribed

The Kennedy Center’s board of trustees voted to close immediately for renovations, shortly after a judge ruled the venue cannot inscribe Trump’s name on the building.