Tesla Investors go all in on Busting Musk for Fraud
Written By: Corey Butts Background on Musk’s Tweet Heard Round the World and his Settlement with the SEC On August 7th, 2018, Elon Musk, co-founder and CEO of Tesla, crafted… Read more »
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FTC Proposes Rule Banning and Invalidating Non-compete Clauses in Labor Contracts Nationally
Written By: Joe Schuler The Proposed FTC Rule:On January 5th the Federal Trade Commission released a notice proposing a new rule banning the use of covenants not to compete, colloquially… Read more »
“This is Your Pilot Speaking . . . Please Fasten Your Seatbelts and Prepare for Litigation”
Written By: Michael J. Cimino Southwest Airlines (“Southwest”) has come under intense scrutiny following their series of canceled and severely delayed flights during the holiday season. Southwest was initially able… Read more »
A Dog Toy and Jack Daniel’s: Is “Humor” an Escape to Trademark Infringement Claims?
Written By: Jessica Summers A dog toy closely resembling the iconic Jack Daniel’s whiskey bottle has led to a dispute revolving around whether a product based on humorous parody deserves… Read more »
New York State Issues Schools an Ultimatum: Lose Indigenous Mascots or Lose Funding
Written By: Mary Herzog-Spanneut A twenty-one-year encouragement phase has expired. In 2001, New York Commissioner of Education, Richard Mills, urged schools to “end the use of Native American mascots as… Read more »
What In The World Is A “Crime Involving Moral Turpitude?”
Written By: Leslie M. Lawson Introduction United States immigration law states that a non-citizen may be removed from the country if they are convicted of certain crimes within five years… Read more »
Ninth Circuit Chalking up a Split: Chalking Tires is Reasonable under the Fourth Amendment
Written By: Shannon Chamberlain You just parked in a 20-minute parking space to grab your morning coffee before work. No problem, you should be in-and-out of the café in 10… Read more »
Did TwitchCon’s Attendees Sign Away Their Rights to Sue?
Written By: Davis Bowen One of the Internet’s largest streaming giants, Twitch, held its annual convention last month from October 7 to 9, and multiple attendees suffered injuries under circumstances… Read more »
A Tale of Two Princes: Transformative and Fair Use in Warhol v. Goldsmith
Written By: Amie Mbye What do Darth Vader, Steven Spielberg, Jimi Hendrix, and Syracuse have in common? All were referred to during oral arguments heard by the Supreme Court on… Read more »
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Constitutional Challenge to Citizenship Law
Written By: Natalie Bravo On October 17, the Supreme Court declined a petition to review Fitisemanu v. United States, a case involving three individuals born in American Samoa seeking U.S…. Read more »