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Some noteworthy cases this week, as reported by our Daily Summary Writers. The 10th Circuit reversed a sentencing ruling for a defendant found to be practicing law without a license. In US v. Kieffer, the Court found that “By all appearances, Defendant Howard Kieffer had a successful nationwide criminal law…
36 U.S. Code § 110 designates June 14 as Flag Day to commemorate the anniversary of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777. Here are some proclamations by the President and governors in observance…
Google and AOL were sued for patent infringement Thursday by New Jersey-based Suffolk Technologies, LLC over their Internet search summary descriptions, or 'snippets.' Suffolk's lawsuit also alleges that AOL and Google are infringing a second patent for an "Internet server and method of controlling an internet server". The second claim…
We've got three picks from our writers this week - enjoy! Don't Even Think of Parking Here Feloney v. Baye Nebraska Supreme Court (6/1/12) For several years, Michael Feloney used his neighbor Robert Baye's driveway to turn his vehicle to enter his garage. Eventually Baye decided to build a retaining…
Judges know fair use and parody when they see it. Especially when it comes to South Park's "distinct animation style and scatological humor" as seen through the eyes of a 4th grade character. That was the conclusion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Circuit today (read…
A continuing legal education company headed by Joseph Marino (inset, left), the legendary force behind a 65-year-old family-owned New York and New Jersey bar exam course, sued a former employee for alleged theft of "invaluable data" from his more recent CLE company's business. The Marino Institute of Continuing Legal Education,…
Days after Cisco sued TiVo in Silicon Valley federal court for a declaratory judgment over four patents, the maker of "God's Machine" fired back with its own lawsuit in the Eastern District of Texas, accusing Cisco of infringing the very same TiVo patents in dispute. One of the patents being…
The big case last week was Commonwealth v. U.S. Dep't of Health & Human Servs. out of the 1st Circuit, which found Sec. 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, 1 U.S.C. 7 (“DOMA”) unconstitutional. Section 3 denies federal economic and other benefits to same-sex couples lawfully married in Massachusetts…
We had some cases with interesting facts come up this week. The United States Supreme Court issued a ruling on providing survivor benefits to children conceived by in vitro fertilization, with frozen sperm, after the father died. In Astrue v. Capato, Respondent mother of the twins applied for Social Security…