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Intellectual Property, Politics, Trademarks
Trumped By 'Covfefe': 3 Reasons Why Trademarking Trending Names And Catchphrases Is A Bad Idea

Why opportunistic plots to register trademarks for trending terms almost always fail.

By Tom Kulik
Art, Celebrities, Politics
Why A Nude Portrait Of Donald Trump Should Worry Everyone In America

The artist claims to have received a legal threat -- and the situation highlights peculiar legal tangles that develop when political figures are celebrities.

By Tamara Tabo
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How Generative AI Will Improve Legal Service Delivery

Learn how emerging tools will likely change and enhance the work of lawyers for years to come in this new report.

From Thomson Reuters
Quote of the Day, Trademarks
Holy F*ck! This Appellate Opinion Is So F*cking Obscene!

Here's an opinion that'll leave you saying, "WTF?!"

By Staci Zaretsky

2nd Circuit, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Intellectual Property, Shoes, Trademarks
Christian Louboutin No Longer Seeing Red After This Second Circuit Trademark Ruling

Fashionistas rejoice: Christian Louboutin has won the trademark rights to his signature red soles!

By Staci Zaretsky
Contracts, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun
Victoria's Secret Sued for $15 Million Over Thigh-High Knockoffs

Did Victoria's Secret start selling knockoffs to unsuspecting consumers?

By Staci Zaretsky

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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve

The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…

From The Team at Scale LLP

Designation Of Credibility

With no doubt, our federal appeals courts are populated with legal thinkers and writers of the highest caliber. As such, it is a treat to see their skills applied to an area of law that some of us grapple with daily.

By Gaston Kroub

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.16.24

* Supreme Court authorizes Idaho’s anti-trans care law with Justice Gorsuch writing that the decision might abuse the standard notion of the Court’s shadow docket power, but all the justices who created those precedents are dead now and we have a supermajority so YOLO (you’d be shocked at how lightly paraphrased that is too). [Law360]

* Rudy tried to get his defamation verdict reversed. It went as well as the rest of his election legal work. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Armorer in the Alec Baldwin case sentenced to 18 months. [Reuters]

* Over in the UK, Kaplan apologizes after incorrectly informed a bunch of grads that they’d failed the Solicitor’s Qualification Exam, leading at least some to lose their job offers. [LegalCheek]

* Biglaw partner alleges that another lawyer filed an inflammatory affidavit for the purpose of serving as the basis of a negative NY Post article. [ABA Journal]

* A&O makes a withdrawal from the (Mil)bank. [Law.com International]

* Eriq Gardner chats with David Boies about a wide range of topics, but especially the firm’s contingency work and the billions in value it generates. [Puck]

By Above the Law