Plaintiff journalists wrote articles that were published in a Swedish newspaper and were freely accessible on the newspaper’s website. Defendant Retriever Sverige AB operates a website that provides its users with hyperlinks to articles published by...
Today we honor one of the greatest diplomatic initiatives that occurred in my lifetime, Nixon’s trip to China; where he arrived on this date in 1972. Like most Americans I was caught completely unaware that Nixon was planning to go and create a...
Trademark Laches: An Effective Exit in the Right Circumstances. Delay-based defenses in trademark cases are rarely an effective way for a defendant to exit a case before discovery. Statute of limitations defenses almost never dispose of so-called...
Today the Arizona Supreme Court has handed down its much-anticipated decision in Fields v. The Elected Officials’ Retirement Plan. In Fields, the Court unanimously struck down a pension reform package enacted by the legislature in 2011, finding that...
An Alabama judge Friday refused to dismiss a capital murder charge against the grandmother of a 9-year-old girl who authorities said was forced to run for three hours as punishment for telling a lie. However, the girl's father says medical malpractice contributed to her death.
Officials at the University of Maryland (“University” or “UMD”) announced that UMD was the victim of a significant security breach that took place on Tuesday, February 18 (the “Breach” or “Incident”). The Incident, characterized as a “sophisticated...
In our last issue of PA Tax Law News, we published the first part of a list of Sales and Use Tax issues recently raised in tax appeals filed with the Commonwealth Court. This list is intended to help readers identify issues for which there may be an...
Agreeing with the First Circuit’s recent en banc ruling in Kolbe v. BAC Home Loans Servicing LP, — F.3d —, 2013 WL 5394192 (1st Cir. Sept. 27, 2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that the form language in...
The following are select tax topics affecting individuals and businesses for tax year 2013. Individuals - Top Tax Rates: Single filers with taxable incomes exceeding $400,000 ($450,000 for married taxpayers filing jointly) are subject to the...
In the November 2013 and January 2014 issues of the New Jersey eAuthority, we reported on the Senate and Assembly’s passage of a bill (S2995) expanding employment protections for pregnant women. On January 21, 2014, Governor Chris Christie signed...
