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February 14, 2005 |

Is Your Business Well Dressed?

Business owners are familiar with the trademark protection available for words and logos that identify a company's products and services. Less well known is that it is also possible to protect the packaging and format of those products and services, as well as various features of a business, under federal trade dress law. A crucial element, says attorney Alan J. Haus, is whether the features are non-functional, and whether they distinctively identify a business so as to distinguish it from competitors.
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July 19, 2012 |

Client Sues Firm After Funders Recover Most of His Settlement

A Brooklyn man is suing his attorneys at Mirman, Markovits & Landau for not looking after his interests after he received only $111 from a $150,000 settlement in his trip-and-fall personal injury case, while litigation finance companies received the bulk of the funds.
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April 17, 2012 |

Baptist Hospital added as medmal defendant because of joint venture

Third DCA said an amended complaint and joint venture agreement contained all the elements to properly allege a joint venture between Baptist Hospital and a pediatrician.
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November 03, 2011 |

Defense wins asbestos case

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December 06, 2012 |

Businesses Damaged by Sandy Face Knotty Insurance Issues

As businesses and property owners assess damage from Superstorm Sandy, lawyers who have been fielding calls from insurers and policyholders say they are seeing areas of potential conflict and while most disputes could be settled out of court, they predict some lengthy and substantial litigation.
5 minute read
April 19, 2006 |

Contract Lets Lawyer Beat Arbitration

East Bay attorney Laurence Padway says a boilerplate contract clause let him get his client out of arbitration and into a settlement worth nearly $2 million.
3 minute read
August 22, 2012 |

Busch, Slipakoff adds partner

Richard White has left a partnership at Jones Day for one at Busch, Slipakoff & Schuh. White represents investment funds and servicers in the acquisition, disposition and servicing of real estate loan portfolios.
6 minute read
July 29, 2013 |

MOVERS

Robert Rogers joins Steptoe & Johnson's intellectual property department as senior counsel. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
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May 12, 2008 |

Hot seat gets hotter for expert witnesses

It's a tough time to be an expert witness. Courts are increasingly ordering expert witnesses to disclose financial information or risk having their testimony struck from a case. Also, a growing number of courts have permitted parties to sue their own experts for negligent testimony in recent years, holding that expert witnesses should not be immune from liability from their own clients.
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November 30, 2012 |

The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom recruits SanDisk Corporation's chief legal officer to its Palo Alto office; a senior partner in Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's China offices in San Francisco heads to Asian Development Bank; and Sidley Austin gains a longtime veteran with the Food and Drug Administration. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].
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