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The Federal Surface Transportation Board Finds California Environmental Quality Act Preempted as Applied to High-Speed Rail Projects

24 Dec 2014, 12:49 pm by Barbara E. Lichman, Ph.D., J.D.

” See, Poet, LLC v. [read post]

Aviation and Airport Development Law - http://www.aviationairportdevelopmentlaw.com/

The Story of "Oh": successful sample for Jay-Z, but so Tuf for the plaintiff

21 Dec 2014, 2:31 am

The leading US decision on copyright infringement of sound recording in respect of music sampling is BridgeportMusic, Inc. v Dimension Films 410 F.3d 792 (6th Cir. 2005), in which the Sixth Circuit held that the unlicensed sampling of a sound recording constituted per se infringement and therefore a two-second sample from Funkadelic’s “Get Off Your Ass and Jam” was held to infringe the band’s copyright in NWA’s “100… [read post]

IPKat - http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/

[Eugene Volokh] “If they can do it, I’ll challenge ‘em. I’ll pay them a million dollars if they can do it”

18 Dec 2014, 11:03 am

Mason (11th Cir. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

e.Digital v. Futurewei Tech.: Collateral Estoppel as to Claim Construction

26 Nov 2014, 9:01 pm

Cir. [read post]

Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society - http://jptos.org

Cases November 10 through 22

21 Nov 2014, 9:28 pm by Sme

App., November 20, 2014) (upholding determination of permanent total disability) Miles v. [read post]

The Utah Employment Lawyer - http://theutahemploymentlawyer.blogspot.com/

Calming the Storm Tossed Waters: The Availability of Punitive Damages to the Jones Act Seaman Post McBride

18 Nov 2014, 8:47 am by Steven Boutwell

The Wave Falls—Miles v. [read post]

Louisiana Law Blog - http://www.louisianalawblog.com/

Guest Post on Adverse Event Reports & Updating Cheat Sheet

30 Oct 2014, 9:51 am

Appx. 583 (9th Cir. [read post]

Drug and Device Law - http://druganddevicelaw.blogspot.com/

Prairie Island Indian Community Press Release on Challenge to NRC’s Spent Nuclear Fuel Continued Storage Rule

29 Oct 2014, 6:54 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Cir. 2012). [read post]

Turtle Talk - http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/

Merit Decision: Home Is More Than Just Where the Heart Is (The Rest of the Person Must Be There, Too) Schill v. Cincinnati Ins. Co.

16 Oct 2014, 11:19 am by MBettman

Hofferbert, 204 F.2d 592 (6th Cir.1953). [read post]

Legally Speaking Ohio - http://www.legallyspeakingohio.com

Historical Background Anchors Judge Clement’s McBride Concurrence

6 Oct 2014, 6:00 am by Trevor Cutaiar

Judge Clement went on to examine the Fifth Circuit’s pre-Miles case law approving punitive damages in unseaworthiness cases, starting with In re Merry Shipping, Inc., 650 F.2d 622 (5th Cir. [read post]

Navigable Waters - http://navwaters.com/

7th Circuit Court of Appeals Holds Church Lacked Standing to Appeal Rejection of City’s Approval of Cross Display

26 Sep 2014, 7:32 am by Patricia Salkin

Cabral v City of Evansville, IL, 759 F.3d 639 (7th Cir 6/25/2014) The opinion can be accessed at: http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl? [read post]

Law of the Land - http://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/

[Eugene Volokh] Alabama trial judge reverses course, vacates restraining order against publishing gas company information

25 Sep 2014, 5:43 am

Cir. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Seaman v. Peterson, 2014 WL 4377582, --- F.3d ---- (11th Cir., 2014) [Mexico] [Habitual Residence] [Petition granted]

8 Sep 2014, 6:01 am by Joel R. Brandes

In Seaman v. [read post]

A Child is Missing - http://joelbrandes.blogspot.com/

Judge Bryson: Computerized Loyalty-Point Conversion System Not Patent Eligible

8 Sep 2014, 5:50 am by Dennis Crouch

Cir. 2012) (method for processing credit applications); Fort Props., Inc. v. [read post]