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The FTC recently sued to block Tapestry’s proposed acquisition of Capri, alleging that the effect of the combination of the companies’ handbag brands may be to substantially lessen competition. [read post]

The CLS Blue Sky Blog - https://clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/

Of Mass Torts, Multidistrict Litigation, and Collateral Estoppel: Notes on Justice Thomas’s Dissent from the Denial of Certiorari in E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Abbott

6 May 2024, 9:00 pm by Laura Dooley and Rodger Citron

This is particularly true in high-stakes, large-scale tort litigation in which multiple plaintiffs sue a common defendant. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

[Eugene Volokh] Judge Says Alabama Can't Punish Helping People Go to Other States to Get Abortions

6 May 2024, 5:10 pm by Eugene Volokh

In Dobbs v. [read post]

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

Amazon Looks Ready to Brawl Over ‘Road House’ Copyright Termination

6 May 2024, 1:03 pm by Aaron Moss

Hill v. [read post]

Copyright Lately - https://copyrightlately.com/

Patenting Informational Innovations: IOEngine Narrows the Printed Matter Doctrine

6 May 2024, 9:43 am by Dennis Crouch

IOEngine, LLC v. [read post]

Patently-O - https://patentlyo.com

Grant’s Pass, Homelessness, and the Constitutionality of Anti-Sleeping and Anti-Camping Ordinances

6 May 2024, 8:44 am by Jeff Welty

Johnson v. [read post]

North Carolina Criminal Law Blog - http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/

The Psychological Parent Doctrine in North Carolina

6 May 2024, 4:41 am by Woodruff Family Law Group

Wolfgram v. [read post]

North Carolina Divorce Lawyers Blog - http://www.northcarolinadivorcelawyersblog.com/

Understanding the Court of Appeals Decision on Vulnerable Adults: A Case Study

4 May 2024, 7:12 am by Kent Berk

Hendrix, v. [read post]

Berk Law Group P.C. Blog - http://berklawgroup.com/blog/

Before mob attack, UCLA police chief was ordered to create security plan but didn’t, sources say

3 May 2024, 6:39 pm by Yosi Yahoudai

But internal calls are growing for the police chief to step aside as University of California President Michael V. [read post]

J&Y Personal Injury Blog - https://jnylaw.com/blog/

Data retention in Ireland: When European law meets national recalcitrance

3 May 2024, 2:43 pm

It assesses how national oversight mechanisms largely failed to address this illegality and argues that the data retention saga has highlighted significant weaknesses in the criminal justice system, the ‘designated judge’ model of supervising surveillance, and the accountability of the executive to parliament.Full text on SSRN [read post]

IT Law in Ireland - http://www.tjmcintyre.com/

[John Ross] Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

3 May 2024, 12:30 pm by John Ross

[Eagle-eyed readers might notice that the court cites Saunders v. [read post]

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

[Eugene Volokh] "Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023" (Which Just Passed the House) Could Suppress First-Amendment-Protected Criticism of Israel

3 May 2024, 8:49 am by Eugene Volokh

HR6090, which passed the House of Representatives Wednesday by a 320-91 vote, would provide, in relevant part, For purposes of this Act, the term "definition of antisemitism"— (1) means the definition of antisemitism adopted on May 26, 2016, by the IHRA [International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance], of which the United States is a member, which definition has been adopted by the Department of State; and (2) includes the "[c]ontemporary examples of antisemitism"… [read post]

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

“Significance” of Inventor Contributions to AI-Assisted Inventions – Red Flags and Potential Traps within Patent Office Guidance

3 May 2024, 6:38 am by Holly

The group walked us through inventorship determination examples for AI-assisted inventions based on factors borrowed from Pannu v. [read post]

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig Blog - https://www.dbllawyers.com/blog/

Looking Inside and Outside the Law to Understand the Successes and Failures of Drug Reform

3 May 2024, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger

Notwithstanding tobacco’s high death toll and damaging health effects, tobacco companies have survived hundreds of lawsuits challenging their promotion and distribution of a deadly drug, including Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. [read post]

Balkinization - http://balkin.blogspot.com/

University Presidents Calling in the Police: A Tort Liability CYA? (Guest Post by Guha Krishnamurthi)

3 May 2024, 4:00 am by Guest Blogger

There is a campus protest, perhaps with a large encampment. [read post]

Dorf on Law - http://www.dorfonlaw.org/

Week In Review

2 May 2024, 9:05 pm by Brian Connor

District Court for the District of Oregon to dismiss Juliana v. [read post]

RegBlog - https://www.theregreview.org/