Similarity of retail outlets and customers: The district court found that the student populations were significantly different: “most FNU students are seeking associate’s degrees or ESL programs that FIU doesn’t provide; FIU targets students who are directly out of high school and seeking a four-year degree, whereas most FNU students have been out of high school for an average of ten years; and, unlike FIU, FNU doesn’t… [read post]

It is alleged that during the shopping sprees, some of the shoppers used forged credit cards to stay at such five-star hotels as the Fontainbleau and The Royal Palm in Miami Beach and the Las Casitas Village, the high-end private villas of the El Conquistor in Puerto Rico. [read post]