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Case of the Day: Brighton Collectibles v. Winston Brands
The case of the day is Brighton Collectibles, Inc. v. Winston Brands, Inc. (S.D. Cal. 2013). Brighton, which makes and sells women’s fashion accessories, had registered copyrights on several designs, including the “Heart Conch” jewelry design and the “Charmaine Heart” jewelry design. It sued Urban Trend (HK), Ltd., a Hong Kong company, for copyright infringement,……
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Liveblog: “Lessons of Chevron”
Welcome to the liveblog of today’s symposium, “Lessons from Chevron”! The symposium is sponsored by the Stanford Journal of Complex Litigation. The liveblog is jointly sponsored by the Journal and by Letters Blogatory. Thank you to editors-in-chief Nick Landsman-Roos and Matt Woleske for agreeing on such short notice to participate in the liveblog. You’ll find……
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Case of the Day: Khatib v. Murrar
The case of the day is Khatib v. Murrar (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). Lami Khatib and Najat Murrar were married in Jordan in 2000. At the time of the marriage, Khatib paid Murrar’s father a dowry of one golden dinar, and under the marriage contract there was also a deferred dowry of JOD 5,000. Khatib……
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Lago Agrio Liveblog Announcement
Readers, we’re really lucky that two editors of the Stanford Journal of Complex Litigation, Nick Landsman-Roos and Matt Woleske, have seized the day and agreed to liveblog tomorrow’s symposium on the Lago Agrio case. As you can see from the program, we will be hearing from some of the key players in the case—Ted Boutrous,……
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Symposium Announcement: Lessons from Chevron
I promise, this is the last Lago Agrio post for the day (for a few days, I hope! We’ll be returning to regular cases of the day tomorrow). The Stanford Journal of Complex Litigation is hosting a symposium tomorrow called “Lessons from Chevron.” The program looks fascinating: it seems that Steven Donziger and Ted Boutrous……