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Case of the Day: Health Science Distributors Co. v. Usher-Sparks
The case of the day is Health Science Distributors Co. v. Usher-Sparks (M.D. Fla. 2011). Health Science sued Robert Usher-Sparks and Trevor Taylor, who did business in Guernsey as Wellsprings Trading, for trademark infringement and unfair competition. Usher-Sparks and Taylor moved to dismiss for insufficient service of process. Health Service attempted to serve the summons…
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Case of the Day: Richmond Technologies v. Aumtech Business Solutions
The case of the day is Richmond Technologies, Inc. v. Aumtech Business Solutions (N.D. Cal. 2011). Richmond Technologies, which did business as ePayware, “provides enterprise resource planning software for financial service companies who provide credit card terminals to merchants.” So it is a middleman’s middleman’s middleman, I guess. Aumtech’s status was unclear. According to Richmond,…
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Case of the Day: Ben Haim v. Doe

The case of the day is Ben Haim v. Doe (D.D.C. 2023). Tamar Ben Haim, who lives in Jerusalem, alleged that she was assaulted by an unknown, off-duty agent with the Secret Service who was on the advance team preparing for President Biden’s visit to Israel in 2022. Following the alleged assault, she claimed, the…
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Case of the Day: Galloway v. Flexstar Technology
The case of the day is Galloway v. Flexstar Technology (D. Colo. 2012). Galloway claimed that while he was an engineer at Seagate Technology, he provided an affidavit for use in a lawsuit against Seagate stating that Seagate had wrongfully failed to disclose evidence of its reliance on another firm’s technology in developing its own…
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Case of the Day: Gartenberg v. Cooper Union
The case of the day is Gartenberg v. Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (S.D.N.Y. 2025). The Cooper Union is a small private college in New York City. The complaint, filed by several Jewish students, makes detailed allegations about the school’s unsatisfactory response to the October 7 massacre, especially when set up…