What is a derivative lawsuit? What are licensing statutes? What part do patents, trademarks, and copyrights play in protecting intellectual property rights? What Act was passed by U.S. Congress to protect copyrights of intellectual property?
Another big environmental story to break over the last few week’s is ClientEarth’s lawsuit against Shell’s board. It’s a world-first derivative action in the High Court of England and Wales and it alleges that the Shell Board is mismanaging climate risk, breaching company law by failing...
There is a growing increase in orders for short-run, on-demand packaging to satisfy shifting consumer purchasing requirements and operate at the “speed of retail.” There are also new regulations that dictate the amount of “free space” in a box to reduce packaging waste. Using what has be...
Attorney Carl Shusterman explains the basics of the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) and what to expect as our nationwide class action lawsuit heads to the Supreme Court. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court, by a 5-4 vote, overturned our CSPA victory before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals....
During a trial, there is a burden on one or the other parties. Usually, the burden starts with the plaintiff who must prove the elements of their claim. If the plaintiff is arguing negligence, the burden is on the plaintiff to prove there was a Duty, the defendant breached that Duty, ...
Triller’s lawsuit is retribution for the 4/22/21 Podcast lambasting the Broadcast as a ‘disaster’,” the motion adds. “[T]riller persists in filing “disastrous” and fatally defective complaints – and the SAC is no exception. Since Triller consistently refuses to cease its abu...
the last of us into a full-blown environmental fable. before the action-packed scenes of joel and sarah fleeing their home, there is a preamble: a jack paar-like talk show in 1968 featuring two epidemiologists. one warns that humanity is at great risk from a pandemic caused by a flu-...
decisions, make appointments, and approve a company’s financial statements. They may also reserve the right to file a shareholder complaint, or even a class-action lawsuit, if they feel the company is being mismanaged or their rights as a common shareholder have been in any way infringed ...
is a rather recent development, arising out of the regulatory and academic arguments that became broadly influential beginning in the early 1980s, eventually moving over to become part of the Delaware common law in the mid-1980s, and can be seen as part of the broader response to the take...
except those specifically and expressly waived or negotiated within this Agreement, may be subject to non-binding mediation at the request of either party to be conducted by a mutually agreed upon mediator as prerequisite to the filing of any lawsuit arising out of or related to this Agreement....