
Stevens Yes! Stevens No!
Whose Court Is It Really? asks the Atlantic Monthly, and its answer is: John Paul Stevens’s court! (Subscription required.) Oh, really? Wonkette sees it quite... Read more
Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech
Whose Court Is It Really? asks the Atlantic Monthly, and its answer is: John Paul Stevens’s court! (Subscription required.) Oh, really? Wonkette sees it quite... Read more
Hypothetical: We are negotiating a trademark dispute. During those negotiations — which we both agree are being undertaken for purposes of settling our dispute —... Read more
My friend David Krell will be giving a presentation at the International Trademark Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco on May 16th entitled, “What is your brand?... Read more
In 2009 I did a post whose title — “Excuse Me While I Kiss this Guy” — was an homage to the great modern institution... Read more
Michael Atkins reports on an interesting development that could have a real effect on certain widespread litigation practices if it were to spread: A federal... Read more
It started with a bit of typical Internet snark between lawyer-mindfulness guru Jeena Cho and your snarky blogger: Go figure: It ended up being a... Read more
First posted on September 24, 2012. John Welch has once again updated his Fraud-O-Meter! Behind this clever Infographic-type thingy is a report of a meaningful... Read more
We blogged a little while ago about Doug Litowitz’s new book about how law firms chew up young lawyers. He makes it sound like a... Read more
From West (I have added links): Trials and legal proceedings in courtrooms play out as a battle of words and wills. In Litigation Is War,... Read more
Big buzz for the new book by my law school classmate and ideological opposite, Professor Doug Litowitz: Advance praise for The Destruction of Young Lawyers:... Read more
It’s an art, not a science — like all litigation — and despite the best advice, well… there are some things, many of them in... Read more
I’m biased in reviewing the 6th edition of the only comprehensive single-volume — Well, there you go. Bias number one: As far as I can... Read more
In January 2016, career California school groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson took legal action against the Monsanto company. Alleging his 2014 diagnosis of non-Hodgkins lymphoma was a... Read more
First posted on February 4, 2011. Or, perhaps, the companies that hire them. Let’s see if we can find all seven in this highly effective... Read more