The Second Circuit Monday vacated a $1.3 million judgment against a California winery in a trademark dispute brought by an Italian winemaker, rejecting a district judge's order holding that the U.S. Supreme Court's B&B Hardware decision blocked relitigation of a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruling.
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High Court Ruling Won't Back Winery TM Win, 2nd Circ. Says

By Bonnie Eslinger

The Second Circuit Monday vacated a $1.3 million judgment against a California winery in a trademark dispute brought by an Italian winemaker, rejecting a district judge's order holding that the U.S. Supreme Court's B&B Hardware decision blocked relitigation of a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruling.

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Seattle Fights Uber, Instacart Bid To Undo 9th Circ. Gig Ruling

By Benjamin Morse

The city of Seattle urged the Ninth Circuit not to revisit a panel decision backing its app-based worker deactivation ordinance against a First Amendment challenge from Uber and Instacart, arguing the companies are trying to turn an ordinary worker protection law into a speech case.

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Advocates Can't Bring Cocoa Labor Suit, Fed. Circ. Affirms

By Jack McLoone

A labor rights organization hasn't suffered the harm needed to bring a suit against U.S. Customs and Border Protection for not responding to a petition to ban U.S. chocolate producers from importing cocoa from the Ivory Coast, a Federal Circuit panel affirmed.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Brief

NY Bill Would Bar Cannabis Products Resembling Other Goods

By Sam Reisman

A New York state lawmaker has introduced legislation banning any cannabis product that could be confused with a non-cannabis product.

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LITIGATION

NCUA Moves To Preempt Ill. Swipe-Fee Law For Credit Unions

By Jon Hill

The National Credit Union Administration moved Monday to shield federal credit unions from state-level efforts to limit swipe fees, issuing a fast-tracked rule that escalates national regulatory pushback against the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act.

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Wash. Tribe Says Court Misread Prior Fishing Boundary Case

By Crystal Owens

A Washington tribe wants a federal court to rethink a decision to deny its bid to open a new sub-proceeding regarding its fishing treaty limits within Evergreen State waterways, saying it's the first time a district court has denied such a request on jurisdictional grounds in the case's 50-year history.

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Appeals Court OKs Texas To Enforce Challenged Hemp Rules

By Sam Reisman

A Texas intermediate appellate court has lifted a stay that had blocked the state from enforcing new rules restricting the sale of certain hemp products.

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Brief

Colo. Restaurant, Owner Default In Tip Pool Retaliation Suit

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado federal court entered a default judgment Monday against a Colorado restaurant and its owner that had been accused of operating an unlawful tip pool and retaliating against a server who complained to the U.S. Department of Labor.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Trial Boutiques Roll Out Associate Pay Raises

By Andrea Keckley

Three trial boutiques are planning to bump associate salaries by at least $10,000 next month, the firms confirmed to Law360 Pulse Tuesday.

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Interview

Burford Sees Growing Market For Stakes In Elite Firms

By Marialuisa Taddia

Burford Capital plans to step up minority equity investments in elite law firms in the U.K. and U.S. that already use its litigation finance, as investor appetite for law firm equity increases, the firm's new London-based chief operating officer told Law360.

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Fox Rothschild Sued Over Data Breach Tied To Ransom Group

By Allison Grande

Fox Rothschild LLP was hit with a proposed class action in Pennsylvania federal court Tuesday accusing the national law firm of failing to adequately protect the "highly sensitive and confidential" personal data entrusted to it from being exposed to a prominent ransomware group in a data breach last month. 

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All Attys In Miss. Suit DQd For Back-To-Back-To-Back AI Flubs

By Emily Sawicki

A Mississippi federal judge who found herself in the "unusual scenario" of reviewing briefs with artificial intelligence-created errors filed by both parties in a lawyer's fee dispute against a Magnolia State municipality has terminated all four attorneys from the case.

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Q&A

Next ABA International Ethics Chair Looks To Year Ahead

By Emily Sawicki

Rob Misey, incoming chair of the American Bar Association's International Ethics Committee, brings a passion for international dialogue to his new role, set to begin in September. Misey discussed his goals of initiating ethics conversations throughout the ABA and with counterparts overseas.

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Analysis

Fed. Circ. 'Recalibrates' Analysis For Constitutional Standing

By Dani Kass

The Federal Circuit eased the line between constitutional and statutory standing last month when reviving A.L.M. Holding Co.'s infringement suit against Zydex Industries Private Ltd., in a decision attorneys say makes standing more accessible and clarifies how patent licensors can maintain their rights.

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5 Firms Barred From Handling NFL Parkinson's Claims

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Five law firms have been disqualified from representing claimants seeking NFL concussion settlement funds for running a scheme that "laundered" questionable Parkinson's disease claims through the system to obtain $95 million, including $20 million in fees, a special masters' report issued Monday says.

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Pa. Law Firm Calls Uber and FedEx's RICO Suit A 'Sham'

By James Boyle

Nearly a month after its motion to dismiss a RICO suit filed by Uber and FedEx was denied by a Philadelphia federal judge, personal injury firm Simon & Simon PC has lodged a counterclaim against the companies, saying their complaint is a "frivolous sham."

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Senate Confirms Longtime Kan. Prosecutor, KBI Chief To Bench

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 51-46, along party lines, on Tuesday to confirm Tony Mattivi, director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, to serve on the bench in the District of Kansas.

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American Bankers Association

American Bar Association

Burford Capital LLC

Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

Elevate

FedEx Corp.

Ingevity Corp.

Instacart

MasterCard Inc.

NFL Enterprises LLC

The District of Columbia Bar

Uber Technologies Inc.

Union Internationale des Avocats

WestRock Co.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Ahmad Zavitsanos

Baratta Law

Blank Rome

Butler Snow LLP

Carlton Fields

Christian & Small

Covington & Burling

DWF LLP

Daniel Williams & Associates

Davis Wright Tremaine

Dickinson Wright

Dilworth Paxson

Elsberg Baker

Federman & Sherwood

Fenwick & West

Fish & Richardson

Fox Rothschild

Frederick M. Lehrer Attorney at Law

Gordon Rees

Hardin Thompson

Healy LLC

Honigman LLP

Johnston Tobey

Jones Day

Kilpatrick Townsend

Kopelowitz Ostrow

Littler Mendelson

Mandelbaum Barrett

McDermott Will & Schulte

Milbank LLP

Milberg PLLC

Orrick Herrington

PCB Byrne

Perkins Coie

Quinn Emanuel

Reinhart Boerner

Sergi & Associates

Simon & Simon PC

Snell Law Firm PLLC

Sterne Kessler

Summit Law Group

The Banks Law Firm PA

Watkins Calcara

Wilkinson Stekloff

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GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation

Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

European Union

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Food and Drug Administration

Internal Revenue Service

Kansas Attorney General's Office

National Credit Union Administration

Nez Perce Tribe

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Ohio Supreme Court

Quinault Indian Nation

Texas Health and Human Services Commission

Texas Legislature

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

Unified Patent Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado