More facts are coming out regarding the Sugarloaf ski accident that injured eight people in Maine. Apparently the chairlift had been declared unsafe by maintenance workers just minutes before it collapsed. High winds, hitting 45 miles per hour may have also contributed to the accident. About 150 skiers were stuck on the 4,013-foot-long lift and [...]
Millions of people bought Christmas gifts online, including at popular retailer Amazon.com. So what about if you want to return an Amazon gift? A new return policy would allow you to return the unwanted item before it even ships. The Amazon gift return plan would save headaches all around, especially for the Seattle-based retailer. Rather [...]
Virtual visitation. It’s a sign of the times, and not necessarily in a bad way. It’s a new tool for parents to use is difficult custody situations. U.S. family courts have begun to devise virtual visitation rights allowing parents the ability to interact with their children online, as reported in a recent FindLaw Writ post. [...]
Whistleblowers shed light on corruption and wrongdoing. They do so at the threat of losing their job, or worse. Although there are numerous state and federal protections for whistleblowers, coping with job loss for reporting illegal activity can be both emotionally and financially challenging. It is illegal to fire an employee for reporting illegal employer [...]
Was it really the new car smell that caused the hit and run accident that left a doctor severely injured and in permanent pain? The answer is yes, possibly. Morgan Stanley money manager Martin Erzinger was driving a new 2010 Mercedes when he lost consciousness or dozed off and hit Dr. Steven Milo who was [...]
Challenge to award of attorneys’ fees for defendant in copyright infringement action Latin Am. Music Co. v. Am. Soc’y of Composers Authors & Publishers, 08-1498, concerned a plaintiff’s second motion for reconsideration of the district court’s grant of defendant’s motion for attorneys’ fees incurred on appeal for successfully defending a favorable jury verdict in a [...]
Challenge to the district court’s application of an enhancement based on a post-offense amendment to the GuidelinesUS v. Rodriguez, 09-1429, concerned a challenge to the district court’s imposition of a 108-month sentence in applying a four-level trafficking-in-firearms enhancement based on a post-offense amendment to the Guidelines, following a conviction of defendant for various firearm offenses, [...]
Conviction and sentence for drug and firearm offenses affirmed US v. Williams, 09-1811, concerned a challenge to a conviction of defendant for various drug and firearm offenses in connection with a drug and gun conspiracy, and district court’s imposition of a twenty-five years’ imprisonment. In affirming, the court held that defendant has not shown that [...]
Privacy was one of the top consumer concerns of 2010, and based on a new investigation by The Wall Street Journal, smartphone tracking looks to be an even bigger concern in 2011. Smartphones, through their apps, are intentionally leaking mounds of private data. In essence, the data being leaked can go as far as including your [...]
Trademark infringement action Bd. of Regents of Univ. of Wisconsin Sys. v. Phoenix Int’l Software, Inc., 08-4164, concerned the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System’s (Wisconsin) action challenging the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (TTAB) grant of plaintiff’s petition to cancel Wisconsin’s registration of the mark “CONDOR” on the grounds that Wisconsin’s [...]