Another shoe drops in Washington - Ninth Circuit expands personal jurisdiction over willful copyright infringers *

USA - December 19 2012
In Washington Shoe Co. v. A-Z Sporting Goods, Inc. (U.S. Court of Appeals – Ninth Circuit, No. 11-35166, Dec. 17, 2012), the Ninth Circuit expanded the exercise by Federal District Courts of personal jurisdiction over out-of-jurisdiction defendants in federal copyright cases.

Co-authors: Harvey Saferstein.

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Wrongful termination claim too desperate for ex-Desperate Housewives star *

USA - September 5 2012
A California appellate court recently rejected an attempt by Desperate Housewives star, Nicollette Sheridan, to sue for wrongful termination in violation of public policy when Touchstone failed to renew her contract past Season 5.

Co-authors: Micha "Mitch" Danzig, Benjamin L. Wagner, Harvey Saferstein.

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Another loss for the Robinson-Patman Act *

USA - August 23 2012
In Drug Mart Pharmacy Corp. v. American Home Products Corp., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11582 (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 16, 2012), Magistrate Judge Steven M. Gold gave the Robinson-Patman Act another drubbing.

Co-authors: Bruce D. Sokler, Harvey Saferstein, Robert G. Kidwell.

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Ninth Circuit takes a bite out of Kellogg Mini-Wheats cereal class action settlement *

USA - July 23 2012
The Ninth Circuit has taken yet another step to require a more exacting level of judicial scrutiny in consumer class action settlements.

Co-authors: Harvey Saferstein.

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Sixth Circuit uses some old Supreme Court cases to give Robinson-Patman Act new life *

USA - June 27 2012
In Williams v. Duke Energy International, Inc., No. 10-3604 (6th Cir. June 4, 2012), the Sixth Circuit rejected a Rule 12(b)(6) challenge to a Robinson-Patman claim against Duke Energy for discriminatory pricing of retail electricity.

Co-authors: Bruce D. Sokler, Harvey Saferstein, Robert G. Kidwell.

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