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Tribal Business Journal

  • Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 28 2008

The launch of the Tribal Business Journal is timely and important

Foreign fame is not enough to justify trademark protection in New York

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • USA
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  • January 31 2008

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit certified two questions to New York’s highest court regarding New York common law claims for unfair competition based on goodwill

Appellate decision limits protection for internationally famous trademarks

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 5 2007

In a recent decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit the federal appeals court that sits in New York held that the fame of a restaurant operated in New Delhi and several Asian cities was not a basis on which the name of the restaurant could be protected from misappropriation in the United States under federal trademark and unfair competition law, notwithstanding that the name might be known to significant numbers of restaurant-goers in the United States

Securities Exchange Act claims failed to meet PSLRA pleading requirements

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • March 30 2007

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a class action complaint asserting, among others, claims under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 arising from the defendants’ allegedly false and misleading statements about its prospective earnings and problems with its travel-related businesses

Foxwoods casino dealers vote to unionize; challenge to NLRB jurisdiction planned

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • February 8 2008

In an historic vote, the dealers at Foxwoods Resort Casino voted 1,289 to 852 to be represented by the United Auto Workers

Customer service or union organizing NLRB sets hotel priorities

  • Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
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  • USA
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  • August 1 2008

A recent decision of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) addressed several work rules that impact the hospitality industry

Cash, cruises and cars sweepstakes promotions

  • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 12 2008

Caribbean cruises, red sports cars, diamond rings, $1,000,000 checks for years companies have used sweepstakes and similar promotions to advertise and draw customers to their products

Executives arrested for facilitating internet gambling; company stops funds transfers between Americans and internet gambling sites

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 19 2007

Corporate officers and directors and other individuals who knowingly facilitate the transfer of funds between American- based gamblers and Internet gaming sites that the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) considers illegal could face decades in prison

Proposals to revise Ohio gambling laws

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
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  • USA
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  • March 31 2008

Republican legislators have introduced two contrasting proposals (HB 513 and HB 514) in the Ohio House to revise gambling laws, one which would ban state lottery keno games and the other which would let a new category of groups sponsor charitable bingo

NAIC follows states' lead to prohibit travel discrimination in life insurance policies

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 7 2008

Following the recent trend set by states such as California, Florida and New Jersey, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) has adopted a revised version of the Unfair Trade Practices Model Act (the “Act”) that limits the circumstances in which a life insurer can deny coverage to an individual based on the individual’s lawful past and future travel