Jul 28 2010
In a stunning blow to the Coca-Cola Company (owners of Vitaminwater), a Federal Judge ruled that a class action lawsuit could proceed against the company due to the misleading nature of its name and its health claims. Coke had tried to dismiss the complaint saying that the claims were just puffery and that non one …
Jul 27 2010
Representing a hated or disgraced figure in a high-profile case is no easy task. Not only are you faced with the regular burdens of trying a difficult case -stress, increased workload, etc – but you have the ever hungry media crew and the disapproving looks and comments of those around you to contend with. (“How …
Jul 17 2010
Lynne Stewart was a well-known combative defense lawyer when she was convicted of aiding terrorism by allowing a supposed interpreter exchange messages with her client, a convicted terrorist cleric. The judge’s original sentence of 28-months was considered a strong sentence. Certainly more than enough for the 60plus year old attorney to have gotten a stern …
Jul 13 2010
Lindsay Lohan’s search for a new lawyer led to a Chicago Lawyer named Stuart Goldberg. How she found Mr. Goldberg, I don’t know, as his website seems to indicate he specializes in State and Federal street narcotics cases. But in any event, he was flown to LA to meet with Lohan for six hours to …
Jul 12 2010
In a decision that could have far-reaching implications for the licensors of digital images, Federal Judge Loretta Preska, the Chief Judge for the Southern District of New York, declared as improper and unenforceable the standard method for registering images by digital image warehouses like Corbis and Masterfile (the biggest of them Getty Images, does not …