A judge had earlier tossed Jacoby & Meyers' lawsuit challenging an ethics rule barring non-lawyers from having ownership of law firms.
The agency, led by Gary Gensler, filed 102 enforcement actions in its fiscal year, up slightly from the 99 it filed in 2011.
The president's 30 appointees have generally been moderates who mainly served on lower courts and were often selected in consultation with Republican senators.
TORTS – Saab Auto. AB and Spyker N.V. v. Gen. Motors Co.
BRIEF – Saab sued GM for tortious interference for public comments that it claims scuttled funding Saab needed to avoid bankruptcy. GM argues that it merely expressed lack of support for Saab’s proposal, and that plaintiffs have not alleged a valid business expectancy. GM also says Saab is bringing this tort action to circumvent contractual obligations. (E.D. Mich.)
TRADEMARKS - In re Miracle Tuesday LLC
OPINION - Circuit Judge O’Malley has affirmed the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s holding that the mark “JPK PARIS 75”and design could not be registered. It is primarily geographically deceptively misdescriptive under Section 2(e)(3) of the Lanham Act. (C.A. Fed.)
TORTS - Penagaluri v. Krishnan
COMPLAINT - Young female medical student from India has filed a complaint against a colleague for intentional infliction of emotional distress, and damage to her career. The colleague allegedly defamed the plaintiff by disseminating to residency programs that the plaintiff had committed forgery. (N.D. Ga.)
TORTS – In re Terrorist Attacks on Sept. 11, 2001
OPINION – The court adopts the magistrate judge’s recommendation that damages be set at $6,048,513,805, plus prejudgment interest. Sovereign defendants such as Iran and Ayatollah Khamenei are jointly and severally liable with non-sovereign defendants such as Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda and the Taliban. (S.D.N.Y.)
ARBITRATION – Antietam Indus. Inc. v. Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc.
OPINION – Defendant lost in FINRA arbitration, and has subpoenaed FINRA for documents that may show the arbitrator was biased (as per FAA section 10(a)(2)). Plaintiff sought to quash the subpoena, arguing that defendant was on a fishing expedition, but even though the subpoena is broad, it is relevant to defendant’s motion to vacate the arbitration award. (M.D. Fla.)
Three justices took direct aim at the campaign to oust them, telling an audience of mostly law students at Florida State University that politics should be kept out of the courts.
Justice Arthur Schack questioned how failed bank could have initiated a foreclosure on a mortgage when it ceased to legally exist three weeks earlier.
The high court agreed to consider an Indiana soybean farmer's appeal of a ruling he infringed the company's patents on genetically altered seeds.
The hearing came just one week after the regulator saw its rule on position limits thrown out following a lengthy challenge by Wall Street banks.
Richard Platkin, an Albany Law School graduate, is presiding over a case accusing the school of overstating the number of graduates who had secured law-related jobs.
The Environmental Protection Agency filed an en banc petition in the D.C. Circuit which had struck down a rule that would reduce harmful coal emissions.
More than 1.12 mln people were employed in legal services in September, the highest number recorded since May 2009.
The first defendant convicted by the International Criminal Court has lodged an appeal.
Taken together, the agreements resolve two of the biggest outstanding claims facing the U.S. brokerage unit, but will require approval by both U.S. and British courts.
The law suit is one of three that says the NYPD's controversial crime-fighting tactic known as "stop and frisk" improperly targets minorities.
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