Monthly Archives: August, 2020

California Non-Profit Sues Calif. Department of Transportation For Failing to Remove “Transients” Adjacent to River

Via a July 31 complaint in the Eastern District of California, the Stewards of the Mokelumne River, a California non-profit public interest group, sued...

Sen. Merkley Introduces Bill Limiting Corporate Use of Biometrics

According to a press release posted by Sen. Jeff Merkley’s (D-Ore.) office on Tuesday, he and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), have introduced a bill...

Comcast Sued for Breach Of Advertising Contract

On Monday in Florida’s Seventeenth Circuit Court in Broward County, Comcast Cable Communications was sued by Baer’s Furniture Co., a furniture retailer, for fraud...

Appeals Court Agrees with Decision to Prohibit Offshore Aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico

On August 3, the 5th Circuit determined that Congress does not give power to an agency that which in statutory text it failed...

Wonder Foods Responds to False Designation Claims

On August 4, Wonder Food Distributors answered a trademark infringement complaint filed against it alleging that Wonder Food violated federal, state, and common...

Endangered Animal Company Claims Land Leased to Them Was Infected with Salmonella

World Heritage Animal Genomic Resources (WHAGR) claimed in a complaint filed in the Eastern District of Kentucky on Friday that the defendants who leased...

Twitter Could Face $250m FTC Fine For Misusing User Personal Information

Twitter revealed on Monday that it could face up to a $250 million fine from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for its use of...

Google Opposes Floogle Mark For COVID-19 Website

Google filed an opposition on Monday before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board against David Dennis’s FLOOGLE mark application, claiming it is likely to...