Monthly Archives: October, 2020

Oracle Opposes JALA Trademark, Citing Similarity to Java

On Monday Oracle America, Inc. filed an opposition before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board against applicant Jala Group Inc.’s application for the JALA...

EPA Re-Registers Dicamba Products With Additional Restrictions After Ninth Circuit Vacates Order

On Tuesday the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) re-registered two herbicides, which use dicamba, and extended the registration of one product. The EPA said, “this...

COVID-19 Business Interruption Insurance Case Dismissed After Denial of Claim

On October 27, in the Northern District of California, District Judge Charles R. Breyer granted a motion to dismiss in favor of California...

Janssen Pharmaceuticals Sued For Product Liability Due to Orphan Drug Elmiron

In what appears to be an accelerating wave of product liability lawsuits, Janssen Pharmaceuticals has been sued multiple times by patients who have...

Chevron Moves Suit from Delaware Claiming Oil Companies Are Causing Climate Change

For the second time this month, Chevron moved a lawsuit against it and other gas companies to the District Court system.  On Friday the...

FCC Fines Company $37.5M For Spoofing Calls

On Tuesday the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it fined Affordable Enterprises of Arizona $37.5 million for making at least 2.3 million illegal...

GitHub Removes YouTube Archiving Tool After RIAA DMCA Takedown Notice

On Friday, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) claimed that a YouTube video archiving tool’s code stored on the software development hosting platform...

Products Engineer Claims Abbott Labs Failed to Pay Wages, Retaliated Against Her

A lawsuit filed in August against Abbott Laboratories and Mondo International, LLC, a staffing company, accused the employer defendants of failing to pay an...