Monthly Archives: April, 2021

Florida Urges Court to Deem CDC’s Cruise Industry Reopening Standards Unlawful

The state of Florida is suing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) over...

Class Action Claims Uber’s Background Checks Discriminate Against Drivers

On Thursday, an individual filed a class-action complaint in the Southern District of New York against Uber Technologies Inc. alleging that its use of...

Peloton Flexes IP Muscles by Filing 3 Trademark Oppositions

On Wednesday, Peloton Interactive Inc. filed three notices of opposition before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board regarding applicant Haijuan Zhang’s application for the...

NC Judge Says Patent Infringement Case Not ‘Extraordinary’ Enough to Award Attorney’s Fees to Defendants

Judge Max O. Cogburn Jr. of the Western District of North Carolina on Thursday denied the “rare remedy” of attorney’s fees in patent...

HHS Secures Summary Judgment in Hospital’s Medicare Reimbursement Challenge

On Thursday, Judge Mary Geiger Lewis of the District of South Carolina sided with Secretary Xavier Becerra of the Department of Health and Human...

Muslim Advocacy Group Sues Facebook for Misleading Legislators, Consumers

According to a press release, Muslim Advocates filed suit against Facebook Inc., its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, and two other...

CAA ‘Deadline’ Suit Says EPA Fell Behind on Ozone Control Plan Reviews

On Wednesday, two environmental advocacy groups filed a lawsuit against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan, for his alleged...

1st Circuit Denies Covidien Post-Trial Request to Assign Invention Rights of Employee

The First Circuit ruled Thursday that a district court did not abuse its discretion in denying health care products company Covidien LP the...