David Herman

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Litigation in the Fast-Growing “Athleisure” Industry

Lululemon’s controversial founder and CEO Chip Wilson is no stranger to controversy. He’s divined the name from an attempt to maximize the number of L’s; he believes that Japanese...

Fitness Tech: Lawsuits Against Peloton, Garmin, and More

While the use of pedometers goes back centuries, the story of the modern fitness technology industry begins in 1965 with Yamax’s “10,000 steps a day” pedometer. Then in 1982,...

One District is Home to a New Trend in...

The Northern District of Illinois has always been one of the busiest districts in the country. However, in recent years, the district has seen a rise in a relatively...

Product Liability, Antitrust and Fraud: Lawsuits in Gaming Beyond...

As previously covered by Law Street, the majority of litigation in the video game industry concerns intellectual property. However, outside that sector, other important issues rack the gaming giants....

Dances, Patents, and Piracy: IP Lawsuits in Gaming

The video game industry is one of the largest in the country. Despite recent waves of layoffs, hundreds of thousands still work on developing games and the hardware they...

The Story and Science Behind Hair Relaxer MDLs

In December 2019, Eberle, Sandler, Taylor, and White published a study linking permanent hair dye and hair relaxers with breast cancer. This study was then picked up by the...