June 06, 2024
A Chicago federal judge brought to a close a trademark fight between two vaping companies surrounding the phrase "21st Century Smoking" that has stretched on for over a decade and led to millions of dollars in sanctions over thousands of deleted emails and long-hidden documents.
October 07, 2022
An Illinois federal judge invoked the poet Dante in a description of fee litigation as "an inner circle of judicial hell" as he imposed a $2.5 million attorney fees sanction for discovery violations in a long-running trademark dispute between rival e-cigarette companies.