Yankees Defend 'Iconic' Logo Against Cannabis Apparel Seller

By Alex Lawson

The New York Yankees are hoping to stifle a cannabis apparel seller's effort to secure a trademark registration for his products, telling the Federal Circuit that the application was correctly denied for copying the team's "iconic" logo.

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Fed. Circ. Urged To Erase Aaron Judge's TM Phrases Win

By Ivan Moreno

A Long Island man seeking to register trademarks for the judiciary-themed expressions "All Rise" and "Here Comes The Judge" has asked the Federal Circuit to overturn the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's rejection of his applications, arguing it erroneously concluded that New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge has priority over the phrases.

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Disney Wants ESPN Streaming Rates Suit Sent To Arbitration

By Jared Foretek

Disney is seeking to force a proposed class of Fubo subscribers to arbitrate their claims that Disney unlawfully made streaming services pay inflated rates for ESPN and other sports channels, telling a California federal judge that the company can enforce Fubo's arbitration clause after its purchase of the streamer.

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ITC Atty's 1st Kids' Book Imagines A Santa-Less Christmas

By Dani Kass

Michelle Klancnik, assistant general counsel at the U.S. International Trade Commission, spends her days looking into when imports should be banned for violating intellectual property rights, but outside work, she​'s focused on one big question: What would happen if Santa took a year off?

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Analysis

The Court Cases That Defined Sports Law In 2025

By Alex Lawson

From a landmark settlement that looks to reshape the future of college athletics to an eye-popping victory for a golf legend, the sports legal world was teeming with cases that commanded attorneys' attention throughout 2025.

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Estate Of 1970s Cannabis Pioneer Sues Publisher Over IP Use

By Jonathan Capriel

The family of cannabis legalization activist and author Jack Herer is seeking to wrestle back control of his IP, filing a lawsuit in California state court which claims the patriarch's name, image and likeness have been "fraudulently" taken.

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Arby's, Dunkin' Owner Dodges Web Cookie Suit, For Now

By Craig Clough

A California federal judge dismissed a proposed class action Monday against Arby's, Jimmy John's, Dunkin', Baskin-Robbins and their parent company alleging their websites contained cookie banners falsely promising to remove trackers, finding the plaintiffs failed to meet heightened pleading standards required when the claims are based in fraud allegations.

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Feature

Top North Carolina Cases Of 2025

By Hayley Fowler

A sweep of settlements in major lawsuits punctuated the second half of the year in North Carolina, from a record-breaking wrongful death deal to an eleventh-hour resolution in a lending fight over a biogas development project. Here are some of the top North Carolina case outcomes in the second half of 2025.

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Shuttered Network Co. Gets One More Chance Against AWS

By Bryan Koenig

A shuttered network optimization startup has one more chance to fix market definition and other failings in its antitrust case accusing Amazon Web Services Inc. of deliberately sabotaging its work to drive it out of business, after a Washington federal judge gutted most of the suit Monday.

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Top Delaware Chancery Cases Of 2025: A Year-End Report

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court closed out 2025 amid a period of institutional uncertainty, as landmark cases addressing fiduciary duty, executive compensation, board oversight and the limits of equitable power unfolded against the backdrop of sweeping legislative changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law.

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Texas Phone App Age Law Blocked Days Before Taking Effect

By Jared Foretek

A Texas federal judge on Tuesday overturned a state law that would age-gate app downloads and require app stores to display age ratings, holding that the law failed the narrow-tailoring standard under strict scrutiny, just days before it was set to take effect.

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NFL's Chiefs Moving To $3B Stadium In Kansas

By Isaac Monterose

The Kansas City Chiefs are leaving their longtime home in Missouri to play in a new, $3 billion stadium in Kansas City, Kansas, that state's governor and the NFL team announced.

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Judge Axes Former Team's Suit Over Minor League Shake-Up

By David Steele

A suit accusing minor league baseball owner Marvin Goldklang of "treason" for supporting a reorganization that eliminated a Tennessee-based franchise and 42 other teams has been dismissed by a New Jersey federal judge.

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3 Key Trends For The Legal Industry In 2025

By Tracey Read

Executive orders, updated office attendance policies and private equity interests were three top issues that shaped the industry this year.

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Ex-Oura CEO Pushes To DQ Quinn Emanuel In Firing Suit

By Emily Sawicki

The onetime CEO of fitness tracker company Oura Health is pushing to disqualify Quinn Emanuel from representing the smart ring maker in his compensation suit, telling a San Francisco federal judge that he shared confidential information when he consulted with the firm about his claims prior to filing suit.

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NYC Bar Issues Opinion On AI Use For Recording Client Calls

By Tracey Read

The New York City Bar Association's Professional Ethics Committee has issued an opinion addressing how the New York Rules of Professional Conduct impacts the use of artificial intelligence tools to record, transcribe and create summaries of conversations in audio and video calls between attorneys and their clients.

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Ex-DOJ Employees Fight Gov't Bid To Toss Their Firing Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

An ex-assistant U.S. attorney and two other former Justice Department employees urged a Washington, D.C., federal court on Tuesday to deny the government's motion to dismiss their lawsuit claiming they were unlawfully fired, arguing an internal government employment board isn't appropriate for their cases and is controlled by President Donald Trump.

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Hub Hires: Cooley, Morgan Lewis, Nixon Peabody

By Chris Villani

The end of the year marked the beginning of new chapters for plenty of Boston attorneys, as Cooley added more than 30 professionals to its life sciences team, Morgan Lewis snagged an intellectual property partner, and Nixon Peabody beefed up its cybersecurity practice.

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