Georgia U.S. District Judge Michael L. Brown has denied two bids to reduce a $2.3 million trademark infringement verdict awarded to Republic, a cigarette rolling paper company, in 2023. “We are obviously happy with the outcome. This is a very clear and definitive win,” Republic counsel Maia Woodhouse of Adams and Reese said of…

Blank Rome saw growth across the board in 2023, including a double-digit increase in net income and notable spikes in profits per equity partner (PEP) and gross revenue. The firm’s PEP metric came in at about $1.47 million in 2023, an 8.7% increase from the prior year, outpacing the firm’s gross…

NJ Preemption Suit / NY Targets Unlicensed Vendors / Perlmutter Lobbies / Jersey City Cops Sue Over Pot Use | Law.com Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/2024/02/29/nj-preemption-suit-ny-targets-unlicensed-vendors-perlmutter-lobbies-jersey-city-cops-sue-over-pot-use/ “I think that upholding the supremacy of marijuana scheduling under the Controlled Substances Act is a weak argument,” said McCarter & English partner Ryan Magee.…

Coats Rose Attorney Fired for His Letter Attacking Immigration Judge | Texas Lawyer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2024/02/29/attacking-a-judge-coats-rose-attorney-fired/ Immigration Judge Erica Hughes. Courtesy photo S. Shannon Davis Hunter, a Coats Rose director in the Houston office, said, “Coats Rose emphatically denounces the … letter from Ben Aderholt to Judge Erica Hughes.”…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will vote next Wednesday on its long-awaited climate disclosure rule to mandate that public companies disclose direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions, a coming regulation that has received much criticism and will likely face legal challenges once finalized.  The SEC proposed its climate-disclosure rule…

JetBlue Airways is accused of discrimination after unlawfully kicking a group of Orthodox Jewish individuals off of a flight after they requested religious accommodations. The airliner was hit with a Feb. 27 civil rights suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, filed by Risman &…