The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled that a copyright infringement claim against a news site for using a photo of musician Ted Nugent without credit could proceed, one of the first federal appellate decisions interpreting the U.S. Supreme Court’s new “fair use” test. Court-watchers said the…

Identity theft prevention software provider Norton LifeLock is accused of failing to alert class members to instances of identity theft and failing to honor its promise to reimburse customers who fall victim to identity theft “dollar for dollar,” according to a breach-of-contract class action. This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM’s…

Attorneys for the state of New York want the Appellate Division, Third Department to review a Court of Claims judge’s decision not to dismiss Attorney General Letitia James and her office from a lawsuit alleging her former top aide sexually assaulted a former office press secretary. Court of Claims Judge W. Brooks…

A judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit dissented from the majority’s decision to affirm the grant of summary judgment to the Lexington Police Department, after a former police officer sued over his termination for his involvement in police protests in 2020. In a Feb. 20 opinion,…

After almost three decades as a lawyer (nearly two of which were spent specializing in knowledge management and innovation), I’ve seen it time and time again. Every few years, usually due to a promising new technology or a general misunderstanding, someone declares the death of knowledge management (KM). Given the…

Delaware law pervades bankruptcy proceedings often exploring what may be a conflict between the rights of an equity holder and the limitations on the exercise, or purported exercise, of creditor remedies. Recent decisions out of the Bankruptcy Court in the District of Delaware demonstrate this crossover. In In re Pack…