Attorneys with Hueston Hennigan, on behalf of Kelly Toys, have filed a lawsuit against Build-a-Bear Workshop in what they describe as a “straightforward case of trade dress and copyright infringement” for an alleged copycat of its “Squishmallow” toys, according to the complaint filed this week in the U.S. District Court for…

DuBose Miller, LLC 01/23/2024Daily Report TO: ALL MEMBERS OF THE BAR AND ALL CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA The Atlanta Judicial Commission is now accepting nominations for the position of Municipal Court Judge for the City of Atlanta Municipal Court. Members of the bar may nominate themselves or others,…

DuBose Miller, LLC 01/23/2024Daily Report TO: ALL MEMBERS OF THE BAR AND ALL CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA The Atlanta Judicial Commission is now accepting nominations for the position of Municipal Court Judge for the City of Atlanta Municipal Court. Members of the bar may nominate themselves or others,…

On Wednesday, practice management provider Clio announced that court document automation platform Lawyaw, which the company announced it acquired in September 2021, will now be rebranded to Clio Draft. Lawyaw’s CEO and co-founder Tucker Cottingham, who joined Clio following the acquisition and is now the general manager of Clio Draft, told Legaltech…

It has been reported that Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison has moved to a ‘black box’ style profit sharing system. A black box system allows the firm to allocate profits between partners confidentially. In short, no-one knows what anyone else is being paid. In many ways, the appeal is…

This is the third in a series of articles presenting the “Theory of Core Values” as an explanation of how jurors reach their verdicts. I developed this theory over the past 40 years as a trial lawyer, law school professor, and persuasion strategy consultant. The first article criticized the “Reptile…