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TRO Bid in Arts Case Results in COVID-19 Rebuke from Judge
Everyone wants to be a zealous advocate in protecting clients, to push for the maximum remedies available. But at this moment in COVID-19 time, some perspective is in order. For example, if your case involved stopping the sale of counterfeit unicorn products on the Internet, sorry, that wouldn't be an emergency.
That was the message from U.S. District Judge Steven C. Seeger, who was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis before he was confirmed to a seat in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in September. Recently in a trademark infringement case, Seeger penned a withering decision denying a request for a temporary restraining order that was filed by Michael A. Hierl, a partner at Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym in Chicago. Art Ask Agency v. Individuals, 20-cv-1666.
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