Litigation

  • Abusive Internet Social Networking Yields Infringement

    As with domain names, social networking user names are often an extension of a person's or an organization's identity. Businesses, for example, use social networking identities to promote themselves as a source of goods and services. And the flip side of that coin is that abusive use of social networking user names allows a third party to benefit from the goodwill by-product endorsement. But here's the problem: Such abusive behavior constitutes intellectual property infringement.

    September 28, 2010Jonathan Bick

  • Plaintiff in Casino Suit Craps Out in Venue Decision

    A New Jersey resident unsuccessfully sought to keep his slip-and-fall case in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court by arguing that an Atlantic City casino's Internet advertising within Pennsylvania established the state's personal jurisdiction over alleged negligence by the casino.

    September 28, 2010Amaris Elliott-Engel

  • Case Briefs

    Highlights of the latest insurance cases from around the country.

    September 28, 2010ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Navigating the Changing Technological Landscape

    In City of Ontario v. Quon, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a government employer's search of an employee's communications on an employer-issued pager was reasonable under the circumstances and, therefore, did not violate the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. The Court's narrowly tailored decision underscores that cases in the area of employee privacy will continue to be highly fact-sensitive.

    August 30, 2010Fernando M. Pinguelo and Keya C. Denner

  • Real Property Law

    In-depth analysis of key cases you need to know.

    August 27, 2010ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Landlord & Tenant

    A look at a significant ruling.

    August 27, 2010ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • NJ & CT News

    Happenings in neighboring states.

    August 27, 2010ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Discovery and 'Non-Egregious' Marital Fault

    Even as no-fault divorce legislation in the State of New York has been signed into law, matrimonial practitioners continue to deal with the vestiges of fault-based litigation.

    August 27, 2010Thomas A. Elliot

  • No-Fault Divorce Signed into Law

    On Aug. 15, New York became the last state in the nation to enact a law offering no-fault divorce, when Governor David Paterson announced that he had approved the controversial measure, which has been debated for decades.

    August 27, 2010Joel Stashenko