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SCOTUS Looks for Remedy to Its Bankruptcy Fee Congressional Overstep Ruling Image

SCOTUS Looks for Remedy to Its Bankruptcy Fee Congressional Overstep Ruling

Jimmy Hoover

The U.S. Supreme Court on January 9 debated the proper remedy for its 2022 ruling that Congress violated the Constitution when it imposed steep bankruptcy fee hikes on large debtors in some districts but not others.

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Supreme Court to Consider If Lanham Act's Name Trademark Prohibition Violates First Amendment Image

Supreme Court to Consider If Lanham Act's Name Trademark Prohibition Violates First Amendment

Catherine Nyarady & Crystal Parker

This case has important implications not only for trademark registrations, but also potentially in determining collisions between trademark rights, rights of publicity, and freedom of speech considerations in future cases.

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The Impact of the Supreme Court's Goldsmith Decision on Copyright Enforcement Against AI Tools Image

The Impact of the Supreme Court's Goldsmith Decision on Copyright Enforcement Against AI Tools

Edward D. Lanquist & Dominic Rota

The U.S. Supreme Court's opinion in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith sent ripples through the legal and artistic communities. Months later, legal scholars and art journalists continue to debate whether the decision opens the door for federal courts to act as "art critics." Many, however, downplay how the Supreme Court's decision impacts the ways in which copyright owners may enforce their rights against generative AI tools.

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SCOTUS: Courts Should Avoid Assigning 'Breathtaking' Scope to White-Collar Crime Statutes Image

SCOTUS: Courts Should Avoid Assigning 'Breathtaking' Scope to White-Collar Crime Statutes

Robert J. Anello & Richard F. Albert

The Supreme Court's Dubin decision is another worthy entrant in the long running series of SCOTUS decisions applying judicial restraints where prosecutors seem unable to restrain themselves.

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Supreme Court's 'Bad Spaniels' Decision Didn't Overturn Rogers, But … Image

Supreme Court's 'Bad Spaniels' Decision Didn't Overturn Rogers, But …

Brad Kutner

In a win for trademark holders, the U.S. Supreme Court offered a narrow ruling in the dispute involving "dog toys and whiskey."

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Understanding the Supreme Court Cases that Didn't Destroy the Internet: 'Gonzalez v. Google' and 'Twitter v. Taamneh' Image

Understanding the Supreme Court Cases that Didn't Destroy the Internet: 'Gonzalez v. Google' and 'Twitter v. Taamneh'

Erick Franklund

The Internet is still standing, but the Supreme Court's reasoning in the Gonzalez opinion remains perplexing. Gonzalez and Taamneh are a story about how the Supreme Court "saved" the Internet from itself, and the Court needed both cases to do so.

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The Problem With Sup. Ct. Majority Opinion In Andy Warhol Foundation Image

The Problem With Sup. Ct. Majority Opinion In Andy Warhol Foundation

Nicole D. Galli & Andrew J. Costa

Commentary The high court's decision's future application is anything but clear and clarification of the parameters of a "transformative" fair use is left open for another day.

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Supreme Court's Slack Ruling Could Curb 'Direct Listings' IPO Alternative Image

Supreme Court's Slack Ruling Could Curb 'Direct Listings' IPO Alternative

Jimmy Hoover

Messaging company Slack Technologies scored a unanimous victory in the U.S. Supreme Court last month, which held that an investor suing over a company stock offering must show he held "registered" securities in the company.

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The First Amendment and the Lanham Act At the Supreme Court Image

The First Amendment and the Lanham Act At the Supreme Court

Conor Tucker

In March, the Supreme Court heard a blockbuster trademark case with significant implications for trademark law. After argument, reversal seems likely as questioning from the justices suggests that a long-standing precedent is unlikely to survive unscathed. But the Court also indicated concern over the broader implications of this case in the arts, entertainment, and publishing. Here's what you need to know about Jack Daniel's v. VIP Products.

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Acquitted-Conduct Sentencing: A Quagmire Neither the Supreme Court Nor the U.S. Sentencing Commission Can Continue to Avoid Image

Acquitted-Conduct Sentencing: A Quagmire Neither the Supreme Court Nor the U.S. Sentencing Commission Can Continue to Avoid

Harry Sandick & Nicole Scully

It has been common knowledge to criminal practitioners for years that a criminal defendant's sentence for a crime which they have been convicted can be increased based on consideration of conduct that the jury acquitted. This outcome can make a partial acquittal in federal court into a pyrrhic victory.

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