Law.com

NLJ 500 Firm Seeks 20-Day Extension for Restaurant Client's Injunction Compliance

"Little Caesars has made immediate and significant efforts to comply with the court’s preliminary injunction order. Although the vast majority of the materials with the term 'Pizza Puffs' have been removed or destroyed, Little Caesars is dealing with some logistical issues relating to physical drive-thru menus at Little Caesars restaurants with drive-thru operations," Little Caesars' Chicago-based attorneys with Crowell & Moring claimed.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Former Google Legal Exec Joins Ad Tech Unicorn as GC

Iris Chen is joining the Bay Area machine learning startup Moloco from Aribnb, where she's been deputy general counsel for more than four years.
3 minute read

The Recorder

How We Won: BraunHagey’s $56M Trademark Win Over Molson Coors Upheld by 9th Circuit

An appellate panel last week rejected the beer giant’s challenge of a 2022 jury verdict in favor of San Diego County’s Stone Brewing. Lead counsel Noah Hagey says the decision is a road map for future “reverse confusion” cases.
8 minute read

Law.com

'Immediately Stop Using' Pizza Puffs Term: Parties at Odds Over Judge's Injunctive Order Over Trademark

"What is unclear, however, is how the filing of a notice of appeal or a motion to stay the injunction somehow absolves defendants of complying with this court's Dec. 19, 2024 order that they 'immediately stop' using PIZZA PUFFS. Indeed, it appears that defendants are continuing to use PIZZA PUFFS despite this court’s order that they stop using that term immediately," plaintiff's counsel Erin Westbrook of Saul Ewing said in a trademark dispute against Little Caesars pizza.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Advertising Tech Likely to Draw More Scrutiny in 2025 Over Consumers' Data, Lawyers Say

Companies had better keep a lid on the customer data cookie jar in the year ahead if 2024 was any indication, according to adtech attorneys.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

'Water Cooler Discussions': US Judge Questions DOJ Request in Google Search Case

The Justice Department demanded Google's internal communications in the search engine case in the and delivered closing arguments in the company's advertising tech trial in Virginia.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Judge to Hear Arguments on Whether Google's Advertising Tech Constitutes a Monopoly

The Justice Department and Google were scheduled to make closing arguments Monday before U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia. The court will determine whether Google's advertising technology constitutes an illegal monopoly.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Old Laws, New Tricks: Lawyers Using Patchwork of Creative Legal Theories to Target New Tech

"Most of the litigation to date is novel, and a win in one court doesn't necessarily scare away the plaintiff's counsel from trying over and over again, or from flooding every website that their clients come in contact with and sending a demand letter," said Bethany Lukitsch, a BakerHostetler partner.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Hershey's 'Bubble Yum' Hit With Consumer Class Action for Allegedly Containing 'Forever Chemicals'

The complaint, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Oct. 24, accused Hershey of omitting and failing to disclose that its Bubble Yum Original Flavor Bubble Gum Product has organic fluorine and misleading markets as "high quality," "sustainable" and "transparent about [their] ingredients."
3 minute read

National Law Journal

'Rocket Docket': EDVA Judge Controls Google's Fate in Ad Tech Monopoly Trial

"It is incredibly hard to make a prediction on what will happen," Bobby Zhou, an associate professor of marketing at the University of Maryland's Smith School of Business, said of Google's ad tech monopoly bench trial. "Both sides have made really valid points."
4 minute read

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