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Ben & Jerry’s Hit With Lawsuit Following Israel Boycott

4th March 2022
According to Avi Zinger, Ben & Jerry’s refused to renew the license for his American Quality Products Ltd after he refused to abide by the company’s decision to cease trading its product in the Israeli-occupied West Bank as well as parts of East Jerusalem.  According to Zinger’s complaint, Ben & Jerry’s “repeatedly promised” to renew […]
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Dutch Law Firm Drops Russian Clients

3rd March 2022
On Thursday, Dutch law firm Houthoff, which has regularly represented Russian interests and the Kremlin, announced it would be terminating its relationships with Russian clients amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. It has been a week since Russia launched its unprovoked attack on Ukraine, with over 1 million civilians already fleeing the war-torn country, according to […]
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IP Law Summit 2022

3rd March 2022
Lawyer Monthly is delighted to be partnering with the The 36th Intellectual Property Law Summit will take place on September 27-29, 2022 in New Orleans, USA
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Chief Litigation Summit 2022

3rd March 2022
Lawyer Monthly is delighted to be partnering with the The 30th Chief Litigation Officer Summit 2022 which will take place on 27 - 29 March 2022 in New Orleans, LA, USA.
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Lawsuit Claiming Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts Contain Too Few Strawberries Dismissed

3rd March 2022
Kellogg Co has won the dismissal of a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging its strawberry-flavoured Pop-Tarts contain too few strawberries.  Plaintiff Stacy Chiappetta said Kellogg's defrauded consumers with deceptive packaging for its Unfrosted Strawberry Pop-Tarts which contain red food dye that she claims makes the filling “brighter and more appealing.” US District Judge Marvin Aspen said […]
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Fox Sports Sued Over New American Football League

2nd March 2022
The lawsuit claims Fox Sports copied the original USFL’s logo and branding without its permission. It also claims that Fox Sports traded on “the false narrative” that the new league is a relaunch of the first USFL, which ran for three seasons between 1983 and 1985. The Real USFL LLC, the league’s former team owners’ […]
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Covington & Burling To Represent Ukraine Against Russia At International Court Of Justice

2nd March 2022
In a court filing on Sunday, Ukraine said that Russia has “falsely claimed that acts of genocide” had occurred in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine as a pretext for its invasion. Ukraine has asked the International Court of Justice, the highest court in the United Nations, to demand Russia ceases its attack.  On Tuesday, […]
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Eli Lilly’s Bid To End Whistleblower's Lawsuit Blocked

1st March 2022
On Monday, a federal judge in Chicago rejected Eli Lilly’s bid to end a whistleblower’s lawsuit that accused the pharmaceutical company of shortchanging the Medicaid Rebate Program from 2005 to 2016.  US District Judge Harry Leinenweber blocked Eli Lilly’s motion for judgement. He said the plaintiff, Ronald Streck, had cleared the first of four hurdles […]
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Three International Law Firms Close Their Offices In Kyiv Amid Conflict

28th February 2022
Representatives for CMS and Baker McKenzie told Reuters that all their employees based in Ukraine are accounted for. Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Dentons said the firm is maintaining regular communication with employees who will work remotely once they have been “safely relocated.” According to Reuters, Baker Mckenzie has around 100 employees in Ukraine, while Dentons […]
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Ketanji Brown Jackson Becomes First Black Woman On US Supreme Court

25th February 2022
On Friday, President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, elevating a Black woman to the country’s highest court for the first time in its history.  Jackson will succeed justice Stephen Breyer, the most senior jurist in the Supreme Court’s three-member liberal wing. Breyer is set to retire this summer, at […]
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