Underwood Law reports partition law helps resolve ownership disputes in business partnerships by facilitating property ...

In Gorbatschow Wodka KG v John Distilleries Limited, the Bombay High Court has restrained defendant John Distilleries Limited from using a bottle of a particular shape to sell its vodka, finding that ...

Yesterday's post discussed the Court of Appeal's holding in Ramirez v. Gilead Sciences, Inc., 2021 Cal. App. LEXIS 558, that a beneficial owner has no right to inspect corporate records under ...

The Washington D.C.-based Nonhuman Rights Project argues that chimpanzees at the DeYoung Family Zoo in the Upper Peninsula ...

United States trade mark law generally provides that a registered mark is considered abandoned if its use has been discontinued for a specified period with intent not to resume such use. Specifically, ...

Despite protestations from the insurance industry to the contrary, common law bad faith damages can be pursued in the lawsuit seeking extra-contractual damages from insurers under policies of ...

A recent opinion from the Delaware Court of Chancery raised, but left unanswered, the question of whether common stockholders may contractually waive their statutory rights to an appraisal of shares ...

Sundance Botanicals LLC v The Power of Elderberries LLC (Case 2:20-cv-141-PPS, Northern District of Indiana (19 August 2022)), as noted by the district court on summary judgment, is a tale of two ...

Dolphins, whales, elephants and great apes, he notes, should have some fundamental common law rights, including bodily liberty (that they “can’t be put in cages,” says Wise) and bodily integrity (“we ...

Smiling woman hugging her partner on the couch from behind in the living room. Should you live with a partner you’re not married to? One aspect to consider is the fact that some states may consider ...