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Issue Preclusion and Likelihood of Confusion

Less than three years ago, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc., 135 S. Ct. 1293 (2015), holding that so long as other ordinary elements of issue preclusion are met, when the usages adjudicated by the...

Mary Beth Mantiply v. Patricia Horne: A Case Study

What is a Court to do when an attorney knowingly violates the automatic stay in bankruptcy, and after being sanctioned for that transgression, challenges an award of attorney’s fees at every possible opportunity? In its decision released on December 5, 2017, the...