Two weeks ago, we posted a commentary on the so-called monkey selfie case decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Naruto v. Slater. The court unanimously held that Naruto, a photogenic Indonesian macaque, did not have statutory standing to sue the owner of the selfie-taking camera for copyright infringement. The majority … Continued
Fried Frank Of Counsel and author of the leading False Claims Act treatise, John T. Boese (on left), and his partner Douglas W. Baruch, offered insightful analysis on two recent Department of Justice policy documents (the “Granston Memo” and the “Brand Memo”) and their impact on FCA actions by both qui tam relators and federal … Continued
Food Court Follies—A WLF Legal Pulse Series In a September 7, 2016 post, we enthusiastically applauded a Central District of California judge’s decision to dismiss, with prejudice, a truly outrageous lawsuit filed against Starbucks. The plaintiff claimed Starbucks misled him into believing that a 12-ounce iced tea or coffee should contain 12 ounces of liquid, … Continued
Late last year we highlighted steps the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made in 2017 to reestablish its authority as uniform regulator of drugs and medical devices. That role, we explained, was in danger due to the ever-increasing list of state tort and consumer-protection lawsuits brought by plaintiffs’ attorneys on behalf of private litigants. In … Continued