Eating blueberries was a treat when I was little. It didn’t happen that often, but when it did it was in the form of blueberry cobbler with vanilla ice cream. I loved biting into the plump blueberries and the stain they left when I smiled like the Cheshire Cat to show off my purple teeth. This wee
By U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – https://ift.tt/2uAK6lQ, Public Domain, Link Yesterday’s blog post highlighted the blistering dissent of Eleventh Circuit judge Hon. Robin S. Rosenbaum, as she criticized her colleagues for passing on the opportunity to reconsider whether Title
Does your level of confidence affect your success? It’s common to think that once you’re successful, confidence comes easily, but confidence actually comes before success. “Confidence comes before success, not after.” Click To Tweet Research shows that confidence is one of the most, if not t
The Board granted Major League Baseball's petition for cancellation of a Supplemental Registration for the mark shown first below, for "clothing, namely, short and long sleeve t-shirts, sweatshirts,v jackets, baseball hats, and beanies," finding it likely to cause confusion with the regist
Rev. Arthur L. Kirkland|7.19.18 @ 7:56PM|# The right-wing union-bashing decisions should be the first rulings invalidated by an enlarged Supreme Court. theomore|7.19.18 @ 9:35PM|# You noticed this was only about public sector unions? Of course you did. This came about when someone got too greedy. So
In yet another example of a rightholder trying to claim intellectual protection where none exists, General Mills applied for copyright registration over a simple packaging label for its Larabar product comprised of just a few non-copyrightable elements that basically boil down to a word inside a box
July 4th is right around the corner and you are about to enter the final few weeks of bar exam preparation. Your essays don’t look anything like the sample answers. You bombed the simulated MBE practice test. And it is starting to feel like time is running out. If this sounds familiar, you’re no
A movement led by tech billionaire Tim Draper has succeeded in getting a plan to partition California into three states onto the state's referendum ballot this fall. If the initiative passes, it would still have to be approved by Congress under Article IV Section 3 of the Constitution, which at this
“Wait, so butter is good again? And cheese too? But now fruit is bad? What the hell!” Keto is the hottest trend in health and fitness these days – move over cavemen, sorry Dr. Atkins. There’s a new low carb sheriff in town. So what’s up with Keto? You heard from your coworker that his frie
As a fitness editor and trainer, I'm constantly sharing with you all the best things you can eat and do to be healthier! I don't believe in dieting or going without the things you enjoy (my vice is cookie dough ice cream), but I do believe in moderation. Living in New York City is extremely expensiv
Supported by What to Cook What to Cook This Weekend Image Pan pizza.CreditGentl and Hyers for The New York Times. Food stylist: Frances Boswell. Prop stylist: Amy Wilson. By Sam Sifton June 15, 2018 Good morning. I had one of the great pizzas of my life in the No Name Pub on Big Pine Key, in Florida
In a unanimous opinion [PDF] delivered Thursday, the US Supreme Court [judicial website] ruled that US courts do not have to defer to a foreign government's interpretation of its own law. The decision overturned the lower court opinion, which said that the US government was bound by the foreign int
A new lawsuit [complaint, PDF] filed Wednesday challenges the laws [text, PDF] pertaining to photo identification requirements for voters in the state of Missouri. The challenge was brought on behalf of Mildred Gutierrez, a 70-year-old Missouri resident who, in order to vote in the November 2017 el
Citizens in Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana [complaints, PDF] filed [press release] lawsuits on Tuesday against their respective states for violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act [text, PDF] through the drawing of the congressional districts. The lawsuits request that the congressional maps ap
The US Supreme Court ruled [opinion, PDF] 7-2 Thursday that a Minnesota political apparel ban within polling places violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment. Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky [docket] challenged a Minnesota law [text] that banned political badges, buttons or other p
To my knowledge, all American states have an evidentiary rule under which clergy can generally refuse to testify about confessions, if they believe such confessions to be confidential. (The confessions are often called "penitentially communications," to stress that they need to be Catholic
National Bourbon Day is apparently June 14; and, perhaps or perhaps not entirely coincidentally, the Sixth Circuit yesterday released a bourbon trademark law opinion, Sazerac Brands, LLC v. Peristyle, LLC. It's written by Judge Jeffrey Sutton, who was recently interviewed in these very pages about h
Yesterday a firearm and magazine confiscation ordinance in the Chicago suburb of Deerfield was blocked on by a temporary restraining order. The Lake County Circuit Court held that the ordinance violates a state preemption statute. The court's opinion is attached to this post. Procedural history: The
The tortfeasor takes the victim as he finds him. It’s a fundamental doctrine of our tort system. It’s one thing to have a contributory negligence regime, where the victim’s own actions diminish the liability of someone who caused harm. But the system doesn’t really work if it has to worry ab
The Board dismissed an opposition to registration of PIRATE PISS for "beer, ale and lager," finding that confusion is not likely with the registered mark PYRAT for "“distilled spirits” (and PYRAT RUM for “rum”). Opposer's evidence that beer and rum are related was inadequate,