In the legal world, the level of professional responsibility is set at such a high standard that when an attorney acts unethically, it can haunt an individual for the rest of his or her career.  Time will tell whether this is the case for Lindsay Lohan’s attorney, Stephanie Ovadia. Lohan and Ovadia filed suit against [...]

The Sports Blawg with the Fordham Sports Law Forum On January 18, 2012, the highly touted high school cornerback Yuri Wright was expelled from school for “sexually graphic and racial” tweets.  Wright is currently ranked 40th in ESPNU’s Top 150 Football Recruits for the class of 2012.  The Huffington Post has provided a link to [...]

Although Warner Brothers may have settled the lawsuit with Mike Tyson’s tattoo artist over the use of Tyson’s tattoo in the movie, The Hangover Part II, they are now facing a new lawsuit from Louis Vuitton.  Perhaps, you remember Zach Galifianakis’s line, “Careful, that is a Louis Vuitton,” in the movie.  Turns out that executives [...]

We keep hearing about these awesome new Facebook features, but where are they? Turns out, a trademark infringement lawsuit against Facebook by Timeline.com may be the reason behind why 750 million users can’t experience Facebook’s new features yet. “A federal judge refused late on Friday to grant a temporary restraining order to Timelines.com, a Chicago [...]

With the Apple iPhone 5 on the brink of release in the next week or so, Apple seems to have run into a bit of trouble with Samsung.  After Apple filed a U.S. patent suit against Samsung in April of this year, Samsung counter-sued in nine other countries alleging that Apple is using some of [...]