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The least of Ye’s troubles
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West is in a dump truckload of trouble for, among other things, his display of a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt. The slogan’s so-called owners […]
Can the gun industry be saved from itself?
In October 2005, then-President George W. Bush signed a bill that immunized the gun industry from suit. He remarked that the bill, called the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms […]
The First Amendment and social media
The Texas Legislature enacted HB 20, a gobsmacking law, in September 2021, declaring social media platforms and interactive computer services to be “common carriers,” charged, as the bill reads, with […]
Irreparable harm and the quest for trademark injunctive relief
The recently enacted Trademark Modernization Act will help trademark owners enforce and preserve their rights against infringement. Remedies for infringement of a trademark includes monetary damages to compensate the mark’s […]
Can federal or state law ban assault-style rifles?
The recent Supreme Court decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n was aimed at a citizen’s right to carry a concealed handgun, or more aptly, the ability of […]
Government registration, TRUMP TOO SMALL and the First Amendment
Yet again, litigants have collided at the intersection of the First Amendment and trademark law.
Let’s enact gun ‘control’ that actually works
It does not help to rail against things that the law does not allow to be changed when there are things that can be done to make us all a bit safer.
Commoners in the land of trademarks
One of the British tabloids has taken Meghan Markel to task because she wants to trademark “archetypes’ for use in conjunction with her Spotify podcast. The tabloid defiantly asserts archetypes […]
The legal issues raised by Trump’s lawsuits against social media
Donald Trump recently sued Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and their CEOs. He claims they violated his free speech rights when he was “deplatformed,” or banned from use, following the Jan. 6 […]
James B. Astrachan: A gun case to end gun cases?
On Jan. 22, the United States Supreme Court announced it would hear the appeal of New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc., et al. City of New York, et […]
James B. Astrachan: Guns, guns and more guns
People met in Annapolis last month to protest gun violence; there were 15 shootings in Baltimore that weekend. There are approximately 350 million guns in the United States, with 12 […]
The ATF takes a pot shot at marijuana users
The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission website reads: “Important Message: Medical cannabis is currently not available in the State of Maryland.” The website states it expects availability of medical cannabis by […]
