A federal judge has thrown out a trade dress suit that the manufacturer of Dixie Cups filed against Huhtamaki Americas, the maker of Chinet, over the design of an insulated paper cup. U.S. District Judge Timothy C.

The 1st Circuit recently issued an en banc opinion that rejected the U.S.

A federal jury last week acquitted Rodil Nochez, a leader of a San Francisco chapter of the MS-13 street gang and the first member to go before a jury. Prosecutors hardly seemed to relish a trial against Nochez, who is a mere minnow in a much larger government trawl targeting the violent MS-13 gang.

The Georgia Supreme Court dealt a two-pronged blow to plaintiffs lawyers Monday, rejecting challenges to two parts of a 2005 tort reform package. The court split 4-3 to uphold a rule that demanded evidence of gross negligence on the part of emergency room doctors in order to sustain a medical malpractice claim

An attorney suspected in an automobile insurance fraud ring was arrested on Thursday by investigators for the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.