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“Changed Circumstances” Prelim Denied in WDNY: But Do People Drive 40 Minutes For Ice Cream?

A motion for preliminary injunctive relief that would otherwise be deemed to be untimely, may be viable if there have been recent material changes to the circumstances. For example, plaintiff, which had been tolerating a geographically remote third-party, may contest … Continue reading

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Weekend Reading: White Shoe: How a New Breed of Wall Street Lawyers Changed Big Business and the American Century

From the blurb for John Oller, White Shoe: How a New Breed of Wall Street Lawyers Changed Big Business and the American Century (Dutton, March 19, 2019): The fascinating true story of how a group of visionary attorneys helped make … Continue reading

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How I changed the law with a GitHub pull request on DC Open Law Library

Ars Technica – Joshua Tauberer – Washington DC has made GitHub the authoritative digital source for DC laws. “Recently, I found a typo in the District of Columbia’s legal code and corrected it using GitHub. My feat highlights the groundbreaking … Continue reading

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modifying a false advertising injunction is justified when likelihood that claim is false has changed

De Simone v. VSL Pharmaceuticals, Inc., No. TDC-15-1356, 2018 WL 4567111 (D. Md. Sept. 24, 2018)De Simone sought modification of a preliminary injunction governing statements it could make about a probiotic product, VSL#3and its relationship to De Simone’s now-competing product, … Continue reading

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Four maps show how electricity generation has changed in the US

A natural gas fracking well near Shreveport, Louisiana. (credit: Daniel Foster) The US Energy Information Agency (EIA) recently published two interesting sets of maps to show how the US energy mix has changed state by state between 2007 and 2017. … Continue reading

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