2nd Amendment Violation
Rickey I. Kanter pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1341.
Breach of Contract
Kreg Therapeutics, Inc., a medical‐ supply company, contracted with VitalGo, Inc., maker of the Total Lift Bed® (or the “bed”), for exclusive distribution rights in several markets.
Estate – Bankruptcy
An application for relief under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code transfers most of a debtor’s assets to the newly formed bankruptcy estate.
Statutory Interpretation
In Indiana “[a] person who intentionally acquires, receives, sells, or transfers fetal tissue commits unlawful transfer of fetal tissue, a Level 5 felony.”
Time-barred
The Illinois Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) requires sex offenders to register with the police.
Sentencing Guidelines
A grand jury indicted Maurice Walker on one count of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).
Weekly Case Digests – April 8, 2019 – April 12, 2019
Weekly Case Digests – April 8, 2019 – April 12, 2019
Statutory Interpretation – Copyright Act – Costs
The Copyright Act gives federal district courts discretion to award “full costs” to a party in copyright litigation.
FELA – Compensation
Respondent Michael Loos was injured while working at petitioner BNSF Railway Company’s railyard.
Statutory Interpretation – Copyright Infringement
Impelling prompt registration of copyright claims, 17 U. S. C. §411(a) states that “no civil action for infringement of the copyright in any United States work shall be instituted until . . . registration of the copyright claim has been made in accordance with this title.”
Statutory Interpretation – Juvenile Competency
The Milwaukee County Circuit Court, T. Christopher Dee presiding, denied the State's motion to recall A.L.'s juvenile delinquency proceedings.
Termination of Parental Rights
The circuit court entered an order terminating the appellant A.V.’s parental rights to his daughter, M.D. (the child), following a “grounds” hearing at which the court determined that the grounds for terminating A.V.’s parental rights had been established.
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