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Patent Act – Articles of Manufacture
In the case of a multicomponent product, the relevant “article of manufacture” for arriving at a §289 damages award need not be the end product sold to the consumer but may be only a component of that product.
Insider Trading – Securities Exchange Act of 1934
The Ninth Circuit properly applied Dirks to affirm Salman’s conviction. Under Dirks, the jury could infer that the tipper here personally benefited from making a gift of confidential information to a trading relative.
Daubert Test – Admission of Evidence
David Lewisbey was a Chicagobased gunrunner who used a fake Indiana I.D. to buy guns at Indiana gun shows and bring them back to Illinois to sell.
Class Action – Wage Payment
Plaintiffs David Cohan and Susan Schardt filed this putative class action suit against their former employers, Medline Industries, Inc., and MedCal Sales LLC (collectively, “Medline”), alleging violations of the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, 820 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 115/1 et seq. (“IWPCA”), and other state wage payment statutes, including the New York Labor Law and California La[...]
Joint Venture – Loan Guaranty – Permissive v. Compulsory Counter Claims
Nalco and David Chen conducted a joint venture to sell environmental equipment in China.
11th Amendment – Failure to state a claim
Sherry Katz‐Crank is a Michigan lawyer with a practice in cemetery management.
Plea Agreement – Sentencing Guidelines
On September 6, 2012, the defendant Walter Freeman was charged in a five-count indictment: in Counts 1 and 2, with distribution of 28 grams or more of a mixture containing cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); in Count 3, with possession of a firearm as a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); in Count 4, with distribution of marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1);[...]
Sentencing Guidelines – Procedural Error
Marcus Harris commit‐ ted three armed robberies in 2013, two in Indiana and one in Illinois.
Contract Interpretation – Damages Clause
“In this litigation Duke takes the position that, when MISO tells Benton to stop delivering power, it does not owe Benton anything.
Sentencing – Supervised Release
The appellant, Derek Ortiz, had been sentenced to prison for 135 months for three bank robberies.
Sentencing – Conditions of Release
7th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Name: United States of America v. Kristopher Warren Case No.: 16-1492 Officials: POSNER, FLAUM, and MANION, Circuit Judges. Focus: Sentencing – Conditions of Release Kristopher Warren pled guilty to transporting and possessing child pornography and was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and fifteen years’ super‐ vised release. The district […]
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- Wisconsin DNR agrees to repeal anti-firearm rule
- Harris kicks off campaign for president with a rally in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin leads 26 governors to strengthen state and tribal child support enforcement act
- Wisconsin man charged with fleeing to Ireland to avoid prison term for Capitol riot role
- Wisconsin Supreme Court reveals September oral arguments calendar
- New Jersey man sentenced for series of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish Community
- Milwaukee County District Attorney, UWM police address Jewish threats
- With GOP convention over, Milwaukee weighs the benefits of hosting political rivals
- Secret Service head resigns as Congress formally investigates
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property
