Defendant Leonel Canola and three accomplices were robbing a store when the store owner fatally shot an accomplice, and an accomplice fatally shot the store owner. Defendant Canola was convicted of two felony murders in violation of N.J. Stat. Ann. §...

Applicant Max Nathan, Jr., both in his capacity as an executor and in his individual capacity as an heir, filed a supplemental and amending petition in an underlying suit against Dr. Gordon P. Nutik and Touro Infirmary (“Touro”), and Touro's...

After a two-week trial, defendant Mitchell Stein, a lawyer, was convicted in federal district court of mail, wire, and securities fraud based on evidence that he fabricated press releases and purchase orders to inflate the stock price of his client Signalife...

THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO) With the enactment of the America Invents Act in 2011, the PTAB was charged with conducting proceedings to address challenges to existing patents. Those proceedings “have significantly changed...

By: Michael P. Pappas , Michael P. Pappas Law Firm, P.C. This article discusses ways to reduce the risk of litigation when hiring someone away from a competitor. Litigation involving trade secrets, non-compete agreements, and other postemployment restrictive...

On the morning of November 2, 1999, the plaintiff Maureen Kelly arrived at the defendant Stop And Shop, Inc.'s supermarket in Fairfield to purchase groceries and to make herself a salad for lunch. Plaintiff fell on a piece of lettuce that had fallen...

Automated swimming pool cleaners, those disclosed in the '183 patent , typically propel themselves in a swimming pool using motor-driven wheels, water jets, suction, or a combination thereof. The '183 patent disclosed a jet-propelled pool cleaner...

This was an action to quiet title to two lots in the residential district of Bakersfield, based upon a claim of adverse possession. The title to the property was not traced, so far as the record shows, except that it was acquired through a tax deed by...

Defendant Chong W. Tai operated a pawn shop in a Korean community in Chicago. Part of his business involved extending loans at exorbitant interest rates to other members of that community. Defendant evidently used questionable methods for the collection...

Defendant magazine, Reader's Digest Association, Inc., reprinted a story truthfully recounting that plaintiff Marvin Briscoe hijacked a truck. Plaintiff filed an action for invasion of privacy against the defendant based on the publication of that...