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Nancy is a partner at Schoeman Updike Kaufman & Stern LLP and co-chair of NAMWOLF’s IP PAC. More information, including the webcast, is available at this link: http://judiciary.house.gov/index.cfm/2015/2/hearing-the-u-s-copyright-office-its-functions-and-resources. Following are some key times on the video: hearing begins at :28, introductions at :38, Nancy’s testimony at :51, Q&A at 1:01, a recess for House votes ...

BSP recently won summary judgment in a federal court opinion clarifying when vehicle-rental companies in Michigan are obligated to provide no-fault coverage.   The court ruled in favor of U-Haul Co. of Arizona against a plaintiff truck renter seeking no-fault PIP benefits under Michigan’s No-Fault Act for an accident that occurred in Tennessee. [ read more ...

A. Elizabeth (Lizz) Patrick has been selected to the 2015 Georgia Super Lawyers list. Ms. Patrick has been selected to the list every year since 2004. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. [ read more.. ]  

Shingler Lewis managing partner Joyce Gist Lewis has been recognized by her peers as being among the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in Georgia for 2015.  The Top 50 List is comprised of lawyers who received the highest point totals in the Georgia nomination, research and blue ribbon review process. [ more…] Shingler Lewis is a business ...

Congratulations to Elizabeth “Lizz” Patrick. Ms. Patrick was recently selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2015 in the field of Construction Law. [read more]  

The trial team of Jerry Hamilton and Jeanette Bellon were able to obtain a defense verdict in 31 minutes for its client, Joe’s Crab Shack, in a week long trial in Naples, Florida on February 6, 2015.  The Plaintiff claimed that he suffered back, hip and knee injuries when his chair collapsed in a drain ...

Three absentee corporate landlords brought a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against the City of East St. Louis, Illinois and Waste Management of Illinois. The crux of their lawsuit was their claim that the City and Waste Management used the City’s nuisance ordinances to target ...

Miami, FL – February 13, 2015 – World Trademark Review, the first and only definite guide exclusively dedicated to identifying the world’s leading trademark service providers, for the fifth year in a row has ranked the law firm of Espinosa | Trueba, P.L. as one of the best trademark law firms in the world, and ...

In the federal arena, at least in New Jersey, there is no mistaking when it comes to who is liable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. Regardless of how you slice it, individual liability does not exist.  [ read more ]

With over a decade leading, managing and serving in several capacities with the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms, Inc., (NAMWOLF), Mrs. Yolanda Coly, secured over two hundred Fortune 500 companies as corporate partners and financial contributors. Mrs. Coly also was instrumental in the education and implementation ofcompanies to commit 5% of ...