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March 22, 2023

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U.S. Supreme Court chews on Jack Daniel’s fight against parody dog toy

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It was no walk in the park for U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday as they sniffed around for a way to resolve a dispute over a poop-themed dog toy parodying a Jack Daniel’s brand whiskey bottle. Jack Daniel’s is appealing a lower court’s ruling that the pun-laden “Bad Spaniels” vinyl chew toy qualifies as an “expressive work” protected by the First Amendment. Some justices seemed wary of scrapping a longstanding legal test that provides an early off-ramp from costly litigation when parody items draw trademark infringement challenges, even as they acknowledged its imperfections and searched for alternatives. Read more about the arguments.

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Law schools try texting to support students’ mental health

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With a growing body of research showing that lawyers and law students face outsized mental health challenges, some law schools are adopting a service called Early Alert to identify struggling students and get them help. The software, first developed for medical schools, sends one text message a week to students asking them to rate how they feel. Here’s how it works.

More from law schools…

Stanford Law School won’t discipline students who disrupted a campus speech by 5th Circuit Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan earlier this month, but an official who appeared to intervene on the protesters’ behalf is now on leave. Read more.

More from the legal industry …

India’s law firms fret about poaching and plan fee hikes as foreign law firms gain a foothold. Boston-founded law firm Mintz opened its first international office, in Canada, bringing on a group of five attorneys from rival firms in Toronto. The 6th Circuit said that an ethics lawyer fired for tweets about Islam can seek damages.

Moves:

In Washington, D.C. …
BakerHostetler added a three-partner M&A and insurance regulatory team from Morris, Manning & Martin. Allen & Overy picked up a new payments leader from rival Latham.
In New York …
Shearman & Sterling lost another partner, this time to Paul Hastings. At least 15 partners have left Shearman since the fall. The chair of Paul Hastings’ Hong Kong office joined Baker Botts as a corporate partner based in New York and Austin. Goodwin welcomed a team of three technology and life sciences litigation partners from White & Case.
In Philadelphia …
Fox Rothschild brought on a partner in its environmental practice.
In London …
The former head of DLA Piper’s international sustainability and ESG practice joined Kirkland & Ellis. Dechert added a senior partner to its financial service and investment management practice from UK-based Travers Smith.
In St. Louis …
Gordon Rees added two partners to its healthcare practice.
In Silicon Valley …
White & Case hired two intellectual property litigators who represent large technology companies from rival Paul Hastings.
And finally …
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher appointed new partners-in-charge in its Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Houston, Los Angeles and New York offices.