Government lawyers head to private practice …
Jeffrey Rosen, the former acting U.S. attorney general under President Donald Trump, joined Cravath. Pallas Partners, a London-based law firm launched last year by a group of former Boies Schiller lawyers, hired an 11-year veteran of the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office. Plus, Joseph Greenaway Jr. who retired from his lifetime appointment as a judge on the 3rd Circuit in June, will join Arnold & Porter in September.
IP matters …
Taco Bell prevailed in its self-described bid to “liberate” the phrase “Taco Tuesday,” as competing fast-food chain Taco John’s told the USPTO it would abandon its federal “Taco Tuesday” trademark. A federal judge found flaws in most of a lawsuit brought by a group of artists against generative AI companies Stability AI, Midjourney and DeviantArt, though he said he would allow a new complaint. A Hawaiian artist sued Disney, accusing the entertainment giant of copying his musical sea-turtle character Honu for a similar character at its Hawaiian resort. Nike was sued by an Oregon inventor who claims the clothing giant stole her patented technology for a line of sports bras with pockets. And columnist Alison Frankel writes that a class of photographers who failed in their bid to hold Instagram liable for copyright infringement may yet be able to challenge the controversial precedent that controlled the outcome of the case.
World at Work …
The California Supreme Court ruled that Uber must face a lawsuit claiming it should have covered UberEats drivers’ work-related expenses. American Airlines’ pilot union has warned that the ratification of the company’s new contract deal is in “jeopardy.” OSHA finalized a rule that will require employers in scores of “high hazard” industries to electronically submit detailed data on worker injuries. Hollywood’s striking Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA actors’ union accused NBCUniversal of blocking a picket area.
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Who doesn’t remember that sinking feeling as a child at the end of summer when it was time to go back to school? Kind of like what Jenna Greene in her latest column imagines lawyers at Weil; Skadden and Davis Polk are experiencing now as they look ahead to Sept. 5, when they’ll all be required to show up at the office four days a week. The trio of New York firms have made waves with their RTO mandates, but other top firms have yet to follow their lead – and a few have taken the opposite approach.
Check out other recent pieces from all our columnists: Alison Frankel, Jenna Greene and Hassan Kanu
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Additional writing by Palak Chawla and Tanvi Shenoy.
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