Sacramento, CA - Sacramento Man Sentenced to Prison for Criminal Trademark Infringement

Xavier L. Johnson, 37, of Sacramento, was sentenced December 15, 2017 by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to two years and six months in prison and three years of supervised release for trafficking in goods bearing counterfeit trademarks, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

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William L. Roberts II, Andrew Harr, and Jermaine Jackson (collectively “Appellants”), who are artists in the hip-hop industry, appeal the dismissal of their copyright infringement case. On appeal, they argue that their copyright registrations were improperly invalidated under 17 U.S.C. § 411 without a showing of scienter and that they made a proper showing of copyright ownership. Appellees counter... More...   $0 (12-15-2017 - FL)

Following a break in voir dire proceedings,1 Randazzo informed the trial court that he was
concerned that some of the veniremembers had seen him in the custody of the correctional officers.
In response, the court questioned correctional officers Mark Lusk and Deborah Henry, who had
been tasked with transporting Randazzo. Lusk testified that he had escorted Randazzo to the
res... More...   $0 (12-11-2017 - TX)

Bradford filed his pro se K.S.A. 60-1507 motion that is the subject of this appeal in October 2015. He made two claims. First, his convictions for aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery, and theft are multiplicitous with his conviction for capital murder and violate the Double Jeopardy Clause. He argued that "by proving the 3rd element of capital murder ('that the victims were killed as part of t... More...   $0 (12-09-2017 - KS)

San Diego, CA - Jury Finds in Favor of San Diego Comic Convention on Trademark Violation Theory

San Diego Comic Convention sued Dan Farr Productions, Bryan Brandenburg and Daniel Farr on trademark infringement theories under 15 U.S.C. 1114, Lanham Act violation theories claiming that the Defendants caused confusion in using a deceptively similar name (Sal Lake Comic Con) for a pop-culture... More...   $20000 (12-09-2017 - CA)

In 2009, a jury convicted Randolph of rape of a child under 14. After denying his departure motion, the district court sentenced Randolph to life in prison with no chance
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of parole for 25 years, pursuant to Jessica's Law. See K.S.A. 21-4643. This sentence also included lifetime postrelease supervision if Randolph were granted parole. Randolph appealed.

In his direct appeal,... More...   $0 (12-08-2017 - KS)

This appeal arises out of a traffic stop of Defendant‐Appellant 2
Brayan Gomez.  During surveillance in connection with a heroin‐3
trafficking investigation in Hartford, Connecticut, officers observed 4
Gomez  commit  several  traffic  violations  and  stopped  his  car.  5
During  the  five‐minute  traffic  stop,  the  officers  prolonged  the 6
seizure ... More...   $0 (12-08-2017 - CT)

Houston, TX - Jury Awards Publisher $585,000 In Damages On Copyright Claim

Energy Intelligence Group, Inc. sued Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors on a copy right violation theory claiming that the Defendant wrongfully copied its energy newsletters. It claimed that Defendant shared five subscriptions of "Oil Daily" with others in the investment firm who did not have subscriptions. Thirty-nin... More...   $585000 (12-08-2017 - TX)

Cleveland, OH - Former Broadview Heights man sentenced to nearly six years in prison for defrauding Cuyahoga Heights School District out of $2.6 million

A former Broadview Heights man was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the Cuyahoga Heights School District out of millions of dollars, law enforcement officials said.

David Donadeo, 43, (f... More...   $2600000 (12-06-2017 - OH)

We are asked in this case to decide whether a musician stated a claim for libel per
quod against the popular video viewing Web site, YouTube. When YouTube decided to
block access to Joyce Bartholomew’s video, it posted a statement that the video had
violated YouTube’s terms of service, a statement which also provided a hyperlink to a list
of examples and tips, a list YouTube called... More...   $0 (12-03-2017 - CA)

In November 2009, Benjamin Rettig and Martin Bond traveled from Vernal, Utah, to the home of Kay Mortensen in Spanish Fork, Utah.1 Mortensen owned a large supply of firearms that were located in a “bunker” behind his home. Bond and Rettig traveled to his home with the intent to steal some of his firearms. The two entered Mortensen’s home with a handgun while wearing ski masks and latex gloves. The... More...   $0 (11-26-2017 - UT)

On January 12, 2016, Aurora Police Department (APD) Officer Darren Martinez
spoke with Sampson at the Medical Center of Aurora. Officer Martinez was dispatched
to the hospital on a report that a stabbing victim had walked into the emergency room.
Sampson told Officer Martinez someone on the street had stabbed him while trying to
rob him, and a good Samaritan drove him to the ... More...   $0 (11-24-2017 - CO)

Appellant’s first five issues concern, in one way or the other, the enhancement
paragraph contained in the indictment. We begin with issues one and two.
For committing the crime alleged in count four (deadly conduct), the jury
assessed appellant a prison term of twenty years. Such was manifested in the verdict
form submitted to the jury. According to appellant, the abilit... More...   $0 (11-17-2017 - TX)

{¶1} Defendant-Appellant, John Muzic, appeals from the judgment of the Summit
County Court of Common Pleas, denying his petition for post-conviction relief. This Court
affirms.
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{¶2} This Court previously outlined the facts of this case on direct appeal. See State v.
Muzic, 9th Dist. Summit No. 27117, 2015-Ohio-1521. While babysitting for her aunt and uncle,
C.V. met Mr. ... More...   $0 (11-15-2017 - OH)

In December 2009, Clary was convicted by a jury of rape, aggravated kidnapping, and criminal threat. His convictions were affirmed on appeal by this court, and on February 19, 2013, the Kansas Supreme Court declined to review the matter. State v. Clary, 47 Kan. App. 2d 38, 270 P.3d 1206 (2012), rev. denied 296 Kan. 1131 (2013).

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Clary filed a pro se 60-1507 motion on November 12,... More...   $0 (11-10-2017 - KS)

On February 7, 1991, Johnson pled guilty to aggravated battery in case No. 90 CR 1426; first-degree murder, aggravated burglary, aggravated battery, aggravated arson, rape, aggravated sodomy, and two counts of aggravated kidnapping in case No. 90 CR 1427; and aggravated arson in case No. 90 CR 1843. In the first two cases, Johnson was 17 years old at the time he committed the crimes. In the last c... More...   $0 (11-08-2017 - KS)

The State of Washington appeals the CR 12(b)(6) dismissal of its regulatory enforcement action against the Evergreen Freedom Foundation (the Foundation). The State filed suit after learning from a citizen complaint that the Foundation had provided pro bono legal services in support of local initiatives in Sequim, Chelan, and Shelton without reporting the value of those services to the Public Discl... More...   $0 (11-07-2017 - WA)

On January 12, 2016, Aurora Police Department (APD) Officer Darren Martinez
spoke with Sampson at the Medical Center of Aurora. Officer Martinez was dispatched
to the hospital on a report that a stabbing victim had walked into the emergency room.
Sampson told Officer Martinez someone on the street had stabbed him while trying to
rob him, and a good Samaritan drove him to the ... More...   $0 (11-03-2017 - CO)

Dan Wallen appeals his conviction after a bench trial for
killing three grizzly bears in violation of the Endangered
Species Act. Although we reject Wallen’s argument that he
was entitled to a jury trial, we hold the magistrate judge, who
served as the trier of fact at trial, misconceived the selfdefense
element of the offense, and that error was not
harmless. We hold the “... More...   $0 (10-29-2017 - MT)

SAS Institute (SAS) and World Programming Limited (WPL) are competitors in the market for statistical analysis software. SAS alleges that WPL breached a license agreement for SAS software and violated copyrights on that software. We agree with the district court that the contractual terms at issue are unambiguous and that SAS has shown that WPL violated those terms. We thus affirm the district cou... More...   $0 (10-24-2017 - OK)

In this Bivens action, plaintiff David Ganek, a co‐founding
partner of investment fund Level Global Investors (“LG”), sues the
named agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) and
federal prosecutors in the United States Attorney’s Office for the
Southern District of New York (“SDNY”) for alleged violations of
his Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights in procuring ... More...   $0 (10-17-2017 - NY)

In this Bivens action, plaintiff David Ganek, a co‐founding
partner of investment fund Level Global Investors (“LG”), sues the
named agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) and
federal prosecutors in the United States Attorney’s Office for the
Southern District of New York (“SDNY”) for alleged violations of
his Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights in procuring ... More...   $0 (10-17-2017 - NY)

The trial in this case offers two narratives. One of a hardworking man
who, angered by failures of guardrails installed across the United States—with
sometimes devastating consequences—persuaded a Texas jury of a concealed
cause of those failures. The other of the inventive genius of professors at Texas
A&M’s Transportation Institute, who, over many years of study and testing,
... More...   $0 (10-04-2017 - TX)

We must decide whether the former employee of a City in Oregon may prevail on allegations that it violated the First Amendment and state law by refusing to rehire her.
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Janell Howard served as the Finance Director for the City of Coos Bay (“City”) from 1998 through 2008. On September 16, 2008, after an investigation into whether Howard had shoplifted from Wal-Mart (from which no cha... More...   $0 (09-29-2017 - OR)

Appellants, Linda S. Restrepo and Carlos E. Restrepo d/b/a Collectively RDI Global Services and R & D International, appeal from a judgment awarding damages in the amount of $125,775 to Appellee, Alliance Riggers & Constructors, Ltd. (Alliance Riggers).1 We affirm.
FACTUAL SUMMARY
Alliance Riggers has been in operation since 1978, and its business includes crane service as well as pre-cast... More...   $0 (09-23-2017 - TX)