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By: John Staige Davis, VWilliams Mullen (North Carolina and Virginia, USA)Can a would-be trademark-infringer evade the trademark laws by superimposing facsimiles of two different trademarks of the same company into a sin ...

By: Mark S. Thomas & Robert W. ShawWilliams Mullen (North Carolina and Virginia, USA)In Tussey v. ABB, Inc., No. 2:06-cv-04305 (Western District of Missouri, March 31, 2012), a class action case brought by present and fo ...

By: Mary E. Pivec and Ashley W. WinskyWilliams Mullen (North Carolina and Virginia, USA)The Maryland General Assembly recently adopted legislation that would prohibit Maryland employers from conditioning hire or continua ...

By: David P. SandersWilliams Mullen (North Carolina and Virginia, USA)The attached listing reflects the status of special U.S. trade programs or free trade agreements ("FTA") between the U.S. and identified countries cur ...

By: Brian C. Vick Williams Mullen (North Carolina and Virginia, USA)In the first enforcement action resulting from a reported privacy breach under the HITECH Act, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Tennessee (“BCBST”) rec ...

By: Mark S. Thomas and Robert W. ShawWilliams Mullen (North Carolina and Virginia, USA)A federal district court recently applied the U. S. Supreme Court’s decision in CIGNA Corp. v. Amara (2011), in a practical setting ...