Christina Himmel, P.A.

A brief overview of the Eighth Circuit's recent ruling finding that the use of a rapper's lyrics against him was permissible under the Federal Rules of Evidence.

The NFL Constitution's arbitration provision took not one, but two hits this week. Courts on opposite ends of the country ruled against the NFL on major arbitration issues with both refusing to compel arbitration based, in part, on the NFL Constitution’s arbitration clause. The first hit came from the Nevada Supreme Court in Gruden v. NFL, et al., and then, the Second Circuit handed the NFL another loss in Flores v. N.Y. Football Giants, et al. I’ve previously written about the District...

lululemon and Costco are alike in at least two ways: 1) they sell you plenty of stuff you don't need, and 2) they have cult-like followings. And, now, lululemon alleges that they are (too) similar in a third way--an unlawful one. On Friday, lululemon (or simply "lulu") filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that Costco is infringing on its intellectual property, creating consumer confusion between lulu's products and Costco's products. Founded in 1998, lululemon prides itself on creating...