http://www.californiabusinesslitigation.com/ Published by Sylvester Oppenheim & Linde en-us 2010-08-20T13:32:51-08:00 http://www.californiabusinesslitigation.com/2010/08/pro_life_tshirt_wins_in_federa.html In US District Court, a judge ruled against McSwain Union Elementary School in Merced, CA. The lawsuit against the school was filed on behalf of Tiffany Amador, by her mother Anna Amador. In 2008 an incident involving the then sixth grader resulted in the school requiring the student to take off a pro life t-shirt. The judge ruled that the school and three officials... californiabusinesslitigationblog-1 2010-08-20T13:32:51-08:00 http://www.californiabusinesslitigation.com/2010/08/ninth_circuit_rules_in_favor_o_1.html In July, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an automobile broker’s use of the following five letters “Lexus” was not trademark infringement. It stated that it was actually a “lawful nominative fair use”... californiabusinesslitigationblog-1 2010-08-03T16:48:10-08:00 http://www.californiabusinesslitigation.com/2010/07/bible_ban_lawsuit_in_florida_s.html Earlier this month a lawsuit was filed in a Florida court in hopes that ban on the the distribution of Bibles currently in place will be lifted. The ban does not allow Bibles to be distributed on public school campuses on Religious Freedom Day, which is January 16 each year... Education californiabusinesslitigationblog-1 2010-07-29T10:57:13-08:00 http://www.californiabusinesslitigation.com/2010/07/louisiana_school_officials_sue_1.html Louisiana school officials face a lawsuit for handcuffing and shackling a six year old boy. The advocates who filed the charges, include the child’s parents, the Juvenile Justices Project of Louisiana and the Southern Poverty Law Center. School officials from the Louisiana Recovery School District are accused of handcuffing the child for what the attorneys call... californiabusinesslitigationblog-1 2010-07-19T14:37:24-08:00 http://www.californiabusinesslitigation.com/2010/07/federal_trial_could_answer_que.html In Connecticut, a federal judge will rule on whether or not cheerleading is a sport. The lawsuit filed by the Connecticut's Quinnipiac University's volleyball members and its coach, Robin Sparks, further looks at whether schools need to look for other ways to meet the gender equity requirements... Title IX californiabusinesslitigationblog-1 2010-07-13T09:38:27-08:00 http://www.californiabusinesslitigation.com/2010/07/fort_wayne_school_may_stop_bib.html According to local reports, a Fort Wayne school district may stop sending students to a religious instruction program on school property. A federal lawsuit has triggered the action by the school district. This after the school board president’s statement that it would be irresponsible for the district to defend themselves... californiabusinesslitigationblog-1 2010-07-09T10:42:28-08:00 http://www.californiabusinesslitigation.com/2010/06/california_parents_sue_in_fede.html On Cinco de Mayo, students wearing T-shirts with the American flag on them were asked by the assistant principal to remove them. That controversial move made national news and is now headed to federal court. The parents of three of the students attending Live Oak High School filed federal civil rights lawsuits in US District Court in San Jose. Students say they are fighting for their First Amendment Rights... californiabusinesslitigationblog-1 2010-06-30T10:17:12-08:00 http://www.californiabusinesslitigation.com/2010/06/california_supreme_court_rules.html When Craig Kleffman received 11 email messages offering broadband phone services from Vonage and noticed that they came from a variety of domain names, he found a lawyer and filed a lawsuit. Kleffman felt that these emails were spam and as such a violation of a California spam law that prohibits marketers from sending messages with misleading headers... californiabusinesslitigationblog-1 2010-06-25T14:46:52-08:00 http://www.californiabusinesslitigation.com/2010/06/strip_search_at_school_leads_t_1.html A lawsuit was filed on behalf of three girls who were subjected to a strip search. The strip search was conducted at Atlantic High School in Atlantic, Iowa. The lawsuit names the school district and two school officials who were part ... californiabusinesslitigationblog-1 2010-06-16T05:39:52-08:00 http://www.californiabusinesslitigation.com/2010/06/student_sues_school_after_sext_1.html In Scranton, PA, a teenage student is suing the principal of Tunkhannock Area high school, the school district, the county, prosecutors and a detective in the case. The student's phone was searched in a sexting case, which has recently been ruled on by a Federal Appeals Court... Sexting californiabusinesslitigationblog-1 2010-06-08T10:56:17-08:00