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• UGG Competitor Alleges 'Schedule A'-Style Claims Are Creating a Monopoly in Casual Footwear Market February 25, 2026
  "What the complaint clearly shows is that UGG routinely has made proven statements of the law to a number of courts," Harvard trademark professor Rebecca Tushnet, who is not affiliated with the case, told Law.com in a phone interview. "That's not enough to win the case, but it clearly highlights some bad behavior that they […]
• 'A Meritless Bullying Tactic': Fed. Judge Dismisses Fitch Even's Action Against Former Client February 25, 2026
  Fitch Even claimed it filed the declaratory action so the court could “declare the rights and other legal relations under federal patent law, but the defendants alleged the firm was attempting to litigate the same issues currently pending in a separate suit filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County.      
• Lateral Market 'Inertia' Pushes Big Upswing in Am Law 200 Hiring February 24, 2026
  Firms hired some 20% more lateral partners in the 2025 hiring year than the prior 12 months period, Law.com Compass data shows.      
• No Harm, All Fowl: 'Boneless' Chicken Wings Can Stay on the Menu, Judge Rules February 18, 2026
  "A reasonable consumer would not think that BWW's boneless wings were truly deboned chicken wings, reconstituted into some sort of Franken-wing," the judge said.