Bloomberg Law
Sept. 14, 2017, 12:33 PM UTC

Wake Up Call: Squire Patton Boggs Loses Claim to Name in China

• If you browse to squirepattonboggs.net, you won’t get the web site of Washington, D.C.-based global law firm Squire Patton Boggs, rather you’ll get a Chinese site using the same name. The U.S. firm recently lost a legal fight with the Chinese company that legally registered that domain name, but it has vowed to fight on. The Chinese company similarly took on Norton Rose Fulbright. ( World Trademark Review ) ( Asian Lawyer via Law.com )

• A former professor’s recently unsealed $285 million whistle-blower lawsuit against the now-closed for-profit Charlotte School of Law and its owner led to a federal investigation of the school. It is not known if that ...

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