United States v. Approximately 64,695 Pounds of Shark Fins
Why a cargo of detached shark fins escaped forfeiture, and how a gap between possession and landing rules became a due-process problem.
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Why a cargo of detached shark fins escaped forfeiture, and how a gap between possession and landing rules became a due-process problem.
Why a seller-created haunted reputation revived a buyer’s rescission claim, while fraud damages remained unavailable.
Why Zunum’s jury verdict survived posttrial review, and why Boeing’s patent counterclaims did not send the appeal to the Federal Circuit.
Why recovered cloth defeated an attempted-receiving conviction, and how New York later shifted the inquiry to the circumstances the defendant believed existed.
Why a thief recovered damages after a shotgun trap injured him, and why the affirmed punitive award did not settle its legal availability.
Why a $50,000 farm sale survived a claim of drunken joking, and how communicated assent justified specific performance.
How a robot could appropriate Vanna White’s identity without using her likeness, and why recognition and false endorsement required different analyses.
Why genuine software discs could not be freely resold, and how the original customer's licence controlled a later buyer's copyright defenses.
How scientific provenance, foreign ownership laws and customs paperwork supported forfeiture of a million-dollar dinosaur skeleton.
How restrictions on browsers and middleware protected the Windows monopoly, and why the breakup order did not survive appeal.
Why parallel conduct did not plausibly allege an agreement, and how the decision changed access to federal discovery.