Three Famous Legal Hoaxes

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A 62-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis experienced painless loss of vision in both eyes after starting fingolimod. Fundus examination revealed bilateral macular edema confirmed by optical coherence tomography. Fingolimod was discontinued, and a topical nonsteroidal inflammatory drug and corticosteroid were initiated. Within 2 months, vision returned to baseline with complete resolution of ...

Three Issues in Legal Ethics

Three legal frameworks for regulating genetic technology.

The Federal Trademark Anti-dilution Act How Famous Is "famous"?

Since the enactment of the Federal Trademark Anti-Dilution Act ("FTDA") in 1996, how to measure a mark's "fame" has emerged as an important and controversial issue in trademark law. Congress did not intend the FTDA to protect trademarks unless they are "truly famous." Rather than specifically defining "famous" in the legislation, Congress provided an eight-factor fame test that courts "may" con...

Some Famous Bristol Doctors

In 1696 an Act of Parliament established the Bristol Corporation of the Poor. This brought together the Poor Law arrangements of all the parishes in the City. It was hoped that-the inmates by their work would produce goods which would have a ready sale and thus defray the costs. For this purpose the Aldworth mansion was purchased from a group of merchants, one of whom was Edward Colston. This b...