When artistic identity meets corporate branding, where does copyright law draw the line?
In a new episode of The Briefing, Scott Hervey and Richard Buckley discuss the lawsuit filed by artist Tyrrell Winston against the New Orleans Pelicans.
Clio’s Joshua Lenon and A.J. Axelrod Join Us on the Real Lawyers Podcast
Apologies for getting you this week’s Real Lawyers podcast a little later than normal—there’s just so much from our time at ClioCon 2025 to work through.
While we still have a few more episodes to share that were recording at Clio, these are the last couple from the company’s fine team and specifically on developments at the conference itself.
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Jack Newton on AI and the Latent Legal Market At ClioCon Hit Home
Clio CEO, Jack Newton’s keynote at ClioCon this year covered a wide range of items, including Clio’s expansion into the enterprise market, the transformative investment in AI through the vLex acquisition, and the convergence of law and the business of law through Clio Work.
But what hit home for me was Jack’s discussion on unlocking the latent legal market through
Meet McGeorge School of Law’s first-year JD students
Meet Victoria Hypolite ’29, part-time JD programVictoria Hypolite ’29 grew up in the Sierra Nevada foothills, in Mountain Ranch. She attended Calaveras High School and went on to study East Asian Cultures, with a specialization in Korean, at the University of California, Irvine. “Although the path to law school has been a complicated one, I have always had the goal of
Establishing Legal Authority in the Age of AI May Require Publishing
I’ve been doing research lately on which publishing by lawyers carries the greatest authority with large language models such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude.
I’ve found where a lawyer publishes matters as much as what they publish.
In doing my research, I came across an article by Dave Maney that makes an important point: in the age of AI, lawyers
McGeorge’s Elder and Health Law Clinic has recovered more than $13 million in assets for clients since 2016
After spending most of her adult life as a legal secretary, Jane Gorsi knew the importance of having her legal affairs in order. When she moved to Sacramento and needed a will, she went to the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law’s Elder Law and Health Clinic, where law students Robert “RJ” Smith ‘25 and Cody
Justice Anthony Kennedy visits Pacific’s law school to discuss new book
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy reflected on his decades of service on the nation’s highest court, his lifelong commitment to civic education and his more than 50 years of teaching at University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law during a special event at the law school.Nearly 300 community members filled the Lecture Hall on Pacific’s Sacramento
McGeorge alumnus, District Attorney shares inside story of prosecuting the Golden State Killer in upcoming book
Sacramento County District Attorney and McGeorge School of Law alumnus Thien Ho ’98 is sharing his inside story of one of the most chilling criminal cases in California history, the prosecution of the Golden State Killer. In his book The People vs. the Golden State Killer, he details the entire investigation, capture, and prosecution of one of the nation’s most
The Briefing: When Consent Isn’t Enough – The TTAB’s Decision in In re Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla
A consent agreement can be a powerful tool to overcome a USPTO likelihood-of-confusion refusal—but only if it’s done right.
In this episode of The Briefing, Weintraub Tobin attorneys Scott Hervey and Richard Buckley discuss the TTAB’s precedential decision in In re Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla, where the Board rejected a one-page consent agreement as a “naked consent” insufficient to overcome a Section 2(d) refusal.
Meet McGeorge School of Law’s first-year master’s students
Meet Rachael Daniels ’27, MSL ProgramRachael Daniels ‘27 said she has been “genuinely enjoying my first semester of graduate school.” She said it’s been an adjustment to get back into an academic mindset since she hasn’t been a student since 2010.“I’m energized by the challenge and by the diverse perspectives of my peers,” Daniels said. “Balancing the workload with full-time work,