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ABA Journal's Top Stories of the Week
Friday, July 21, 2017

BigLaw partner managed to dial in to conference call before his drug-related death

Jul 19, 2017, 7:00 am CDT

ABA censures Texas Southern law school over sex discrimination allegations

Jul 20, 2017, 2:14 pm CDT

Judge who took 2 business-card holders while at lawyer dinner agrees to resign

Jul 17, 2017, 3:07 pm CDT

Trump: I wouldn't have appointed Sessions if I had known he would recuse in Russia probe

Jul 20, 2017, 8:37 am CDT

F. Lee Bailey: Where is he now?

Jul 20, 2017, 11:55 am CDT

Man who drove dead neighbor to his lawyer's office won't be charged

Jul 18, 2017, 9:10 am CDT

Lawyer is slain in his home by man who wrongly connected him to 1997 case

Jul 18, 2017, 4:14 pm CDT

'Slaves, get back to work' comment spurred black female lawyer to start own firm

Jul 1, 2017, 2:00 am CDT

Merriam-Webster editor shares the 'Secret Life of Dictionaries' (podcast)

Jul 19, 2017, 8:30 am CDT

Ask Daliah: Here's help on tracking your time

Jul 20, 2017, 8:30 am CDT

Northern Illinois University gives former law dean $95K for off-campus research

Jul 17, 2017, 1:26 pm CDT

Workplace plaintiffs face long odds at trial, analytics data indicates

Jul 17, 2017, 8:00 am CDT

Distance learning standards under review by ABA Legal Ed Section

Jul 17, 2017, 7:00 am CDT

'Rogue One' actress Felicity Jones to play Ruth Bader Ginsburg in upcoming movie

Jul 19, 2017, 9:19 am CDT

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Question of the Week

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Is there an essential clothing brand or item that you buy repeatedly?

Earlier this month, athletic apparel maker Lululemon filed a patent infringement lawsuit—something the company has a history of doing—related to a sports bra design. Design patent suits are rare in the fashion industry, because the lifespan of a given clothing item is usually relatively short. So Lululemon “clearly sees this bra as a product that’s going to have a long shelf life,” Miami intellectual property lawyer Laura Ganoza told the Washington Post.

Indeed, some clothing items and brands are sold for years either for being exceptionally fashionable, extremely functional or both.

So this week, we ask you: Is there an essential clothing brand or item that you buy over and over? A certain type of suit? A certain brand or style of jeans? A certain kind of shoe—whether for work or fitness?

Please answer in the comments.

Read the answers to last week’s question: What's the strangest hypothetical you've ever had on a law exam?

Featured answer:

Posted by Kmsco: "Property exam. Issue spotter based on the living situation of Grey’s Anatomy characters. It was 100 [percent] accurate to the show."

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