Ugg Maker, Lawyers Accused of Brazen Trade-Dress Judge Shopping

A lawsuit defendant accused Ugg maker Deckers Outdoor Corp. and its Chicago law firm Greer, Burns & Crain of engaging in a judge-shopping scheme in a series of shoe-related trade-dress cases.

Comwarm, a Chinese footwear company, said Deckers sued 75 companies in January in US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois but quickly dropped 74 of them from the suit after the case was assigned to Judge Joan B. Gottschall. It then sued the 74 dropped defendants, but dropped 73 of them after the case was randomly assigned to Judge Sara L. Ellis, the Chinese company said.

Deckers ...