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Mississippi District Court Defers to New York Court in Bond Action |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
5/19/2013 |
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Patent Eligibility of Software Innovations After CLS Bank |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
5/19/2013 |
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Federal Reserve Division Director Michael S. Gibson Testifies on Cross-Border Resolution Plans |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
5/19/2013 |
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As Summer Winds Down, Patent Law Heats Up |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
5/19/2013 |
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Patent Exhaustion Rejected: Patented Seed Purchaser Has No Right to Make Copies |
McDermott Will & Emery |
5/19/2013 |
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California Court Explicates Scope of Usury Exemption For Real Estate Brokers |
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP |
5/18/2013 |
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Third Circuit Follows D.C. Circuit on Noel Canning, Holds Becker Recess Appointment Invalid |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
5/18/2013 |
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Government Reorganization and Efficiency Act Back from the Dead |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
5/18/2013 |
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The Power of Time Re: State and Federal Appeals |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
5/18/2013 |
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New Jersey Court Clips Highlands Council’s Wings, Upholds Exemption |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
5/18/2013 |
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CLS Bank v. Alice: Chasing the Rabbit Down the Bilski Hole Re: Patent Litigation |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
5/18/2013 |
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Involuntary Bankruptcy Petitions Dismissed Where Alter Ego Status Was Disputed |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
5/18/2013 |
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Victory in Contract Bid Case: Not Necessary to Name Subcontractors When Bidding |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
5/18/2013 |
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Understanding Compulsory Licenses in India – Part 1 of a 2-Part Series |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
5/18/2013 |
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Employers Must Update Several Policies, Forms and Posters |
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP |
5/18/2013 |
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Early Termination of Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Proceeding Shows Versatility of PTAB Patent Trials |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
5/18/2013 |
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Gaines Gentry v. Mandujano: "Grooming" Horse Farm Employers for Increased Liability? |
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC |
5/17/2013 |
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Advisory Committee Discusses Major Changes to Federal Discovery Rules |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
5/17/2013 |
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En Banc Federal Circuit Issues Five Opinions in CLS Bank International v. Alice Corporation |
McDermott Will & Emery |
5/17/2013 |
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Franchisees Who Faked Evidence In Court Case Permitted To Continue Litigating |
Armstrong Teasdale |
5/17/2013 |
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Platinum Sports Shoots Air Ball; Sixth Circuit Dismisses Action Against Governor Snyder and Attorney General Schuette for Lack of Standing |
Varnum LLP |
5/17/2013 |
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CLS Bank v. Alice Corp. (Part 2) Re: Patent Litigation |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
5/16/2013 |
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Georgia Federal Court Seeks Guidance from the Georgia Supreme Court on the Application of the "Filed Rate Doctrine" to Rate Filings Made Pursuant to a "File and Use" Regulatory Scheme |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
5/16/2013 |
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Noel Canning be damned: National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Holds D.C. Circuit Decision Does Not Require Complaint Dismissal |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
5/16/2013 |
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California Court Holds That the McCarran Ferguson Act Does Not "Reverse Preempt" Plaintiff's Rico Claims Against Insurer |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
5/16/2013 |
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The Ninth Circuit Holds that Bankruptcy Courts Have Authority to Recharacterize Debt as Equity |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
5/16/2013 |
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National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Prevented From Requiring Employers to Post Notices |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
5/16/2013 |
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A Tale of Two Patent Litigation Stays |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
5/16/2013 |
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Federal Circuit Fails to Clarify Software Patent Eligibility |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
5/16/2013 |
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Supreme Court Sides with Monsanto on Issue of Patent Protection for Genetically Modified Seeds; Ruling Is a Major Victory for the Biotechnology Industry |
Vedder Price |
5/16/2013 |
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Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) Expands Meaning of “Disability” Under Equal Treatment Directive |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
5/16/2013 |
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Coalition Sues U.S. Treasury to Stop IRS Tax Penalties Under Affordable Care Act |
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC |
5/15/2013 |
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Insurance Companies: Friend or Foe? |
The National Law Review / The National Law Forum LLC |
5/15/2013 |
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Supreme Court Decides Bowman v. Monsanto for Monsanto |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
5/15/2013 |
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Supreme Court To Decide If It Will Decide Whether Securities Exchange Act Section 16 Plaintiff Has Constitutional Standing |
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP |
5/15/2013 |
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What Goes Up…Must Come Down: Viagra Patent Invalidated by Canadian Supreme Court |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
5/15/2013 |
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The HAMPer Is Getting Full Re: Home Affordable Modification Program |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
5/15/2013 |
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Two Significant First Quarter Developments in Occupational Safety and Health |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
5/15/2013 |
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Tuomey Violates Stark Law and False Claims Act through Physician Employment Agreements |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
5/15/2013 |
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Lightlab Imaging v. Axsun Technologies and Volcano |
Raymond Law Group LLC |
5/15/2013 |
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Warrantless Cell Phone Searches – A Look at the Case Law |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
5/15/2013 |
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Unpaid Internships – Training Programs or a Lesson in Class Actions? |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
5/15/2013 |
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California Court of Appeal Allows Injunction Under Unfair Competition Law To Prevent Horizontal Competitor From Diverting Business Through Unlawful Means |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
5/14/2013 |
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D.C. Circuit Invalidates National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Posting Rule |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
5/14/2013 |
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En (many) Banc(s) Federal Circuit Decides CLS Bank v. Alice Corp. |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
5/14/2013 |
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Philadelphia Increases Employment Protections for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered (LGBT) Individuals |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
5/14/2013 |
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E-Mails and Automotive: A Quick Reminder |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
5/14/2013 |
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“Essential Functions” Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Can Include Job Functions that are Infrequently Performed |
Poyner Spruill LLP |
5/14/2013 |
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Federal Circuit Fails to Set Clear Standard for Patent Eligibility |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
5/14/2013 |
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Supreme Court Upholds Limitations on Non-Residents’ Access to Public Information |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
5/14/2013 |
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One Potato, Two Potato, Three Potato…Well Actually It’s All One Potato. Re: Amending Lease Agreements |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
5/14/2013 |
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Coverage Lawyers, Policyholders and Insurers Take Note: American Law Institute Proposes “Principles” Regarding Duty to Defend |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
5/14/2013 |
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Composer Accuses Famed Atlanta Rapper Young Jeezy of Copyright Infringement in Misappropriating Lyrics to Song Provided to Rapper in 2009 |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
5/13/2013 |
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Ninth Circuit Holds that Federal Securities Laws Preempt California Labor Code's Ban on Forced Patronage at Brokerage Firms |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
5/13/2013 |
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Jewelry Design Theft Raised by Ronaldo Designer Jewelry Against The Southern Link in new Copyright Suit |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
5/13/2013 |
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The Salon Sub Rosa And Nevada Corporate Law |
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP |
5/12/2013 |
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Department of Justice Collaborate in Actions Against Debt Settlement Company |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
5/12/2013 |
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Collateral Damages: Secured Creditors, Turn Over Repossessed Collateral, Or Else! |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
5/12/2013 |
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Another Complaint To Throw In The HAMP-er: Fourth Circuit Makes Ruling Under Home Affordable Modification Program |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
5/12/2013 |
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Sixth Circuit Upholds Michigan Law Which Bars Schools from Collection Union Dues |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
5/12/2013 |
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SEC Settles Suit for Misleading Advisory Contract Approval Disclosure |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
5/12/2013 |
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Timely Performance Management in Avoiding Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Liability |
Godfrey & Kahn S.C. |
5/12/2013 |
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Circuit Court Upholds Michigan Public Act 53: Public Schools Prohibited from Collecting Union Dues |
Varnum LLP |
5/12/2013 |
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D.C. Circuit Affirms Federal Energy Regulatory Committee Returns on Equity Policy But Reverses For Failure to Apply Administrative Procedure Act Official Notice Rule |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
5/12/2013 |
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Womble Carlyle Attorneys Obtain Reversal of Judgment in Breach of Contract Claim |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
5/11/2013 |
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Delaware Chancery Court Finds Settlement Agreement Enforceable Despite Lacking Signature |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
5/11/2013 |
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SEC to Return Escrowed EB-5 Investment Funds to Immigrant Investors of Intercontinental Regional Center Trust of Chicago |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
5/11/2013 |
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D.C. Circuit Rules National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Notice-Posting Requirement Invalid |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
5/11/2013 |
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Seventh Circuit Addresses Obligations Regarding the Interactive Process under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
5/11/2013 |
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Department of Justice (DOJ) Announces Settlement Agreement to Resolve Anti-Discrimination Claim Arising from the Improper Verification of Lawful Permanent Resident Status |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
5/11/2013 |
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Labor Poster Requirement Struck Down by U.S. Court of Appeals |
Varnum LLP |
5/11/2013 |
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Labor Poster Requirement Struck Down by U.S. Court of Appeals |
Varnum LLP |
5/10/2013 |
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Whistleblower’s Claims Against Former Employer Survive Summary Judgment |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
5/10/2013 |
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A First for Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND): Federal Court in Microsoft v. Motorola Sets FRAND Royalty Rates for Standard Essential Patents |
McDermott Will & Emery |
5/10/2013 |
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Federal Circuit Holds That Expert Evidence Is Not Required to Show Prior Art Reference Is Not Enabled |
Vedder Price |
5/10/2013 |
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Tough News for Tuomey Healthcare System Re: Jury Found Violation of False Claims Act (FCA) |
von Briesen & Roper, S.C. |
5/10/2013 |
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An Extension of Noel Canning? Becker National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Appointment in Jeopardy too |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
5/10/2013 |
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D.C. Circuit Strikes Down National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Notice Rule |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
5/10/2013 |
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Federal Appeals Court Rejects National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Union Poster Rule |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
5/10/2013 |
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National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Posting Rule Held Invalid by D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
5/10/2013 |
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Rubin: Enforcement of U.S. Judgments in England |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
5/10/2013 |
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D.C. Circuit Vacates Controversial National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) “Mandatory Posting” Rule |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
5/9/2013 |
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Supreme Court Exhausts Copyright Owners' Rights in Gray Market Goods Dispute |
Vedder Price |
5/9/2013 |
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Court Permits Combination of Predictive Coding and Keyword Search |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
5/9/2013 |
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When Are A Franchisor's Financial Performance Representations Actionable? |
Armstrong Teasdale |
5/9/2013 |
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False Marking Claims Must Be Pled with Specificity as to Intent |
McDermott Will & Emery |
5/9/2013 |
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National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Suffers 2nd Major Defeat As D.C. Circuit Invalidates Posting Rule |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
5/9/2013 |
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Legislature and Court Clarify Illinois Mortgage Law |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
5/9/2013 |
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Replication without Human Intervention: Lessons from Monsanto v. Bowman |
Vedder Price |
5/9/2013 |
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Federal Judge Makes Short Work of Post-Expungement Defamation Claim |
Raymond Law Group LLC |
5/9/2013 |
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California Businesses Beware: California Supreme Court Expands the Fraud Exception of the Parol Evidence Rule |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
5/9/2013 |
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Persons Deemed Managing Directors in Fact in Germany Have Fiduciary Duties Under German Law |
McDermott Will & Emery |
5/8/2013 |
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China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) Secession: What It Means For International Arbitration in China |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
5/8/2013 |
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Settle With Care: Pre-Audit Certificates and Oral Settlement Agreements With Local Governments |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
5/8/2013 |
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Is Jacob To Laban As Weiner Is To The Original Talk Radio Network? An Arbitration Ruling |
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP |
5/8/2013 |
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Court Upholds Validity of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Fiduciary Indemnification |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
5/8/2013 |
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Interview with the Honorable Mark A. Davis, North Carolina Court of Appeals |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
5/7/2013 |
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Revenge Porn: When Private Moments Go Public |
Raymond Law Group LLC |
5/7/2013 |
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D.C. Circuit Calls Out National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) For “Interpretive Leap” |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
5/7/2013 |
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Shy Bladder Syndrome Lawsuit Reminds: Applicants Get Reasonable Accommodation |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
5/7/2013 |
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California Bill Aims To Make Foreign Nonqualified Limited Liability Company (LLC) Contracts Voidable |
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP |
5/6/2013 |
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The Impacts of New Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Vapor Intrusion Guidance |
Beveridge & Diamond PC |
5/6/2013 |
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Western District of Washington Sets Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) Royalty Rates and Range for Standard-Essential Patents (SEPs) |
McDermott Will & Emery |
5/6/2013 |
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Federal Circuit Patent Litigation Appeal Decision in Versata Software v. SAP |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
5/6/2013 |
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Federal Appeals Court Rules That HIPAA Overrides Florida Nursing Home Records Law |
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
5/6/2013 |
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Early Patent Trial and Appeal Board Orders Demonstrate Differences Between America Invents Act (AIA) Patent Trials and District Court Trials |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
5/6/2013 |
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Don’t Want To Arbitrate? Pay Attention To All Of Your Contract |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
5/6/2013 |
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Playing Cards With a Government That Stacks the Deck - D.C. District Court Radically Expands The "Christian Doctrine" To Subcontracts |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
5/6/2013 |
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Patent Trial and Appeal Board Publishes Trial Transcript from First Covered Business Method Patent Review |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
5/6/2013 |
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No Prior Conception Where Contemporaneous Disclosures Failed to Show Knowledge of Complete and Operative Method of Making Invention |
McDermott Will & Emery |
5/5/2013 |
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Patentee’s Infringement Damages Limited to U.S. Sales and Must Not Be Speculative |
McDermott Will & Emery |
5/5/2013 |
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Fifth Circuit Flushes Away Pro Se Plaintiff’s Claims Against Oil Giants for Intellectual Property Theft and Infringement of a “Giant Plunger” |
McDermott Will & Emery |
5/5/2013 |
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Making Copies! The Fourth Circuit Defines Taxable Costs Associated With eDiscovery |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
5/5/2013 |
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No Directors, No Officers, No Employees And No Agents – Now What? |
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP |
5/5/2013 |
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When Can a Design Patent Continuation Applications Claim Priority to a Parent? |
McDermott Will & Emery |
5/4/2013 |
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Delaware Federal Court Dismisses Securities Fraud Action Against Power Plant Executives |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
5/4/2013 |
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Patent Marking: An Extrajudicial Admission that the Product Is Covered by the Patent but Not an Estoppel |
McDermott Will & Emery |
5/4/2013 |
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Social Media Defamation and Reputational Attacks |
Raymond Law Group LLC |
5/4/2013 |
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Jackpot! The Federal Circuit Revives Aristocrats Indirect Patent Infringement Claims in View of Akamai |
McDermott Will & Emery |
5/4/2013 |
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Texas Federal Court Dismisses Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Contribution Claimed Based on Alleged “Re-Contamination” of Former Superfund Site |
Beveridge & Diamond PC |
5/4/2013 |
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New York Appellate Court Affirms Broad Right of Local Governments To Use Zoning to Ban Gas Drilling |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
5/4/2013 |
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Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) Liability And Private Equity Firms |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
5/4/2013 |
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Supreme Court (Sort Of) Approves “Picking Off” Strategy in Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Collective Action Cases |
Godfrey & Kahn S.C. |
5/4/2013 |
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Transfer $8 Million Out Of Accounts In New York? That Action Alone Is Not Sufficient To Establish Personal Jurisdiction |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
5/3/2013 |
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No Discovery Permitted in Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings in Patent Claim Litigation |
McDermott Will & Emery |
5/3/2013 |
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Gaming Company's Regulatory Delays Insufficient to Give Rise to a Securities Fraud Claim |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
5/3/2013 |
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Doe v. Guthrie Clinic, Ltd.: A New Privacy Battleground?, cont. |
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC |
5/3/2013 |
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Allergan V. Sandoz – When Everything “Old” Is “New” Again Re: Patent Law Litigation |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
5/3/2013 |
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Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Safe Harbor Analysis Now the Same in Both Ninth and Second Circuits |
McDermott Will & Emery |
5/3/2013 |
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District Court Grants Motion to Compel Against Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Holding that "Facts" Are Not Work Product In SEC Confidential Witness Interviews |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
5/3/2013 |
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Another Facebook Case, Another Lesson Learned, cont. |
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC |
5/3/2013 |
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Texas is Among States Filing Petition for Cert with U.S. Supreme Court on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rules |
Beveridge & Diamond PC |
5/3/2013 |
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Massachusetts Court Closes Workers Compensation Loophole for Staffing Companies |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
5/2/2013 |
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Federal Jury Finds Executive Recruiter Guilty Stealing Trade Secrets From Former Employer In Order to Start Competing Business |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
5/2/2013 |
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Vicarious Copyright Infringement Requires a Showing of Supervision or Control |
McDermott Will & Emery |
5/2/2013 |
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Indiana Court of Appeals Overturns Employer's Common Construction Wage Victory |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
5/2/2013 |
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LinkedIn Lockout: Social Media Ownership Wars Wage On |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
5/2/2013 |
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POM Wonderful – Where Are We Now? Re: Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Deceptive Advertising |
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. |
5/2/2013 |
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To Correct Inventorship of a Patent, Go to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), Not the Federal Courts |
McDermott Will & Emery |
5/2/2013 |
|
Hookah Lounge Has Serious Cable Problems, and Dish Network Will Pay for It |
Varnum LLP |
5/2/2013 |
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Practical Discussion Of Issues And Effective Strategies For Internal Investigations |
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. |
5/2/2013 |
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No “Safe Harbor” for BitTorrent Website Operator |
McDermott Will & Emery |
5/2/2013 |
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Department of Justice Files Writ of Certiorari with U.S. Supreme Court in Noel-Canning Case |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
5/2/2013 |
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Recent Social Media Developments Impacting Employers |
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. |
5/2/2013 |
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Affidavits Are Not Required to Challenge Prior Art Enablement in Patent Claim Cases |
McDermott Will & Emery |
5/1/2013 |
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Before This Corporation Was Formed, This Contract Knew It |
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP |
5/1/2013 |
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Anti-Assignment Provisions And Reverse Triangular Mergers |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
5/1/2013 |
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New Patent Claim Construction Guts Nearly $600 Million Dollar Infringement Award |
McDermott Will & Emery |
5/1/2013 |
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Supreme Court Of Ohio Protects Physician’s Statement Of Comfort Under Apology Statute |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
5/1/2013 |
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U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Petition to Hear Regulatory Takings Case Against State of Texas |
Beveridge & Diamond PC |
5/1/2013 |
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Alabama Supreme Court: Brand-Name Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Can Be Sued for Injury Caused by Generic Product |
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. |
5/1/2013 |
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Trademark, Domain Name and Other IP Considerations in Spin-Offs |
McDermott Will & Emery |
5/1/2013 |
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Teaming Agreements Called Into Question Under Virginia Law |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
5/1/2013 |
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Supreme Court Invites Solicitor General to File Brief Expressing United States Views on Texas-New Mexico Water Dispute |
Beveridge & Diamond PC |
5/1/2013 |
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Federal Appeals Court Reinstates EPA “Veto” Over Corps’ Mining-Related Permit |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
5/1/2013 |
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Fourth Circuit Rejects Post-Trial Preclusion Ruling in Paper Towel “Stuffing” Saga |
McDermott Will & Emery |
5/1/2013 |
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Addressing the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA"): Technical Errors Did Not Constitute FDCPA Violations |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
5/1/2013 |
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Where Do Your Interests Lie Under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code? |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
5/1/2013 |
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Doe v. Guthrie Clinic, Ltd.: A New Privacy Battleground? |
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC |
5/1/2013 |
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Obviousness-Type Double Patenting May Exist When There Is Neither Common Ownership nor Common Inventorship |
McDermott Will & Emery |
4/30/2013 |
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Appropriate Appropriation: Second Circuit Holds That Commentary on Original Work Unnecessary for Fair Use Defense, Only Transformative Quality Required |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
4/30/2013 |
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Employers Should Review How Plan Documents Define Spouse in Light of Recent Benefits Litigation |
McDermott Will & Emery |
4/30/2013 |
|
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Litigation Newsletter - April 2013 Edition |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
4/30/2013 |
|
Top Five Traps for the Unwary in Spin-Offs |
McDermott Will & Emery |
4/30/2013 |
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Action Required by California Commercial Landlords: New California Law Goes Into Effect July 1, 2013, Requiring Accessibility Disclosures in Commercial Leases |
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP |
4/30/2013 |
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Key Tax Considerations in Spin-Offs |
McDermott Will & Emery |
4/30/2013 |
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Release and Indemnification of Corporate Trustee Survives Scrutiny (Barely) |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
4/30/2013 |
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New California Court of Appeal Decision May Affect Administration of Foreclosure-Avoidance Actions |
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP |
4/29/2013 |
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Proposed E-Commerce Taxation Bill Might be Unconstitutional |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
4/29/2013 |
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Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman ("USCIS Ombudsman's Office") Meeting Highlights EB-5 Program Challenges |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
4/29/2013 |
|
The State of Commercial General Liability Insurance Coverage for Defective Construction |
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC |
4/29/2013 |
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Another Facebook Case, Another Lesson Learned |
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC |
4/29/2013 |
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The Franchise Tax Board’s “Doing Business” Trap For Foreign LLCs With California Managers, Members Or Agents |
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP |
4/29/2013 |
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Nevada Legislature Considers Bill To Authorize Forum Selection Charter Provisions |
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP |
4/29/2013 |
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New York Attorney General to Impose Expansive New Disclosure Requirements on Not-for-Profit Organizations Making Political Expenditures |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
4/29/2013 |
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Ninth Circuit Holds Private Company Rules Preempt California Law |
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP |
4/28/2013 |
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Natural Gas Companies Settle Antitrust Suit Stemming from Joint Bidding |
McDermott Will & Emery |
4/28/2013 |
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Grand Jury Indicts Swiss Lawyer and Banker in Tax Evasion Scheme |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
4/28/2013 |
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Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Federalism, Comity & Finality |
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP |
4/27/2013 |
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Maintains Presumption that Oil and Gas are Not “Minerals” |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
4/27/2013 |
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Watt’s New? Michigan Energy News |
Varnum LLP |
4/27/2013 |
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The Day it is Finally Done Re: Finalizing Divorce |
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
4/27/2013 |
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Certain Residential Developments Exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Review: Greenhouse Gas Emission Issues Do Not Constitute New Information |
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP |
4/27/2013 |
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SEC Announces First Non-Prosecution Agreement Involving Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Violations |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
4/27/2013 |
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Delaware Chancery Court Decisions Highlight That a "Crucial Difference" In Analyzing Director Liability For "Bad Faith" In the Context of an M&A Sales Process Is the Seriousness of the Bidder |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
4/27/2013 |
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Will a Maryland Court Enforce an Arbitration Clause in a “Click-Wrap” Agreement? |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
4/26/2013 |
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Federal Court Sides With Second District Court of Appeals In Privity Split |
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP |
4/26/2013 |
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Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Preclusive Effect of Non-Delaware Dismissals and Rejects Irrebuttable Presumption That a Derivative Plaintiff Who Fails to Conduct a Section 220 Inspection Is an Inadequate Representative |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
4/26/2013 |
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Southern District of New York (SDNY) Imposes Second Highest Penalty Under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
4/26/2013 |
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Supreme Court Update: Where Plan Reimbursement or Recovery Terms are Ambiguous or Silent, Equitable Doctrines May Fill the Gaps |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
4/26/2013 |
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Student Loans: Nondischargeability Questioned in Seventh Circuit and Beyond |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
4/26/2013 |
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Caught in the Cloud: How Hard Could It Be To Recover Your Data From A Defunct Cloud Provider? |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
4/26/2013 |
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Progressive Casualty Litigation Stayed Pending Outcome of Liberty Mutual Covered Business Method Patents |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
4/26/2013 |
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D.C. Court Upholds EPA Authority to Retroactively Veto Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 Permits |
Beveridge & Diamond PC |
4/26/2013 |
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Museum Loans - Part Two Re: International Loans |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
4/25/2013 |
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Inconsistent Treatment Of Employees Gets You Every Time Re: Age Discrimination Litigation |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
4/25/2013 |
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United States Supreme Court Decides Question of Corporate Liability Under Alien Tort Statute On Broader Grounds |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
4/25/2013 |
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A Supreme Court Update: Notes on Wednesday’s Oral Argument About Title VII Retaliation Claims |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
4/25/2013 |
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Trade Secret “Inevitable Disclosure” Doctrine Taking Shape in North Carolina |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
4/25/2013 |
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Violence Against Women Act Renewed |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
4/25/2013 |
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Patent Trial and Appeal Board Inter Partes Review (IPR) Petition Joinder Practice Gains Momentum |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
4/25/2013 |
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Man Bites Dog! Re: Trade Secrets Misappropriation Litigation |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
4/25/2013 |
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Massachusetts At-Will Employment Doctrine and Retaliatory Discharge |
Raymond Law Group LLC |
4/25/2013 |
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Pennsylvania Court Allows “Every Exposure” Testimony When Combined With Other Evidence |
Beveridge & Diamond PC |
4/25/2013 |
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4th Circuit Message: Delay Asserting Defenses At Your Peril |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
4/25/2013 |
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America Invents Act (AIA) Patent Trials Differ from Reexamination |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
4/25/2013 |
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Pennsylvania Court Holds Application of Biosolids To Be Protected Farming Activity |
Beveridge & Diamond PC |
4/25/2013 |
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The Wisconsin Court Of Appeals Reaffirms Lack Of Coverage For An Insured's Defective Work Or Products |
von Briesen & Roper, S.C. |
4/25/2013 |
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Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments Regarding Limits on Class Arbitration Waivers in Federal Cases |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
4/25/2013 |
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New Hampshire Jury Awards State $236M in methyl tert-butyl (MTBE) Case |
Beveridge & Diamond PC |
4/25/2013 |
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California Court Denies Award for Damages Down to Background Levels and Soil/Groundwater Contamination |
Beveridge & Diamond PC |
4/24/2013 |
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D.C. Court Denies Class Certification in Drinking Water Case |
Beveridge & Diamond PC |
4/24/2013 |
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New Jersey Appellate Court Clarifies Notice Requirements For Zoning Ordinances, Changing The Classification Of A Zoning District |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
4/24/2013 |
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Federal Court Certifies Class on Liability Claims Despite Differences Among Class Members on Exposure, Damages |
Beveridge & Diamond PC |
4/24/2013 |
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Important D.C. Circuit Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Ruling Affirms Agencies’ Obligation To Provide Substantive, Appealable Determinations Promptly in Response to FOIA Requests |
Beveridge & Diamond PC |
4/24/2013 |
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Testing the Supreme Court (again) on Employment Retaliation Claims |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
4/24/2013 |
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Do You Need Employment Practices Liability Insurance? |
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC |
4/24/2013 |
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Supreme Court Shoots Down Stipulated Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) Caps |
Beveridge & Diamond PC |
4/24/2013 |
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Insurance Recovery in the Wake of the Boston Marathon Bombing |
Raymond Law Group LLC |
4/24/2013 |
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Utah Federal Court Rejects “Every Exposure” Theory |
Beveridge & Diamond PC |
4/24/2013 |
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A Reminder About Pollution Legal Liability Coverage |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
4/24/2013 |
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No Relief Under Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) Section 473 For Missed Filing Deadline In California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Challenge |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
4/23/2013 |
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Q&A for Pesky Summer Service Personnel Issues |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
4/23/2013 |
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Company Owners Personally Liable for $3.1 Million Withdrawal Liability Assessment -- Owners' Lease of Commercial Property to Company Constituted "Trade or Business" |
McDermott Will & Emery |
4/23/2013 |
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Recent Court Decisions Hold That The Absolute Priority Rule Still Protects Creditors of Individual Chapter 11 Debtors |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
4/22/2013 |
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Class Action Lawsuits Target Medical Collections |
Varnum LLP |
4/22/2013 |
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Recent Board Decisions on § 101 Show Generally Consistent Approach (and some inscrutability with respect to business-related processes) |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
4/22/2013 |
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Private Equity Firms Achieve Only Partial Dismissal of “Buying Club” Antitrust Lawsuit |
McDermott Will & Emery |
4/22/2013 |
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Court Finds Section 15(a) of the Exchange Act Only Applicable in Domestic Transactions |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
4/21/2013 |
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Missouri Senate Bill 188 on Employment Law Heads to Governor's Desk |
Armstrong Teasdale |
4/21/2013 |
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Petitioner Allowed to Submit Supplemental Information After Institution of Covered Business Method Patent Trial and Appeal Board Trial |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
4/21/2013 |
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UK Insurer Barred from Enforcing Mandatory Arbitration Provision |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
4/21/2013 |
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Exhibits for SAP v. Versata Patent Trial and Appeal Board Trial |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
4/20/2013 |
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Broad Advance Waivers of Future Conflicts and Galderma Re: Rules of Professional Conduct |
Armstrong Teasdale |
4/20/2013 |
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Department of Justice Narrows "Carve Out" Practice Regarding Corporate Plea Agreements |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
4/20/2013 |
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Dial-in Info to Hear the First Covered Business Method Patent Trial |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
4/20/2013 |
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SAP v. Versata: First Covered Business Method Patent Trial and Appeal Board Trial Tests New AIA (America Invents Act) Trial Provisions |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
4/20/2013 |
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No Workers Compensation Exclusivity for Employers that Fail to Obtain Comp Insurance |
Armstrong Teasdale |
4/19/2013 |
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U.S. Supreme Court Bars Plaintiff from Pursuing FLSA "Collective Action" For Unpaid Wages, After Being Offered Payment on Her Individual Claim |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
4/19/2013 |
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Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Collateral Estoppel in Multiforum Litigation |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
4/19/2013 |
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Yet Another Reaffirmation That Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Is For Customers Only |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
4/19/2013 |
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Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Collective Action: Supreme Court Holds Offer of Judgment Moots Claim |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
4/19/2013 |
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Taxpayer Challenges Validity of IRS Transfer Pricing Regulation |
McDermott Will & Emery |
4/19/2013 |
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Claims Trading From The Inside Out: Ninth Circuit BAP Holds That A Non-Insider Claimant's Vote On A Plan Is Not Discounted Merely Because The Claimant Purchased Its Claim From An Insider |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
4/19/2013 |
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Batting Practice with DNA Patents at the U.S. Supreme Court |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
4/19/2013 |
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Patent Case Transferred from Eastern District of Texas to Northern District of Georgia |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
4/18/2013 |
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Supreme Court Finds Dismissal of Collective FLSA Action Appropriate Where Named Plaintiff’s Claim is Moot; Leaves Uncertainty Regarding Offers of Judgment |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
4/18/2013 |
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Recent Court Decisions Hold That the Absolute Priority Rule Still Protects Creditors of Individual Chapter 11 Debtors |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
4/18/2013 |
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New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Waiver Rule Court Decision Appealed |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
4/18/2013 |
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Employment Rule Book’s Silence Does Not Overcome Presumption of At-Will Employment |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
4/18/2013 |
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Litigation Attacks on Church Plans: What Sponsoring Employers Need to Know Now |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
4/18/2013 |
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Myriad Patent Case Argued Before The Supreme Court – Some Snippets |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
4/18/2013 |
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Supreme Court Ducks Mootness Question In Genesis FLSA Collective Action Case |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
4/18/2013 |
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What are the Strategic Implications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Genesis Healthcare v. Symczyk? |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
4/18/2013 |
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Saffran v. J&J and Cordis Re: Eastern District of Texas Erroneously Construed Claims of U.S. Patent |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
4/17/2013 |
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Knowledge Of Defense Process – Key To Competition For Defense Dollars |
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. |
4/17/2013 |
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The Resuscitation of the Duwamish Recognition Effort Re: Tribal Law |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
4/17/2013 |
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Cheek Survives Concepcion: What Broker-Dealers Need To Know About Enforcing Arbitration Agreements In Maryland |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
4/17/2013 |
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Missouri Court Applies “All Sums” Allocation to Long-Tail Environmental Coverage Dispute |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
4/17/2013 |
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Supreme Court Finds Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Collective Action Mooted By Offer Of Judgment |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
4/17/2013 |
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Supreme Court Issues Opinion Reinstating Important Tool for Employers to Defeat Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Collective Actions |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
4/17/2013 |
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Wisconsin Court Of Appeals Decides "Health Insurance Plan Design" Includes Out-Of-Pocket Costs To Employees and Therefore is a Prohibited Subject Of Bargaining |
von Briesen & Roper, S.C. |
4/17/2013 |
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U.S. Supreme Court Decision in McCutchen Employment Case Leaves 11th Circuit Precedent Unscathed |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
4/17/2013 |
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Company Owners Personally Liable for $3.1 Million Withdrawal Liability Assessment — Owners’ Lease of Commercial Property to Company Constituted “Trade or Business” |
McDermott Will & Emery |
4/17/2013 |
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Citing HIPAA, Court Overturns Florida Law Providing for Release of Deceased Nursing Home Residents’ Medical Records |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
4/16/2013 |
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Fourth Circuit Decides Key Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA") Allocation and Liability Case |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
4/16/2013 |
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Closing the HAMPer II: North Carolina Court Allows Common Law Claims to Proceed and There's Some Mention of HAMP in the Decision too |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
4/16/2013 |
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Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Capitalized Legal Fees Incurred by Pharmaceutical Company |
McDermott Will & Emery |
4/15/2013 |
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Investment Company Institute Files a Brief in Appeal of Court Decision on Rule 4.5 Challenge |
Godfrey & Kahn S.C. |
4/15/2013 |
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Western Energy Services of Durango, Inc. (WESODI) Agrees to Pay $90,000 to Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Lawsuit |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
4/14/2013 |
|
Surrender of Equivalents in a Patent Claim |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
4/14/2013 |
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Federal Court Finds Section 15(a) of the Exchange Act Only Applicable in Domestic Transactions |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
4/14/2013 |
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Employee’s Deactivation Of Facebook Account Leads To Sanctions |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
4/14/2013 |
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SEC and Former Morgan Keegan Directors Reach Tentative Settlement in Fair Valuation Case |
Godfrey & Kahn S.C. |
4/14/2013 |
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New Jersey Supreme Court Bars Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) From Warrantless Residential Inspections |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
4/13/2013 |
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Second Circuit Bars Criminal Defendant from Accessing Assets Frozen by Regulators |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
4/13/2013 |
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Musings regarding the Doctrine of Equivalents Re: Protecting Patents |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
4/13/2013 |
|
FINRA Appeals Schwab Class-Action Ban Ruling |
Godfrey & Kahn S.C. |
4/13/2013 |
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Heightened Judicial Deference for Patent Claim Constructions? |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
4/13/2013 |
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The Unemployed Are Now Protected Under The New York City Human Rights Law |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
4/13/2013 |
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What's In A Word? Re: N.C. Court of Appeals Invalidates Nursing Home Arbitration Clause Based on Language of the Agreement |
Poyner Spruill LLP |
4/13/2013 |
|
China Law Update |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
4/13/2013 |
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Supreme Court Rules That SEC Can't Extend Fraud Deadline |
Godfrey & Kahn S.C. |
4/13/2013 |
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Cyprus Bailout: Potential Recourse for Lost Investments |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
4/12/2013 |
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Insurance Coverage for the Cyber World |
von Briesen & Roper, S.C. |
4/12/2013 |
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And the Defense Wins Re: Fifth Circuit Weighs in on the Constitutionality of a Statutory Cap on Noneconomic Damages |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
4/12/2013 |
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Successor Liability Under the FLSA: Seventh Circuit Holds Purchaser of Assets from Receiver of Company Which had Violated FLSA Liable Despite “Free and Clear” Nature of Sale |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
4/12/2013 |
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A New Front in The Patent Wars: The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Asked for Guidance on Limits to Injunctive Relief |
McDermott Will & Emery |
4/12/2013 |
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Creditors Can Reach Benefits Under “Top Hat” Plan, United States District Court of Maryland Rules |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
4/12/2013 |
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California Senate To Consider Franchising Bill |
Armstrong Teasdale |
4/12/2013 |
|
Closely Held Corporations and Stock Sales |
Raymond Law Group LLC |
4/11/2013 |
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Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Class Actions: Recent Seventh Circuit Decision Points To Merger Of Certification Standards |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
4/11/2013 |
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Federal Court Overturns National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Decision in Stella D’Oro Biscuit Co. v. NLRB |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
4/11/2013 |
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Cyberattacks a Mounting Challenge for Employers |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
4/11/2013 |
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German Federal Tax Court: Distributions from U.S. Trusts Are Subject to German Gift Tax |
McDermott Will & Emery |
4/11/2013 |
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The Fate of Argentina's Debt Restructuring is Getting Closer |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
4/11/2013 |
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RE/MAX Sues Local Realtor for Trademark Infringement Over Blue, White, and Red Sign Background |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
4/10/2013 |
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Delaware and California Courts Split as to Whether a Reverse Triangular Merger Results In an Assignment By Operation of Law, Creating Potential Pitfalls for Delaware and Other Foreign Corporations Located in California |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
4/10/2013 |
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Back to the Full Complement? Re: National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Full Union Friendly Membership |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
4/10/2013 |
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Suspends Adjudication of Most H-2B Petitions Pending Agency Response to Court Order |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
4/10/2013 |
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To Collect On Blank Indorsements, Make Sure There Are No Gaps |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
4/10/2013 |
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Yet Another Zip Code Class Action Filed in Massachusetts |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
4/10/2013 |
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Judge Rules In Favor Of Stockton And Accepts Chapter 9 Petition |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
4/10/2013 |
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Can Government Contractors Rely On Their Mandatory Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) Programs? |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
4/10/2013 |
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Re-Thinking Arbitration as a Litigation-Avoidance Technique - The Case for Jury Waivers |
Varnum LLP |
4/9/2013 |
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Ninth Circuit Holds that In-Use Utility Poles Not Subject to the Clean Water Act or the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
4/9/2013 |
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Employer Tax Considerations for Supreme Court’s Pending Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Decision |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
4/9/2013 |
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NOVARTIS A.G. v. UOI – What is Novelty in Indian Courts? |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
4/9/2013 |
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Health Care Services Providers to Federal Health Plan Members Subject to Federal Affirmative Action Compliance Audit |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
4/9/2013 |
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Negligent Credentialing Claim Recognizable Under Massachusetts Law |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
4/9/2013 |
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U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Sues Winfield Rubber for Retaliation |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
4/9/2013 |
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Supreme Court Upholds Ability of Successful Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) Defendant to Recover Costs |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
4/9/2013 |
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Landau Uniforms Settles U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Pregnancy Discrimination Suit for $80,000 |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
4/8/2013 |
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Michigan Computer Company Owner Sentenced for International Environmental, Counterfeiting Crimes |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
4/8/2013 |
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Supervalu / Jewel Food Held in Contempt for Breaching Consent Decree Settling Earlier EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
4/7/2013 |
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To Release Or Not to Release – If That Is the Question, What Is the Answer? |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
4/7/2013 |
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Attacks on Proxy Statement Equity Compensation Disclosure |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
4/7/2013 |
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IRS Addresses Whether Publisher Is “Producer” Under §199 Tax Deduction Provision |
McDermott Will & Emery |
4/7/2013 |
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First-Ever Criminal Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) Charges Brought for the Importation and Sale of Hazardous Toys |
Beveridge & Diamond PC |
4/7/2013 |
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Don’t Photograph the Machines! Re: Trade Secrets Misappropriation Litigation |
McDermott Will & Emery |
4/6/2013 |
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Southern New York District Court Rejects Evidence from "Confidential Witnesses" as Basis for Securities Class Action |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
4/6/2013 |
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Maryland High Court Slashes Billion-Dollar Jury Award and Clarifies Toxic Tort Standards |
Beveridge & Diamond PC |
4/6/2013 |
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Sixth Circuit Rules No False Claims Act (FCA) Liability Based on Violation of Medicare Requirements |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
4/6/2013 |
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Essentially in Breach? E. T. Horn Co. Sued for Breach of Settlement Agreement and on Trademark-Related Counts |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
4/6/2013 |
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Modifying Circuit Court’s Mandate to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Requires “Exceptional Circumstances” |
McDermott Will & Emery |
4/6/2013 |
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Federal Court Dismisses Securities Class Action Alleging Misrepresentations About "Cannibalization" |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
4/6/2013 |
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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Imposes a $975,000 Civil Penalty against Entergy for 27 Violations of Reliability Standard |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
4/6/2013 |
|
Class Action Lawsuits Target Medical Collections |
Varnum LLP |
4/5/2013 |
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Deadline for Filing FICA Tax Refunds is April 15 |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
4/5/2013 |
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D.C. District Court Finds That Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program’s Requirements Extend to Hospitals with HMOs |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
4/5/2013 |
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Blowing The Wrong Whistle – Close Scrutiny Of Code Of Ethics Dooms Nurse’s Lawsuit Under New Jersey’s Whistleblower Statute |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
4/5/2013 |
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What Happens on Facebook Stays on Facebook…Or Else Re: Employment Litigation |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
4/5/2013 |
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Constitutionality of Detroit's Emergency Manager Challenged |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
4/5/2013 |
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EPA Argues Lack of Authority to Promulgate Texas Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) for Ozone and Fine Particulate Matter |
Beveridge & Diamond PC |
4/5/2013 |
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U.S. Polo Association Infringes Ralph Lauren Trademark in Fragrances |
McDermott Will & Emery |
4/4/2013 |
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ADA Charge Verified by Counsel Is Insufficient; Plaintiff Failed to Exhaust Administrative Remedies |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
4/4/2013 |
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E.D.N.Y. Judge Reverses Course: Rule 41 Stipulation of Voluntary Dismissal in FLSA Action Does Not Require Court Approval |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
4/4/2013 |
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Paradise Troubled by Alleged Unfair Competition involving "Certified Social Media Strategist" Mark |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
4/4/2013 |
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District Court Finds That an Employee May Be Lawfully Terminated for Misconduct Caused by a Disability |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
4/4/2013 |
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Seventh Circuit Affirms Imposition of Successor Liability for Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Claims |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
4/4/2013 |
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Comcast v. Behrend Strikes Again: Supreme Court Vacates and Remands Ross v. RBS Citizens, N.A. |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
4/4/2013 |
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Plaintiffs' Bar is Whistling Past the Graveyard on Comcast Re: Supreme Court Anti-Class Certification Decision |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
4/4/2013 |
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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Clean Water Act (CWA) Logging Roads Exemption, Endorses Citizen Suit Enforcement of Ambiguous Agency Rules |
Beveridge & Diamond PC |
4/4/2013 |
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Employers’ Deadline to File Protective Claim for 2009 FICA Taxes is April 15, 2013 |
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC |
4/4/2013 |
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Ruling in Endangered Species Act Whooping Crane Lawsuit Stayed by Fifth Circuit |
Beveridge & Diamond PC |
4/3/2013 |
|
Non-English Speaking Employees and Arbitration Agreements |
Godfrey & Kahn S.C. |
4/3/2013 |
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Supreme Court Hears Arguments on "Pay for Delay" Agreements |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
4/3/2013 |
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Activist National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Requires Dues Check-Off to Continue Following Contract Expiration |
Godfrey & Kahn S.C. |
4/3/2013 |
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Seventh Circuit Finds Menial Tasks, Isolation, and Allegations of Violation Provide Pipeline to Jury Trial |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
4/3/2013 |
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Hannaford Data Breach Class Action Certification: Denied |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
4/3/2013 |
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Comcast v. Behrend’s Impact Already Being Felt: Supreme Court Vacates and Remands Whirlpool v. Glazer for Reconsideration |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
4/3/2013 |
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Chicago-Bound: Second of Joao Bock’s 3 Patent Cases Filed in August 2012 Transferred to Another District Court |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
4/2/2013 |
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Clip from The Ed Sullivan Show in Musical Jersey Boys Was Fair Use Under the Copyright Act |
McDermott Will & Emery |
4/2/2013 |
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U.S. Supreme Court to Consider Application of ADEA (Age Discrimination in Employment Act) to State and Local Workers |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
4/2/2013 |
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Supreme Court Comcast Decision Makes Antitrust Class Action Certification More Difficult |
McDermott Will & Emery |
4/2/2013 |
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Eleventh Circuit Rejects U.S. Department of Labor's Authority to Issue Rules for H-2B Program |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
4/2/2013 |
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Graphic Novel Not Substantially Similar to Heroes Re: Copyright Infringement Litigation |
McDermott Will & Emery |
4/2/2013 |
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The Pedowitz Group and Jeff Pedowitz Accuse Jeff Ogden and Find New Customers of Looking for New Customers in the Wrong Places Re: Trademark Infringement |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
4/2/2013 |
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Bill Introduced to Restore California Cities' Ability to Require Affordable Housing |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
4/2/2013 |
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Franchisee Audit Results in Trademark and Breach-of-Contract Action by California Closet Co. Against Franchisee and its Guarantor |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
4/2/2013 |
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Plaintiff’s Foreign Operations Result in “Lessened” Deference to Choice of Home Forum in Trade Secret Misappropriation Case |
McDermott Will & Emery |
4/2/2013 |
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Proof of Copying by Circumstantial Evidence Requires More than “Mere Possibility” in Copyright Infringement Case |
McDermott Will & Emery |
4/1/2013 |
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“FIT U” Fitness Clubs Appeal Preliminary Injunction in Trademark Case to 11th Circuit, but War Rages On in District Court |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
4/1/2013 |
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Preliminary Injunction Upheld Against Misappropriated Cardiovascular Drug |
McDermott Will & Emery |
4/1/2013 |
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In Key Decision, Supreme Court Applies "Rigorous Analysis" to FRCP 23(b)(3) Class Determination in Reversing Class Certification Based on Lack of Showing That Damages Can Be Measured On Classwide Basis |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
4/1/2013 |
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Comcast v. Behrend Sets a Higher Bar for Class Certification |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
4/1/2013 |
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Court Overturns National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Decision in Stella D’Oro Biscuit Co. v. NLRB |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
4/1/2013 |
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Termination of Employee Refusing to Perform Copyright Infringement Was Illegal |
McDermott Will & Emery |
4/1/2013 |
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The Pleading Bar for Securities Fraud Cases Is Higher Than It Looks |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
4/1/2013 |
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Federal Circuit Ruling Clears Way for Approval of Generic Version of Fentora Drug |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/31/2013 |
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Federal Circuit Affirms Injunction Against Impax Labs and Bars Generic Introduction |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/31/2013 |
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BONDing WITH NPE's - The Requirement for Security for Costs or Expenses Under Section 1030 of the California Code of Civil Procedure |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/31/2013 |
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New York District Court Bars Discovery of SEC's Requests for Extension Under Dodd-Frank |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
3/31/2013 |
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Federal Circuit Walks Fine Line in Equitable Estoppel Bar to Patent Infringement Claims |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/31/2013 |
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Absent Explicit Language, Subsequent Patent Settlement Agreement Did Not Obviate Earlier Patent Settlement Agreement |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/31/2013 |
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Texas District Court Deems Arbitration Agreement Enforceable |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
3/31/2013 |
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Warning to in-house Counsel: Be Careful When Responding to Demand Letters |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
3/31/2013 |
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Not so Fast at the Eden Roc |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
3/31/2013 |
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Joint Actors as It Relates to Method Claim Infringement |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/31/2013 |
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"Robins Dry Dock" Rule Alive and Well |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/30/2013 |
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Supreme Court Finds That “First Sale” Copyright Doctrine Applies to Works |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/30/2013 |
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Whitestone Marketing Accuses ProGraphics of a Not-So-Smart Move of Infringing Smart Campaign® Trademark |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/30/2013 |
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Judge McMonagle Awards Damages in San Allen Employment Litigation Case |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
3/29/2013 |
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Major Decision on 2006 Michigan Cable Law |
Varnum LLP |
3/29/2013 |
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Lenders Beware -- Fifth Circuit Has Lowered the Bar for Cramdown Plan Confirmation |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/29/2013 |
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Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules that U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) May Proceed with an Enforcement Action against DTE Energy |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
3/29/2013 |
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Rule Change Approved by the North Carolina Supreme Court |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/29/2013 |
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Sixth Circuit Opens the Door to Greater EPA Involvement in Modifications to Existing Emissions Sources |
Varnum LLP |
3/29/2013 |
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U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Class Certification in Comcast v. Behrend |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
3/29/2013 |
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Closing Time for Anheuser-Busch, the NLRB Adopts a Balancing Test When Unions Request Witness Statements |
Southern Methodist University, SMU Dedman School of Law |
3/28/2013 |
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The Siren Song of Securities: The Perils of Expert Networks & The Risks of Insider Trading |
Rutgers School of Law |
3/28/2013 |
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Massachusetts Statute Concerning Collection of 'Personal Identification Information' During Credit Card Transactions Triggers Wave of Class Action Litigation |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
3/28/2013 |
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Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Antitrust Issues with "Pay for Delay" Agreements |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
3/28/2013 |
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Raising the Bar: Supreme Court Holds Merits Inquiry Requires Link Between Plaintiff’s Liability and Damages Theories at Certification Stage of Class Action Case |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
3/28/2013 |
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Vagueness Challenge to Honest Services Mail Fraud Fails in the Eleventh Circuit post-Skilling v. United States |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
3/28/2013 |
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Florida Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) Regulatory Issues Update |
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
3/28/2013 |
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Should Punxsutawney Phil Take the Heat for the Cold? Re: Ohio Authorities Issue Indictment Against Groundhog |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
3/28/2013 |
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Recent Florida Supreme Court Opinion Expands Business Tort Claims |
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
3/28/2013 |
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Second Circuit Reverses Class Certification Order, Holding That a Clearing Broker's Alleged Knowledge of Fraud Against Shareholders, Absence Direct Involvement, Is Insufficient to Create a Duty of Disclosure |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/27/2013 |
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Supreme Court Reverses Certification Order in Comcast Corporation v. Behrend |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
3/27/2013 |
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“No More Bets”: Ontario Court of Appeal Dismisses “Floating Ball” Case |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
3/27/2013 |
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District Court in 11th Circuit Applies Presumption against Suicide When Interpreting Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Policy |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/27/2013 |
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Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in "Pay-for-Delay" Patent Settlement Antitrust Case |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/27/2013 |
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Federal Court Affirms Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) in Dawson v. Dawson and Bowman |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
3/27/2013 |
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Supreme Court Limits Class Action Plaintiffs’ Ability to Avoid Federal Court |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
3/27/2013 |
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National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Obtains a Vital Win on Antitrust Challenge of Athletic Aid Rules |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
3/27/2013 |
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Who Owns Your Online Persona? Re: Social Media and Employment Litigation |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/27/2013 |
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U.S. Supreme Court: No Permits Required for Channeled Stormwater Discharges from Logging Roads |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
3/26/2013 |
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Supreme Court Narrows 'State Action' Immunity From Antitrust Laws |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
3/26/2013 |
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Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) Jurisdiction Cannot Be Evaded by Limiting Amount in Controversy |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
3/26/2013 |
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LEGO Builds TM and Breach-of-Contract Case on Allegations that Ex-Licensee Sold LEGO-Themed USB Drives after Sell-Off Period Ended |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/26/2013 |
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Federal Circuit Courts Find No Causal Connection in Employee Retaliation Claims |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
3/26/2013 |
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Massachusetts High Court Limits the Scope of Article 97 Re: Redevelopment of Public Land Taken for Urban Renewal |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
3/26/2013 |
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Liability from Maryland’s Secondary Mortgage Loan Law Fails Its Assignment |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/26/2013 |
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Delaware Court of Chancery Addresses Director's Duties In Connection With Change of Control Put Provisions |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
3/26/2013 |
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Stormwater’s Day in the Sun Re: U.S. Supreme Court Issues Decision on Clean Water Act |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
3/26/2013 |
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Judge Pannell Declines to Reconsider Order Denying "Re-transfer" Patent Infringement Action |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/26/2013 |
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India at the Crossroads |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/26/2013 |
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Health Care Reform Update March 25, 2013 |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
3/25/2013 |
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March Madness Taking Hold of Sixth Circuit |
Varnum LLP |
3/25/2013 |
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Supreme Court Vacates Remand Order in Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
3/25/2013 |
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Update: National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to Appeal Recess Appointment Case to the U.S. Supreme Court |
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
3/25/2013 |
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Employee's Disagreement with Employer's Investigation Does Not Prove Retaliation |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
3/24/2013 |
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Federal Court Rejects "Core Operations" Theory of Scienter in Battery Manufacturer Fraud Case |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
3/24/2013 |
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The Legal Risks of Blogging |
Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) |
3/23/2013 |
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Western District of Michigan Celebrates 150th Anniversary |
Varnum LLP |
3/23/2013 |
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SEC Oversight of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Exempt from FOIA Request |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
3/23/2013 |
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Sound Employer Practices Remain Key to Successful Defenses |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
3/23/2013 |
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New York-based Design House Files Copyright and Trademark Lawsuit over MADISON Carpet Style |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/23/2013 |
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California Court of Appeal Finds Employment Arbitration Agreement Barring Class Claims Unconscionable |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
3/23/2013 |
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Service of Process through Social Media |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
3/23/2013 |
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Federal Court Rules Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Does Not Have Authority to Fine Trader for Manipulation of Futures Contracts |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
3/23/2013 |
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The Seventh Circuit Expands Scope of Absolute Priority Rule to Protect Creditors |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/23/2013 |
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Federal Court Enjoins the Application of the Contraceptive Mandate to Company Owned By the Founder of Domino’s Pizza |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
3/23/2013 |
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Supreme Court Reaffirms EPA’s Right to Define Scope of its Own Regulations in Clean Water Act Decision |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
3/23/2013 |
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Preliminarily-Enjoined Parties in Trademark Case Appeal to Eleventh Circuit, which then Denies their Motion to Stay Injunction |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/22/2013 |
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Timing Alone Insufficient Where Multi-Year Gap Between Protected Activity and Adverse Action in Employment Discrimination Case |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
3/22/2013 |
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Supreme Court Rules Class Action Plaintiffs Cannot Use Damage-Limiting Stipulations To Avoid Federal Court |
Armstrong Teasdale |
3/22/2013 |
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Second Circuit Upholds Enforceability of Arbitration Agreements that Bar Title VII Class Actions, Finding that there is no Substantive Statutory Right to Pursue a Pattern-or-Practice Claim |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/22/2013 |
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U.S. Supreme Court Makes Price Differentiation Between Markets More Difficult for Copyright Owners |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
3/22/2013 |
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SEC Secures Largest-Ever Settlement for Insider Trading Case |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
3/22/2013 |
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New Jersey Appellate Court Upholds Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Waiver Rule |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
3/22/2013 |
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Retail Did You Know? Zip Codes Are Personal Information In Massachusetts |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
3/22/2013 |
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Broker-Dealer Litigation: 2012 Annual Survey |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
3/22/2013 |
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International Franchise Association Urges Massachusetts To Change Laws To Clarify That Franchisors Are Independent Contractors |
Armstrong Teasdale |
3/22/2013 |
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From Frying Pan to Fire: Chicago Employers May Lose Business Licenses Following Wage and Hour Violations |
Much Shelist, P.C. |
3/21/2013 |
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Coal Plants Sued for Pollution Exceedances |
Varnum LLP |
3/21/2013 |
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The Copyright Act’s “First Sale” Doctrine Applies to Works Lawfully Made Abroad and Imported to the United States |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/21/2013 |
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Trusting a Trustee-Is the Duty To Communicate with Beneficiaries Always Present? |
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC |
3/21/2013 |
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Supreme Court Limits Class Action Plaintiffs' Ability to Manipulate Jurisdiction |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
3/21/2013 |
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Who Owns a LinkedIn Account? An Update to Eagle v. Edcomm, Inc. |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
3/21/2013 |
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In Re Hubbell (Patent Litigation) |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
3/21/2013 |
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Second Circuit Rules that the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Does Not Apply to Claims for Gap-Time Pay |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/21/2013 |
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Federal Court Affirms Discounted Stock Options Are Deferred Compensation Subject to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
3/21/2013 |
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Recent SEC Settlements Serve as Cautionary Tale About the Use of Unregistered Broker-Dealers by Investment Advisers |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
3/21/2013 |
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Tribal Gaming Revenue Sharing in California |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
3/20/2013 |
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Unanimous Supreme Court Slams Shut Procedural Loophole for Class-Action Plaintiffs |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
3/20/2013 |
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Attorneys Can Be Considered Debt Collectors Under Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) |
Varnum LLP |
3/20/2013 |
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Supreme Court Ruling Reverses Bad 9th Circuit Precedent on Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/20/2013 |
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Recent Indiana Case Addresses No-Lien Contract, Residential Mechanic’s Lien, and Personal Liability Notice Statute Issues |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
3/20/2013 |
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Recent Minnesota Supreme Court Case May Limit Additional Insured’s Rights and Indemnity Obligations in Construction Contracts |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
3/20/2013 |
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Brussels Court of Appeal Rules that Legal Professional Privilege Applies to In-house Counsel |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/20/2013 |
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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Lacks Authority Over Commodity Futures Contracts |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
3/19/2013 |
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Illinois Legislature Overrules Cypress Creek and Resolves Controversial Mechanics’ Lien Enhancement Issue In Favor Of Contractors |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
3/19/2013 |
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Federal Circuit Will Review Cybor Intellectual Property Decision En Banc |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
3/19/2013 |
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Déjà vu All Over Again: Michigan Meets Another Roadblock in Effort to Limit Project Labor Agreements |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
3/19/2013 |
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East Coast Spotlight on Design Patents: Spanx v. Yummie Tummie |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/19/2013 |
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Western Electricity Coordinating Council (“WECC”) Files Petition to Reorganize and Maintain 215 Funding for Reliability Coordination |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
3/19/2013 |
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Executive Life Insurance Company of New York (ELNY) Appeal Denied, Further Appeal Sought |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
3/19/2013 |
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Massachusetts District Court Finds No Inference of Conspiracy Arising From Members of Standard Setting Organization Pursuing Self Interest In Refusing To Approve Plaintiff's Competing Technology |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/19/2013 |
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Update: Crane Decision is Overturned by The United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois |
Much Shelist, P.C. |
3/18/2013 |
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DC Circuit: FERC Lacked Jurisdiction to Fine Amaranth Trader Hunter $30 Million CFTC Has Exclusive Jurisdiction over Natural Gas Futures Contracts |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
3/18/2013 |
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Employee Retaliation Claims: Will the Supreme Court Stem the Tide? |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
3/18/2013 |
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Ninth Circuit Affirms Conviction and Sentence in InterMune Pharmaceutical Marketing Fraud Case |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
3/18/2013 |
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Chief Judge of Northern District of Georgia Grants Motion to Stay Pending Reexamination |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/18/2013 |
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Beware the Boilerplate: Cutting Off Fraud Claims with a Merger Clause |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
3/18/2013 |
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Wall Street Confidential: Does Your Workplace Policy Put You at Risk With the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)? |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
3/17/2013 |
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Locked Out of LinkedIn: A Federal Court Opens the Door To Employer Liability |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
3/16/2013 |
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Did They Just Say That? A Reminder That Off-The-Cuff Remarks Handcuff Employers in Employment Lawsuits |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
3/16/2013 |
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Judicial Approval No More? The Days of Judicially Scrutinized FLSA Settlements May Be Drawing To a Close |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
3/16/2013 |
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Beware the Boilerplate: “As-is” Provisions and Reliance-Negating Merger Clauses: A 1-2 Knockout Punch |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
3/15/2013 |
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Real Housewives of the Northern District: Reality TV Stars Now Legal Adversaries in Copyright Battle |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/14/2013 |
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Zip Code as Personal Information: The Massachusetts Round 2 |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
3/14/2013 |
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Which Comes First – The Consolidation Order or the Venue Transfer? |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
3/14/2013 |
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Are Dr. Dre’s Claims of Likelihood of Confusion and Dilution Enough to “Beat” His Opponents? Re: Trademark Registrations |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
3/14/2013 |
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Lenders Beware -- California Decision May Ignite Next Wave of Lender Liability Litigation |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/14/2013 |
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District Court Finds That an Employee May Be Lawfully Terminated for Misconduct Caused by a Disability |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
3/14/2013 |
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Unnecessary Nominative Use May Not Be Trademark Infringement |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
3/14/2013 |
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Setback for Apple in iPhone Multi-District Litigation (MDL) |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
3/14/2013 |
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Use of Broker-Dealers in EB-5 Offerings |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
3/14/2013 |
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What Is a "Vessel"? Re: U.S. Supreme Court Issues Decision |
Vedder Price |
3/13/2013 |
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Second Circuit Rules That Putative Auction Rate Securities Class Action Complaints Failed to Adequately Plead Antitrust Conspiracy |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/13/2013 |
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Florida Physician Pays Historic Amount To Settle False Claims Act Case |
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
3/13/2013 |
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The Lender as Successor Developer Revisited |
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
3/13/2013 |
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French Court Ruling Calls into Question One-sided Jurisdiction Clauses |
Vedder Price |
3/13/2013 |
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National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Reverses Field for Student-Athlete |
Poyner Spruill LLP |
3/12/2013 |
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U.S. Supreme Court Issues Two Important Securities-Law Opinions |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
3/12/2013 |
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North Carolina Supreme Court Gives Stamp, It's Stamp of Approval |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/12/2013 |
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Federal Court: No Duty to Indemnify Claims Barred by Statute of Limitations |
Varnum LLP |
3/12/2013 |
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Payroll Tax Fraud by Accountant Keeps Employer’s Statute of Limitations Open |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
3/12/2013 |
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Teaching Hospitals May Adjust Number of Residents and Interns for Medicare Payment Past Three-Year Review Period, D.C. Appeals Court Rules |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
3/12/2013 |
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Another Franchisor Faces Lawsuit Alleging That Its Franchisees Are Actually Employees |
Armstrong Teasdale |
3/12/2013 |
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U.S. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit) Orders Argentina To Submit Proposal For Alternative Payment Plan To Avoid Debt Default... Again |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/12/2013 |
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Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Securities Act Violation Claims, Holding that Plaintiff's Allegations Were Sufficient to Plead a Reasonable Inference of Misrepresentations in a Prospectus |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/11/2013 |
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Protecting Yourself Against Changes in Contractual Counterparties |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
3/11/2013 |
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SEC Speaks 2013: Enforcement Division Highlights Need for Strong Compliance Programs and Continued Efforts to Expand Reach of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Investigations |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
3/11/2013 |
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Covenant Not to Sue Is Not Discharged in Bankruptcy |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/11/2013 |
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Legal Notices in Bankruptcy Proceedings: To Read, or Not to Read? |
Much Shelist, P.C. |
3/11/2013 |
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So, Can You Make A Barcelona Chair Now? Re: Trade Dress Rights Litigation |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/11/2013 |
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New York Court of Appeals Finds The Phrase "Other Good And Valuable Consideration" In A Contract To Be A Clear And Unambiguous Statement |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/11/2013 |
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Trademark Defendant Who Lost on Summary Judgment Files Appeal with Eleventh Circuit, but Special Master May Still Assess Monetary Recovery |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/11/2013 |
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Appellee Can Rely on Any Ground Supported by the Record to Defend the Decision Appealed From |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/11/2013 |
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Illinois Hospital Brings Antitrust Suit Against Rival Hospital Alleging It Pressured Insurers Not To Contract With Plaintiff |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
3/11/2013 |
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Bankrupt Municipality May Reduce Retiree Benefits |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/11/2013 |
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Exclusive License Not Required for Standing to Claim Misappropriation of a Trade Secret Involving Subway Car Brakes |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/11/2013 |
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Northern District of Georgia Denies Motion to Strike Affirmative Defenses and Grants Motion to Stay Pending Reexamination |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/11/2013 |
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Federal Circuit Finds New “Respect” for Patent, But Not That “Each” of Plaintiff’s Claims Are Plausible |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/11/2013 |
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Jurisdictions Split on When Copyright Registration Occurs: Impacts Are Huge on Both Claimable Damages and Copyright Portfolio Protection Costs |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
3/11/2013 |
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Insights About Software Patenting: Cybersource Corp. v. Retail Decisions |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/11/2013 |
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Issues Guidance on Country of Origin |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
3/11/2013 |
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Revised Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Notification Thresholds for 2013 |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
3/11/2013 |
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Franchisee Sued by Mrs. Winners Restaurant Franchise on Several Trademark Counts |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/11/2013 |
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Adverse Inference Based on Destruction of Computer Evidence |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/11/2013 |
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Seneca Nation v. New York Exclusivity Dispute Update |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
3/11/2013 |
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Can Your Employee Sue You? New Decision from 5th Court of Appeals Continues the Confusion as to Who Is a Jones Act Seaman |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/11/2013 |
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Oregon Flocks to Fraud on the Market |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
3/11/2013 |
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Auto Repair Trade Association Requests That Department of Justice (DOJ) Investigate the Use of Most Favored Nation Clauses By Auto Insurers |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
3/11/2013 |
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Supreme Court Affirms Certification Decision in Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
3/11/2013 |
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California Employees Who Exhaust Pregnancy Leave May Still Have Disability Discrimination Claim under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
3/11/2013 |
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Delaware Chancery Court Addresses Records Inspection Requests Standards |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
3/10/2013 |
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Omega Patents Wraps up One Case and Launches Another |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/10/2013 |
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Federal Circuit to District Courts: Decide Transfer Motions Early |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/10/2013 |
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Judicial Scrutiny, Proposed Settlements and Avoiding Settlement Rejections |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
3/10/2013 |
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9th Circuit Applies Dukes v. Wal-Mart to a Wage/Hour Class Action |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/10/2013 |
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Risk Analysis Essential In Today's Economy |
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC |
3/10/2013 |
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Settlement With Google — Both Sides Won |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
3/10/2013 |
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Use of Candid Photo in Poster Not Copyright Infringement |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/10/2013 |
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In Like a Lion: Another Counterfeiting Ring Busted in Atlanta |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/10/2013 |
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Lender’s Credit Bid of Entire Debt at Foreclosure Sale Results in Forfeiture of Rights to Additional Collateral |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
3/10/2013 |
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New Jersey Federal Court Cautions Employers When Responding to Even Routine Demand Letters |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
3/10/2013 |
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Federal Circuit Rules on Pleading Standard for Infringement of Design Patents |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/10/2013 |
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Zurich v. Raymark Still Alive & Well In Illinois Insurance Litigation — Whiskers & All |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
3/10/2013 |
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Plain Language in Patent Claim Applications |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/10/2013 |
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Seventh Circuit to Employers: Be Specific, Ambiguities in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 68 Offers of Judgment Might Cost You |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
3/10/2013 |
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Fourth Circuit: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Rule Is For Customers Only |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/10/2013 |
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U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Apply the "Discovery Rule" to Extend the Five-Year Statute of Limitations for SEC Punitive Fraud Enforcement Actions |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/10/2013 |
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Unitary Patent Spells Radical Changes for European Patent System in 2014 |
Vedder Price |
3/10/2013 |
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E-Commerce, Internet Technology and Novelty |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/10/2013 |
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Supreme Court to Hear a Case Affecting a Fundamental Element of Discrimination and Retaliation Actions |
Vedder Price |
3/9/2013 |
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Week in Review: February 25 - March 1, 2013 |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
3/9/2013 |
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Michigan ATMs Hit With Class Action Lawsuits Alleging Non-Compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Requirements |
Varnum LLP |
3/9/2013 |
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State Medicaid Enforcement Efforts Net $2.9 Billion in Recoveries for FY 2012 |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
3/9/2013 |
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Internal Investigations Can Be Crucial to Defense Against Retaliation Claims in 7th Circuit |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
3/9/2013 |
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The Fourth Circuit Opens the Door to Extrinsic Evidence in Considering a Claim for Employee Benefits |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/9/2013 |
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Third Circuit Reinforces Limits to Directors' Exposure for Misconduct by Corporate Employees |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/9/2013 |
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Second Circuit Affirms Willful Infringement of Fendi’s Trademark |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/9/2013 |
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So, You Think You Have “Replacement Cost” Insurance Coverage! Re: Illinois Insurance Litigation |
Much Shelist, P.C. |
3/9/2013 |
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Social Media: From Computer to Courtroom |
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. |
3/9/2013 |
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Florida Supreme Court Delimits Economic Loss Rule |
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
3/9/2013 |
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Ohio Supreme Court Offers Clarification of Employment Intentional Tort Statute |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
3/9/2013 |
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New Supreme Court Maritime Law Case on Vessel Status |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/9/2013 |
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Eastern and Southern New York District Courts Compel Plaintiffs to Arbitrate their FLSA Collective Action Claims on an Individualized Basis |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/9/2013 |
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Titanic Intellectual Property Lawsuit Launched to Sink Competing Enterprise |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/9/2013 |
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Supreme Court Denies Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Extra Time to Bring Enforcement Actions for Civil Penalties |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
3/9/2013 |
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Illinois Court Revives Whistleblower Act Claim of Employee Who Was Fired Following Fine |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
3/9/2013 |
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Line in the Sand: Siemens Argentina Case Limits Personal Jurisdiction Under the "FCPA" Foreign Corrupt Practices Act |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/9/2013 |
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Control Freak— Lessons to be Learned from the European Union’s (EU) Electrabel Decision |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
3/9/2013 |
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Hospital Acquisition Takes Big Hit: Supreme Court Unanimously Favors Federal Trade Commission |
von Briesen & Roper, S.C. |
3/9/2013 |
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U.S. Supreme Court Holds that Class Action Securities Fraud Plaintiffs Need Not Prove the Materiality of the Alleged False Statements or Omissions to Support Certification of a Class, Resolving Circuit Split |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/9/2013 |
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How to Be Anti-Troll Without Being Antitrust |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
3/8/2013 |
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GH&C’s Paul Schneider Prevails Before New Jersey Supreme Court |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
3/8/2013 |
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Michigan Court of Appeals Says Unscheduled Debts Are Not Discharged in Bankruptcy |
Varnum LLP |
3/8/2013 |
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Illinois Hospital Brings Antitrust Suit Against Rival Hospital Alleging it Pressured Insurers not to Contract with Plaintiff |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
3/8/2013 |
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An Insider’s Guide to Evading Absolute Priority? Seventh Circuit: New Value Competition Requirements Apply to Insiders |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
3/8/2013 |
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Ninth Circuit Off-Label Marketing Decision Suggests More Prosecutions Will Be Coming |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/8/2013 |
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Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division Continues To Pursue Employers Engaged in Efforts to Restrict Employee Job Change |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
3/8/2013 |
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New ERISA Fiduciary Concern When Employer Stock Offered as 401(k) Plan Investment Option |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
3/8/2013 |
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The European Union (EU) E-Books Settlement: A Study in Elephant Avoidance |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
3/8/2013 |
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In a Matter of First Impression, the Tennessee Supreme Court Holds That Damages for Loss of Consumer Credit are Recoverable Under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
3/8/2013 |
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A Return to the Old Normal – Delaware Confirms That a Reverse Triangular Merger Does Not Result in an Assignment by Operation of Law |
Armstrong Teasdale |
3/7/2013 |
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Mattel v. MGA Entertainment—The BRATZ Saga Continues |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/7/2013 |
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Supreme Court Holds That Proof Of Materiality Is Not A Prerequisite To Certification Of Fraud-On-The-Market Securities Class Actions |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
3/7/2013 |
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Southeast Clinical Nutrition Centers, Inc. Sues Mayo Foundation over Diet-Related Service Marks |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/7/2013 |
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Safeguarding Your Merger & Acquisitions Deal from Private Antitrust Challenges |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
3/7/2013 |
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United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Reopens Public Hearing on Genetic Diagnostic Testing |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
3/7/2013 |
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Illinois Mortgages Are Not Required to Disclose Interest Rate and Maturity |
Much Shelist, P.C. |
3/7/2013 |
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California Employees Who Exhaust Pregnancy Leave May Still Have Disability Discrimination Claim under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
3/7/2013 |
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Georgia Rivers are "Navigable" |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/6/2013 |
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California Lenders Beware - Oral Statements may Trump Written Agreements |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/6/2013 |
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Dismissal of "First-Filed" Action does not Compel Re-transfer of Second Action to Original Forum |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/6/2013 |
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Computer-Assisted Review Costs Awarded in California Patent Case |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
3/6/2013 |
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Oral Arguments in CLS Bank Give Hope to Both Sides |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
3/6/2013 |
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Supreme Court’s Decision in FTC v. Phoebe Putney Offers Additional Caution to Health Care Providers Seeking Antitrust Immunity in their Dealings with State or Local Entities |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
3/5/2013 |
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Let’s Continue with Insights about Software Patenting |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/5/2013 |
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Tell Me More: New Landlord Disclosure Requirements in 2013 |
Lewis and Roca LLP |
3/5/2013 |
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NCAA v. Christie: Administrative Law Point May Determine Future of Sports Betting |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
3/5/2013 |
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Preservation of Error: Prejudicial or Argumentative Closing Arguments |
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
3/5/2013 |
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DC Circuit Court Finds President Obama’s Appointments Unconstitutional |
Vedder Price |
3/5/2013 |
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Notice of Tax Lien Foreclosure to Mortgage Holders is Determined by the Address in the Mortgage |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
3/4/2013 |
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New Obstacles in Kentucky Emotional Distress Claims |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
3/4/2013 |
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What Happens at Home Stays at Home? |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
3/4/2013 |
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Useful Links for Litigation in Nevada State Courts |
Lewis and Roca LLP |
3/4/2013 |
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Acts of Direct Infringement Not Required to Establish Case and Controversy of Indirect Infringement |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/4/2013 |
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Eleventh Circuit Finds Exclusion Insufficient for Insurance Companies to Avoid “Advertising Injury” Coverage for Copyright Infringement Defendant |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/4/2013 |
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Split Emerges on Customs Law after Eleventh Circuit Vacates Smuggling Convictions |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
3/4/2013 |
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Fifth Circuit Upholds Constitutionality of Mississippi Statutory Cap on Noneconomic Damages Against Right to Jury Trial and Separation of Powers Challenges |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
3/4/2013 |
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You (Re: Copyright Ownership Dispute Over A Screenplay) |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/3/2013 |
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The Federal Circuit Is Not the Place for Side Bets (Re: Patent Infringement Litigation) |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/3/2013 |
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Cease and Desist? (Re: National Labor Relations Board) |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
3/3/2013 |
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Former Executive’s Race to California Hits a Roadblock in New York |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
3/3/2013 |
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7th Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Per Se Claims Against Agreements Not to Compete as Justified by Productivity Benefits |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
3/3/2013 |
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New York’s Statutory Residence Wars: A Ray of Hope? |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/3/2013 |
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Supreme Court Ruling Lowers Class Action Hurdle for Securities Fraud Cases |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
3/3/2013 |
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The Supreme Court Limits the Antitrust “State Action” Doctrine |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
3/3/2013 |
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Early Resolution Through Focus on Claim Construction in Intellectual Property Cases |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/3/2013 |
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Federal Circuit Rules Assignor Estoppel is a Shield, Not a Sword |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/3/2013 |
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Perception Is Reality (Re: Americans with Disabilities Act and “Perceived As” Claims) |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
3/3/2013 |
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Nothing Non-Obvious About Applying Pre-Existing Technology to the Internet in Intellectual Property Cases |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/2/2013 |
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93A Judgment and Finding of Debtor’s Willful Conduct Not Subject to Discharge in Bankruptcy |
Raymond Law Group LLC |
3/2/2013 |
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Federal Circuit Expands Liability for Induced Infringement of Method Patents |
Lewis and Roca LLP |
3/2/2013 |
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Supreme Court: State Court Has Jurisdiction over a Legal Malpractice Claim |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/2/2013 |
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United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Issues First Decision Instituting Covered Business Method Patent Review (CBM) |
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. |
3/2/2013 |
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Suit Against Kimberly-Clark Transferred from Western District of Washington Mirrors Recently-Filed Complaint |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/1/2013 |
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Federal Court Upholds Random Alcohol Testing of New U.S. Steel Coke Plant Employees |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
3/1/2013 |
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Eleventh Circuit Affirms Conviction and 51-Month Sentence for Criminal Copyright Infringement and Trafficking in Counterfeit Labels |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/1/2013 |
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Supreme Court Rules Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Has Five Years to Seek Penalties |
McDermott Will & Emery |
3/1/2013 |
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U.S. Court of Appeals Rejects Petitions for Review of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) Decision on Mobile-Sierra Applicability to Forward Capacity Auction Rates |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
3/1/2013 |
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Pending Petition for CBM (covered business method) Review Results in Litigation Stay |
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. |
3/1/2013 |
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Same Sex Harassment Claim Against Straight Male Supervisor Cannot Be Dismissed, Says Second Circuit |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
3/1/2013 |
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Insurance Company Files Declaratory Judgment Action to Avoid Coverage for Defendant in Lawsuits Brought by George Clooney and Julia Roberts |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
3/1/2013 |
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California Supreme Court Resolves Court of Appeal Split, Holding that Section 2010 of the California Corporations Code -- California's "Survival Statute" -- Does Not Apply to Foreign Corporations |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
3/1/2013 |
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Employers Guilty Until Proven Innocent? Third Circuit Lowers the Bar for Employees Claiming Retaliation for Certain Protected Whistleblower Activities |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
3/1/2013 |
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AFL-CIO Executive Council Demands Fully Staffed National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
2/28/2013 |
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Illinois Supreme Court Issues New Procedural Rules for Foreclosures |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
2/28/2013 |
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BJ's Wholesale Club Sued Over Bone-Shaped Dog Bowls |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
2/28/2013 |
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The Wage and Hour Movement Against Internship Programs |
Poyner Spruill LLP |
2/28/2013 |
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State Law Resale Price Maintenance: We're not in Kansas anymore |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
2/28/2013 |
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Seventh Circuit Addresses Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Class Certification Standards |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
2/28/2013 |
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In Oral Arguments during Bowman v. Monsanto the Supreme Court Struggles with Exhaustion Doctrine for Patented Seeds |
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. |
2/27/2013 |
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Comverge Asserts Infringement of Patents Disclosing Power Management/Energy Load Devices and Methods against Entek Systems, a Company Operated by Inventors of Some of the Patents |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
2/27/2013 |
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Fourth Circuit Refuses to Pierce the Corporate Veil in Oil Spill Case |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
2/27/2013 |
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Bingo: Casino’s Federal License is a Shield Against Public Nuisance Claim |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
2/27/2013 |
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Federal Court Rejects Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Suit Over Random Alcohol Testing of Probationary Plant Employees |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
2/26/2013 |
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False Press Release Leads To Exclusion From Federal Programs |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
2/26/2013 |
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Southern District of New York (SDNY) Favors the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Action Involving Novel Issues of Statutory Interpretation |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
2/26/2013 |
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Ninth Circuit Clarifies Extraterritorial Reach of California Antitrust Laws |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
2/26/2013 |
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Market Test Required for Plans Giving Equity to Insiders |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
2/25/2013 |
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Southern District of New York (SDNY) Finds Lack of Personal Jurisdiction in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Claim |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
2/25/2013 |
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What Constitutes an Abstract Idea in Intellectual Property? |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
2/25/2013 |
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“Ruff” Ruling for Defendant: Supreme Court Says Dog’s Alert to Drugs is Reliable Based on All of the Circumstances |
Varnum LLP |
2/25/2013 |
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Why Can't They Be FRANDs? Concerns About The International Trade Commission (ITC's) Approach to Standard-Essential Patent Cases Are Unwarranted |
Adduci, Mastriani, & Schaumberg LLP |
2/25/2013 |
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Rodney Hailey Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison for Selling $9 Million in Fraudulent Renewable Fuel Credits / Owner of “Clean Green Fuel” falsely claimed his company produced 23 million gallons of renewable fuel |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
2/25/2013 |
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REDC Default Solutions to Pay $50,000 to Settle U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Disability Discrimination Lawsuit |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
2/24/2013 |
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Shot Down by the Gunn: The Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Leaving Malpractice Cases Involving Underlying Patent Issues with State Courts |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
2/24/2013 |
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Who Picks Up the Tab for Delinquent Condo Owner Assessments? |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
2/24/2013 |
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Supreme Court More Clearly Articulates the "Clearly Articulated" Prong of the State Action Exemption |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
2/24/2013 |
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Northern District of Georgia Adopts Special Master’s Patent Claim Construction and Summary Judgment Denial Recommendations Over Sprint’s Objections |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
2/24/2013 |
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Noel Canning Delays Review of “Ambush” Election Rules |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
2/24/2013 |
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Courts Are Open For Developer Seeking Release of Performance Bonds |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
2/23/2013 |
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California Supreme Court Sends Mixed Signals in Long-Awaited Mixed-Motive Discrimination Decision |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
2/23/2013 |
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Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Unforeseeability Bars Immunity Defense for Allegedly Anticompetitive Hospital Merger |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
2/23/2013 |
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DOJ Announces Settlement Resolving Alleged INA Violations by Health Care Company |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
2/23/2013 |
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Decision in Southern New York US District Court Undercuts Extraterritorial Reach of the "FCPA" Foreign Corrupt Practices Act |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
2/23/2013 |
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Your Hotel Desk Chair May Be Patented |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
2/23/2013 |
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Second Circuit Rejects Application of McDonnell Douglas to New York City Human Rights Law – But Grants Summary Judgment Under More Lenient Analysis |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
2/23/2013 |
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AMR Decision Highlights Bankruptcy Court Split on Enforceability of Ipso Facto Clauses |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
2/23/2013 |
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U.S. Whistleblower Recovers Large Sum from Antidumping Duty Evasion |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/22/2013 |
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The People's Supreme Court of China Issues Judicial Interpretation to Define Foreign-Related Civil Relationships |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
2/22/2013 |
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Ninth Circuit Rules that Out-of-State Plaintiffs Can Sue under California's Indirect Purchaser Statute |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
2/22/2013 |
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Supreme Court Rules for FTC in Hospital Merger Case |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
2/22/2013 |
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Department of Justice (DOJ) Announces Settlement Resolving Alleged Immigration and Nationality Act’s (INA) Violations by Health Care Company |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
2/22/2013 |
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Supreme Court Hears “Replicant Soy Bean” Appeal |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
2/22/2013 |
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Second Circuit Narrows Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Exhaustion Requirement When Plan Document Is Ambiguous on Need to Follow Claims Procedures |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/22/2013 |
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U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Clarify Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA’s) Exemption for Donning and Doffing Time |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
2/22/2013 |
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Supreme Court Limits Availability of State Action Immunity from Federal Antitrust Liability |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/22/2013 |
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Brilliant Instruments v. GuideTech – Doctrine of Equivalents on Review |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
2/22/2013 |
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D.C. Circuit Upholds Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Ruling to Apply Mobile-Sierra Doctrine to Forward Capacity Auction (FCA) Rates |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
2/22/2013 |
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“Circuit Split on Truth-in-Lending Act (TILA) Widens” Or “Three Years is a Lot Longer Than it Used to Be” |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
2/21/2013 |
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National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Issues Guidance on Calculating Backpay under Latino Express |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
2/21/2013 |
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Recent Developments in PM2.5, SO2 and CSAPR Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Rule Challenges |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
2/21/2013 |
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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Bureau of Competition Issues Another Favorable Clinical Integration Program Advisory Opinion |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/21/2013 |
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Judgment Against AutoZone Affirmed in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Disability Discrimination Case |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
2/21/2013 |
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I’m Too Sexy It Hurts… My Employment |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
2/21/2013 |
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File for Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) Tax Refunds Before April 15 |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
2/21/2013 |
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University of Maryland Faculty Physicians, Inc. Will Pay $92,500 to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
2/21/2013 |
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Northern District of Georgia Finds Insufficiencies in Both a Covenant Not to Sue and in a Motion for Summary Judgment of Patent Obviousness |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
2/21/2013 |
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Promises to Keep—Lender Beware: California Supreme Court Expands Parol Evidence Fraud Exception |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
2/21/2013 |
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Appellate Division Narrowly Construes Highlands Act Exemption |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
2/20/2013 |
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Court Finds Crime Insurance Covers Data Losses |
Raymond Law Group LLC |
2/20/2013 |
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Beware the Boilerplate: Post-Script - Customizing Language in Loan Documents |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
2/20/2013 |
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Commenting Upon Scope of Applicable Twombly/Iqbal Standards, Northern District of Georgia Refuses to Dismiss Indirect Patent Infringement Allegations |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
2/20/2013 |
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Antitrust Criminal Chief Warns of Expanding Investigation into Auto Parts Industry |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
2/20/2013 |
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Fifth District Changes Procedure for Obtaining Extension of Time to File |
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
2/20/2013 |
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Insurer’s Silence Does Not Evidence Consent For Purposes of Voluntary Payments Condition |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
2/19/2013 |
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The Letter of the Law Proves Equally As Applicable to Employees in Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Disputes |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
2/19/2013 |
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Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Securities Fraud Claims Relating to Allegedly Misleading Press Release |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
2/19/2013 |
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Transocean Pleads Guilty, Is Sentenced to Pay $400 Million in Criminal Penalties for Criminal Conduct Leading to Deepwater Horizon Disaster / Second Corporate Guilty Plea Obtained by Deepwater Horizon Task Force, Second-largest Criminal Clean Water Act |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
2/18/2013 |
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Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) Motion in “Jack the Rapper” Trademark Lawsuit Spawns Early Settlement Dialogue |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
2/18/2013 |
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California Court of Appeal Recognizes That Wide Discretion Granted to a Board of Directors Under the Business Judgment Rule May Be Tempered By a Corporation's Private Contractual Obligations to Its Shareholders/Members |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
2/17/2013 |
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Fourth Circuit Refuses to Pierce the Corporate Veil in Oil Spill Case |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
2/17/2013 |
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Lock Up Your Creditors - Court Gives Broad Protection to Binding Plan Support Agreements |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
2/17/2013 |
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Building a Ready for Action Intellectual Property Portfolio Strategy for In-House Counsel |
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2/17/2013 |
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North Carolina Supreme Court Rules on Various Land Use Matters |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
2/17/2013 |
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is Plowing Ahead With Roll-Out of Plan for the New Mortgage Rules Despite Noel Canning Decision |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
2/17/2013 |
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Law Suit Against U.P. Michigan Cellulosic Bio Refinery Dismissed |
Varnum LLP |
2/17/2013 |
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Kimberly-Clark Hit with Suit and Preliminary Injunction Motion Over Surgical Drapes |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
2/16/2013 |
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Seventh Circuit Addresses Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Class Certification Standards |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
2/16/2013 |
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In the Matter of Castleton Plaza, LP: Appeal Before The Seventh Circuit Benefiting All Creditors in Bankruptcy |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
2/15/2013 |
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Federal Court Reaffirms that Motions to Dismiss Must Be Based on Information Expressly Included in the Complaint |
Varnum LLP |
2/15/2013 |
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Is The Would-Be Arbitration Claimant A Brokerage Firm “Customer?” The Fourth Circuit Says Both “Yes” And “No” |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
2/15/2013 |
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On Valentine's & Every Other Day, We Love Lawsuits [INFOGRAPHIC] |
The Rainmaker Institute |
2/15/2013 |
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2013 Should Bring Clarity to Analysis of Settlements of Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
2/15/2013 |
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New York Appeals Court Applies Liberal Standard in Reinstating a Sex Bias Claim Under the City Human Rights Law |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
2/15/2013 |
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Textile Company Slams Furniture Manufacturer and Retailers with Copyright Infringement Suit |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
2/15/2013 |
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In a Matter of First Impression, the Tennessee Supreme Court Holds That Damages for Loss of Consumer Credit are Recoverable Under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
2/15/2013 |
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California Supreme Court Gives California’s Unfair Competition Law More Coverage |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
2/14/2013 |
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BMI Strikes Again: Rome, GA Restaurant Target of 3rd Georgia Copyright Suit Filed in 3 Weeks |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
2/14/2013 |
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Are Banks Reassessing Risky Practices in Wake of Libor Rate-Rigging Scandal? |
Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) |
2/14/2013 |
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court Finds Ambiguity Regarding "Self-Insurer" In The Context Of UIM Coverage |
von Briesen & Roper, S.C. |
2/14/2013 |
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Week in Review: January 28 - February 1, 2013 |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
2/14/2013 |
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District Court Reinforces Broad Territorial Reach of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
2/14/2013 |
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Recent Minnesota Supreme Court Case May Limit Additional Insured’s Rights and Indemnity Obligations in Construction Contracts |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
2/14/2013 |
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Mine Safety Health Administration (MHSA) Inspection Failures May Spur Increases to Inspection Activities |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
2/14/2013 |
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UK Employment Alert No 206: How to Terminate Employment and Exercise a Payment in Lieu of Notice Clause |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/14/2013 |
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Court Grants MSJ for Defendant Loan Servicer’s Breach of Contract Claim Where Plaintiff Fails to Make Mortgage Payments, But Permits Plaintiffs’ Counts For Violations of the MCPA, Promissory Estoppel, and Negligent Misrepresentation To Proceed |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
2/14/2013 |
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Week in Review: February 4-8, 2013 |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
2/13/2013 |
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Freezes Assets and Brings Civil Charges against EB-5 Investor Visa Project |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
2/13/2013 |
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Appeals Court Upholds Individual Insurance Mandate Amid Mandate Implementation Efforts |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
2/13/2013 |
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Restrictive Covenants and Home Businesses (or Working from Home) |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
2/13/2013 |
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Unions File Suit Challenging Michigan’s Right to Work Law |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
2/13/2013 |
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Americans with Disabilities Act: Accommodating the Commute |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
2/12/2013 |
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Cour de Cassation, France's Highest Court, Rules on Automotive Quantitative Selective Distribution Agreements |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/12/2013 |
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7th Circuit Decision Underscores Threat of Individual Liability in Withdrawal Liability Cases |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
2/12/2013 |
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Awuah v. Coverall: What If I Didn’t Know About The Mandatory Arbitration Provision In My Franchise Agreement? |
Armstrong Teasdale |
2/12/2013 |
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Gets Into the EB-5 Ring: Considerations for Minimizing Exposure |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
2/12/2013 |
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Court Grants Summary Judgment for Non-Moving Party in Sales Representative Dispute |
Varnum LLP |
2/12/2013 |
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The Supreme Court of Tennessee Decides the Fretful Question of Who Shall Bear the Burden of an Insurance Producer’s Mistake |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
2/12/2013 |
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D.C. Court Decision Creates National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) Upheaval |
Poyner Spruill LLP |
2/12/2013 |
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California Supreme Court Holds That Proof That Employer Would Have Made Same Employment Decision Absent Discrimination Precludes Award Of Damages, Backpay, Or Reinstatement |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
2/12/2013 |
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Joint and Several Liability For Antitrust Fines in EU: Parent Company Can Benefit From a Reduction in Its Subsidiary’s Fine |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/11/2013 |
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Good News from the California Supreme on Mixed Motive Discrimination Cases . . . At Least For Now |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
2/11/2013 |
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Employee’s Role in Timekeeping Emphasized in New Sixth Circuit Opinion |
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC |
2/11/2013 |
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Travel Spike, LLC Re-Files Service Mark Infringement and Cyberpiracy Complaint in Northern District of Georgia |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
2/11/2013 |
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Lender's Credit Bid of Entire Debt at Foreclosure Sale Results in Forfeiture of Rights to Additional Collateral |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
2/11/2013 |
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Delaware Court of Chancery Analyzes Damages Claims in Failed Asset Sale |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
2/11/2013 |
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Positioning a Finger Flap Between Cans in a Carton Is Non-Obvious |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/10/2013 |
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Eight Simple Rules for Testifying as a Witness |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
2/10/2013 |
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Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Former Bank Executive's Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and FInancial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA) Claims |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
2/10/2013 |
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Federal Circuit Addresses Pleading Standard for Design Patents |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
2/10/2013 |
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Shaw Industries Files Declaratory Judgment Action Against Hershey Over KISSES® Trademarks |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
2/10/2013 |
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Supreme Court of Canada Upholds Priority for Debtor-In-Possession (“DIP”) Lenders in Companies Creditors’ Arrangement Act (“CCAA”) Proceedings |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
2/9/2013 |
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New York Supreme Court Takes a New Approach to Umpire Selection in Reinsurance Arbitrations |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
2/9/2013 |
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FedEx Becomes Second Carrier to Deliver Patent Declaratory Judgment Complaint to Eclipse IP LLC |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
2/9/2013 |
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New Jersey Coastal Property Owners’ Rights Upheld |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
2/9/2013 |
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Petitioners File Opening Brief Challenging Securities and Exchange Commission's "SEC" Conflict Minerals Rule |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
2/9/2013 |
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Obama Administration Revises the Contraceptive Mandate, but Provides No Accommodations for For-Profit Companies with Religious Objections |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
2/9/2013 |
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Intellectual Property Infringement Lawsuit over Tablet-Docking Smartphones Opens New Front in Smartphone Wars |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
2/8/2013 |
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Breaking - Mixed Bag Ruling In California Mixed Motive Case |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
2/8/2013 |
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New Jersey Legislature: Statute of Frauds Held Applicable to Palimony Claims Based on Promises That Pre-Date the Writing Requirement |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
2/8/2013 |
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Select Securities and Exchange Commission and FINRA Cases and Developments: 2012 Year in Review |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
2/8/2013 |
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U.S. District Court Judge Blake Finds That The Home Affordable Modification Program Does Not Preclude Plaintiffs From Bringing Their State Law Claims But Dismisses Their Claims On The Merits |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
2/8/2013 |
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U.S. Supreme Court Grants Certiorari to Address Federal Preemption of State-Law Securities Claims |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
2/7/2013 |
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Patent Licenses Extend to Reissue Patents Unless Specifically Limited |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/7/2013 |
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Art Law: Russian Revolution Redux - Seized Painting During Russian Revolution |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
2/7/2013 |
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Will the Decision Invalidating the NLRB Recess Appointments Change the NLRB’s View Towards Employee Use of Social Media |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
2/7/2013 |
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DOJ Assistant Attorney General William Baer’s First Merger Challenge Confirms Continued Aggressive Merger Enforcement by Antitrust Division |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
2/7/2013 |
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New 7th Circuit Opinion Explains Plaintiff's Obligation to Have a Trial Plan to Maintain Class Certification |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
2/7/2013 |
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Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans Under Scrutiny |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
2/7/2013 |
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Failure to Raise Patent Validity Challenges in Breach of License Suit Precludes Later Invalidity and Misuse Claims |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/7/2013 |
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Law Suit Against U.P. Cellulosic Bio Refinery Dismissed |
Varnum LLP |
2/7/2013 |
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Rare Federal Circuit Order to Impose Sanctions Against Patentee for Frivolous Claim Construction |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/7/2013 |
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Terrorizing Patent Practitioners: Highlights from Oral Argument at the Supreme Court for Gunn v. Minton |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
2/7/2013 |
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Attention T-Mobile Lessees: Consult With An Attorney |
Varnum LLP |
2/6/2013 |
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Canadian Superpriority Bowl: CCAA – 34, Ontario Pensions – 31 - Employer Pension Contributions |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
2/6/2013 |
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Path / Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Settlement - Much More Than A Slap On The Wrist |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
2/6/2013 |
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Third-Party Competitor Cannot Sue U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Over Issued Patents |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/6/2013 |
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Special Master Issues Report and Recommendation on Claim Construction in Sewer Nozzle Patent Case |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
2/6/2013 |
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Week in Review: January 28 - February 1, 2013 |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
2/6/2013 |
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Court of Justice of European Union (CJEU) Holds that Territorial Borders of EU Member States Must Be Disregarded in Determining Use of Trademarks |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/6/2013 |
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Deaf Lifeguard Might be Qualified under the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") to Notice Emergency Signs for Help |
Varnum LLP |
2/6/2013 |
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Alternative Defense to False Advertising Claim Carries the Day |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/5/2013 |
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Time For Myriad To Fight Another Day - DNA Composition |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
2/5/2013 |
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Obviousness Ruling Reversed for Failure to Analyze Why References Should Be Combined |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/5/2013 |
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Restructuring Support Agreements, Ad Hoc Committees And Non-Debtor Third-Party Releases Win by a Nose |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
2/5/2013 |
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BMI and Music Publishers Launch Their Second Georgia Copyright Lawsuit in Six Days |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
2/5/2013 |
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Intentional Infringement of Copyright with Knowledge of Copyright Owner’s Forum Supports Claim of Personal Jurisdiction |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/5/2013 |
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National Labor Relations Board Rocked by Decision of D.C. Circuit |
Williams Kastner |
2/5/2013 |
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Economic Espionage Act Exposed - re Converting a Trade Secret |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/5/2013 |
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California Court Holds That Borrowers May Enjoin A Foreclosure If A Lender Fails To Meet Servicing Guidelines |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
2/4/2013 |
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Recent French Case Law on Damages for Sudden Termination of Business |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
2/4/2013 |
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Noel Canning: Where does the National Labor Relations Board go from here? |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
2/4/2013 |
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California Supreme Court Resolves Split Over Accrual Rules for Unfair Competition Claims |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
2/4/2013 |
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Generics Challenge to Crestor Patent Fails |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/4/2013 |
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District Court Finds that Securities Exchange Act Covers Stock "Float" Manipulation |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
2/4/2013 |
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Kraemer v. County of Milwaukee re Arrest and Conviction Record Discrimination |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
2/4/2013 |
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Market Definition Critical to Summary Judgment Determination in Casino Games Case |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/4/2013 |
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Plaintiffs Must Offer "Significant Proof" Of A Common Policy Or Practice To Satisfy Commonality Under Rule 23 Post-Dukes |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
2/4/2013 |
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Is that Mark Funny, Scandalous or Both? (Re: Trademarks) |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/4/2013 |
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DC Court of Appeals Decision May Impact Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Powers and Authority |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
2/4/2013 |
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Ninth Circuit Applies Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act to Affirm Dismissal of Section 17200 Class Action Involving Variable Life Insurance Policies |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
2/3/2013 |
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Once an “Ale House,” Always an “Ale House” - Trademark and Trade Dress Infringement |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/3/2013 |
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Federal Circuit Affirms International Trade Commission (ITC) Jurisdiction for Non-Practicing Entities |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
2/3/2013 |
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Once and for All, the Pooh Belongs to Disney - Disney's Trademark Rights |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/3/2013 |
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AIA’s (American Invents Act's) False Marking Retroactive Provision is Constitutional |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/3/2013 |
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Fourth Circuit Affirms Finding of No Fifth Amendment Violation in Connection with 45-Year Conviction for $100 Million Investment Scheme |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
2/3/2013 |
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Sanctioned Parties in Exceptional Cases Continue to Get Fresh Second Look from Federal Circuit |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/3/2013 |
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MF Global UK Judgment Clarifies Law on Client Money Entitlement |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
2/3/2013 |
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Supreme Court Confirms that Broad Covenant Not to Sue Negates Jurisdiction Over Counterclaims for Non-Infringement and Cancellation of Trademark |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/2/2013 |
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Federal Circuit Expands Scope of Induced Infringement for Method Patents |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
2/2/2013 |
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Second Circuit Holds that Two Series of Common Stock Are Not Matchable Under the Short-Swing Profit Rule |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
2/2/2013 |
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Indiana Court Requires More Specificity for Public Records Requests Seeking E-Mail |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
2/2/2013 |
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Before You Sign a Contract: Stop, Read, and Audit |
Much Shelist, P.C. |
2/2/2013 |
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Federal Circuit Clarifies ITC Domestic Industry Requirement for Non-Practicing Entities |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/2/2013 |
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Permanent Injunctions on the Rise? |
McDermott Will & Emery |
2/2/2013 |
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Highlands Plan Conformance Guidelines Withstand Challenge |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
2/2/2013 |
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FDA Will Not Appeal Second Circuit Decision in U.S. v. Caronia |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
2/1/2013 |
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Governmental Cost Recovery Under the Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
1/31/2013 |
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Avoiding Pitfalls of Performing Work for Public Entities |
Much Shelist, P.C. |
1/31/2013 |
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California Appellate Court Breaks With the NLRB: Finds Federal Arbitration Act Trumps Employee Class Action Rights In Wage And Hour Suits |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
1/31/2013 |
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January 30, 2013 Wisconsin Court Holds that Non-Profit Medical Group Must Pay Physician Even When Compensation May Not be Fair Market Value |
von Briesen & Roper, S.C. |
1/31/2013 |
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Unconstitutionality of Recess Appointments Has Far Reaching Repercussions on Labor and Financial Issues |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
1/31/2013 |
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European Commission to Settle Half its Ongoing Cartel Investigations in 2013 |
McDermott Will & Emery |
1/31/2013 |
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Antitrust Law: 2012 Highlights |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
1/30/2013 |
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Siemens Whistleblower Complaint Underscores Need for "Top-Down" Anti-Corruption Compliance |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
1/30/2013 |
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D.C. Circuit Rules NLRB Recess Appointments Unconstitutional |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
1/30/2013 |
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European Court of Justice (ECJ) Eliminates Noticeability Test in Regard to Restriction of Competition by Object |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
1/29/2013 |
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New York Court of Appeals Holds Upholds Broad Choice of New York Law Provision in Contract Even in Absence of Contacts With New York |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
1/29/2013 |
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It Ain't Over 'Till the Fat Lady Sings - Party's Contractual Obligations Continue In Agreement To Negotiate |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
1/29/2013 |
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Vedder Price Helps Clarify the Rules on Induced Infringement |
Vedder Price |
1/29/2013 |
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Exclusive Use Provisions: Is a Burrito a type of Sandwich? |
von Briesen & Roper, S.C. |
1/29/2013 |
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NLRB Appointments are “Constitutionally Invalid” |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
1/29/2013 |
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ACLU Files Petitioners’ Brief in AMP v. Myriad Appeal |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
1/29/2013 |
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Bratz-Mattel Doll Fight Ends Not with a Bang But a Whimper |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
1/29/2013 |
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Paid Leave Can Be a Lawful Option When an Employee Is Facing Criminal Charges |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
1/28/2013 |
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Good News for Lenders! Minor Errors in Deeds of Trust Less Costly As Result of New Bankruptcy Court Opinion |
Poyner Spruill LLP |
1/28/2013 |
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Kason Industries Sues Competitor Over Commercial Refrigeration and Restaurant Equipment Hardware Patent |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
1/28/2013 |
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Gannett Companies Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit for Almost $50,000 |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
1/28/2013 |
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Eleventh Circuit Holds that Net Revenue, Not Profits, Should Determine Damages in FTC Deceptive Marketing Case |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
1/28/2013 |
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The New Rules of the Delaware Court of Chancery: ESI (Electronically Stored Information), Form of Production, and Non-Party Subpoenas |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
1/27/2013 |
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2012 Trends in Securities Class Action Filings |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
1/26/2013 |
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Can My Spouse Be Ordered To Pay My Attorneys’ Fees? |
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
1/26/2013 |
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UK Supreme Court Confirms Privilege Applies Only to Advice Provided by Members of The Legal Profession |
McDermott Will & Emery |
1/26/2013 |
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Thin Copyrights - Protected But Not Infringed |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
1/26/2013 |
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Fine Particle Emissions Rules Remanded- Stricter Clean Air Regulations for Nonattainment Areas Will Follow |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
1/25/2013 |
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BMI, Music Publishers Bring Copyright Suit Against Georgia Restaurant, Seeking Statutory Damages |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
1/25/2013 |
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Walking the Social Media Policy Tightrope: How Employers CAN Comply with Tough NLRB Scrutiny |
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
1/25/2013 |
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D.C. Circuit Holds NLRB Recess Appointments Invalid |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
1/25/2013 |
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Third Circuit Opinion in Eaton Case Could Allow Supreme Court to Discuss Monopolization Standards |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
1/25/2013 |
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New Jersey Supreme Court Reinforces Right to Jury Trial in Civil Cases |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
1/25/2013 |
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Enforcement Implications of Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc. |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
1/25/2013 |
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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Approves NERC’s Proposed Changes to its Sanction Guidelines |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
1/24/2013 |
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Jewelry Design Theft Raised by Ronaldo Designer Jewelry Against Golden Stella in new Copyright Suit |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
1/24/2013 |
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Payment Required: New York Court Finds No Violation Of New York Labor Law Section 193 Where Unpaid Interns Did Not Receive Wages From Employer |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
1/24/2013 |
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High Court to Decide Whether “but-for” Standard Applies to Retaliation Claims Under Title VII |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
1/24/2013 |
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Burger King Franchisee Settles EEOC Discrimination Lawsuit |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
1/24/2013 |
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District Court Holds IRS Lacks Authority to Issue and Enforce Tax Return Preparer Regulations |
McDermott Will & Emery |
1/24/2013 |
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Metro Special Police & Security Services, Inc. Sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
1/23/2013 |
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Bankruptcy Court Grounds American Airlines Noteholders’ Make-Whole Claim |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
1/23/2013 |
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Banks and Credit Union Latest Targets of Joao Bock Transactional Systems, LLC Patent Suits |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
1/23/2013 |
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Pfizer FCPA Settlement Emphasizes the Importance of Robust Compliance Programs for the Healthcare Industry |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
1/23/2013 |
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms One Occurrence Liability Limit for Multiple Injuries Sustained from One Cause |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
1/23/2013 |
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Class Action Waivers Are Enforceable Despite Any State Statutory Right To A Class Action |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
1/22/2013 |
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Court Opened Door to $933 Million in New Election Spending |
Center for Public Integrity |
1/22/2013 |
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Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Finds the 2011 Budget Repair Bill that Dramatically Limited Collective Bargaining Is Constitutional |
von Briesen & Roper, S.C. |
1/22/2013 |
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Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Copyright Claim in Use of Images of "High-End" Furniture |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
1/21/2013 |
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Crossman v. Life Care Centers of America, Inc. |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
1/21/2013 |
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The Law Does Not Always Keep Up With Technology |
Raymond Law Group LLC |
1/21/2013 |
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Life Sciences Company Obtains Dismissal of Shareholder Class Action |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
1/21/2013 |
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License Demand Letter Isn't Enough to Establish Personal Jurisdiction Over Patentee Defendant in a Declaratory Judgment Action |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
1/21/2013 |
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Avoiding Surprises: Planning for Oral Argument On Appeal |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
1/21/2013 |
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Indiana Court Applies Corporate Alter Ego Doctrine |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
1/20/2013 |
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Preliminary Injunction: An Important Tool in Copyright Infringement Litigation |
Raymond Law Group LLC |
1/20/2013 |
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Judge Reverses Prior Rulings Dismissing Case and Allows EEOC Disability Suit Against UPS to Proceed |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
1/20/2013 |
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Delaware Supreme Court Refines Standard for Missed Pre-Trial Deadlines |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
1/20/2013 |
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Are Social Media Posts Discoverable? |
Raymond Law Group LLC |
1/19/2013 |
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Caveat Consignor |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
1/18/2013 |
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Beware the Boilerplate: Issue Four (Re: Constructing Loan Language) |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
1/18/2013 |
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Facebook Status: You’re Fired |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
1/18/2013 |
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The NLRB Unwraps Several Post-Election Surprises for Employers |
Vedder Price |
1/18/2013 |
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U.S. Supreme Court Considers Heavy Class Action Caseload |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
1/18/2013 |
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Beware the Boilerplate: Choice of Law and Venue |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
1/18/2013 |
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Mandatory Arbitration Struck Down in Washington |
Williams Kastner |
1/17/2013 |
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Warrantless Entry Allowed In Response to 911 Call Where There is Evidence of Injury |
Varnum LLP |
1/17/2013 |
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PTO Issues Notice on Improvement in Patent Application Quality – A Very Modest Proposal |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
1/17/2013 |
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Wisconsin Court of Appeals Holds the Omnibus Statute, Wis. Stat. § 632.32, Requires an Auto Insurer to Provide Coverage to a Permissive User Tortfeasor in a Suit Filed by the Named Insured |
von Briesen & Roper, S.C. |
1/17/2013 |
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Mixed Motive Allegation Not Enough To Sustain “Regarded as” ADAAA Case |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
1/17/2013 |
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Action Required to Preserve FICA Refund Claim on Severance Pay |
Vedder Price |
1/17/2013 |
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Release of Confidential Cartel Information by European Commission to English High Court Suspended |
McDermott Will & Emery |
1/17/2013 |
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Lozman v. Riviera Beach: When is a floating structure a “vessel”? |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
1/17/2013 |
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Beware the Boilerplate: Evolving Terms |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
1/17/2013 |
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Will the Ex Parte Young Doctrine Swallow Tribal Sovereign Immunity Whole? |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
1/16/2013 |
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No Longer a Belieber |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
1/16/2013 |
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No Coverage For Text Message Claims Against Pizza Chain |
Williams Kastner |
1/16/2013 |
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Does the First Sale Rule Apply to Works Manufactured Outside the United States? |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
1/16/2013 |
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Discovery of Accused Contributory and Vicarious Infringer’s Tax Returns and General Financial Information Denied for Lack of Assertion of Theory to Recover its Profits |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
1/16/2013 |
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Connecticut Defendants, Lawyers and Insurers Need to Carefully Craft Settlement Offers |
Raymond Law Group LLC |
1/16/2013 |
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Supreme Court Offers Comfort to Owners of Dams and Water Control Facilities |
Varnum LLP |
1/16/2013 |
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How Does Bankruptcy Affect Rights Under an Agreement Not to Sue on Patents? |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
1/15/2013 |
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Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Thresholds Increase for 2013 |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
1/15/2013 |
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Browserwrap Agreements May Fail to Protect from Cyberliability |
Raymond Law Group LLC |
1/15/2013 |
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Battle for the Beltline: Atlanta Beltline Sues Andrew Realty Group Over BELTLINE Domain Names |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
1/15/2013 |
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Bad Faith / IFCA Claims Bifurcated |
Williams Kastner |
1/15/2013 |
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Recent Ruling Demonstrates That You Might Find Religion Where You Least Expect It |
Poyner Spruill LLP |
1/15/2013 |
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Beware the Boilerplate: Another Thing about Waivers . . . |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
1/15/2013 |
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EEOC Sues Fidelity Engineering Corporation for Disability Discrimination and Retaliation |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
1/15/2013 |
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Beware the Boilerplate: Waiver Provisions |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
1/15/2013 |
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Marymount Manhattan College Settles EEOC Age Discrimination Lawsuit |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
1/15/2013 |
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Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of “Reverse” Racial Discrimination Claim Against Cracker Barrel |
Varnum LLP |
1/14/2013 |
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Court Rejects EPA Attempt to Regulate Stormwater Itself |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
1/14/2013 |
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False Advertising Complaint Charges that Competitor Used Doctored Photograph |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
1/14/2013 |
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No Prescriptive Right to Dock in Plat |
Varnum LLP |
1/13/2013 |
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The Supreme Judicial Court Declares that Inexpensive Market-Rate Housing May Not Be Counted in Determining a Town’s Compliance with Chapter 40B |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
1/13/2013 |
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Second Circuit Holds Section 16(b) Inapplicable to Different Classes of Common Stock |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
1/13/2013 |
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E-Z-GO Saved by Bad Case Law: Southern District of Georgia Court Denies Motion for Attorney Fees |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
1/13/2013 |
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Section 102(g) Is Still Available as a Defense for Pre-AIA Patents |
McDermott Will & Emery |
1/12/2013 |
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Court of Appeals Affirms Validity of New York Choice-of-Law Provisions |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
1/12/2013 |
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The NLRB Overrules Longstanding Precedent in Two New Opinions |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
1/12/2013 |
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Beware the Boilerplate: Introduction |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
1/12/2013 |
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Courts in Two Recent Decisions Refuse to Expand the Regulatory Authority of the EPA Under the Clean Water Act |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
1/11/2013 |
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The Wisconsin Court Of Appeals Finds A Duty To Defend Misappropriation Of Internet Advertising System |
von Briesen & Roper, S.C. |
1/11/2013 |
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Returning Fire: The Respondent's Brief and Several Supporting Amicus Curiae Briefs in Gunn v. Minton |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
1/11/2013 |
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Beware the Boilerplate: Issue Three |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
1/11/2013 |
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Court Rules in Favor of Employers in Class Action Group Rating Case |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
1/11/2013 |
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New Jersey District Court Decision Provides A New Reason for Copyright Owners to Register Early |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
1/11/2013 |
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Arbitration Agreements Containing FLSA Class Waivers Held Enforceable |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
1/10/2013 |
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New Federal Statute Strengthens Trade Secret Protection |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
1/10/2013 |
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Employer’s Creative Method to Reduce Overtime Pay Upheld by Federal Court |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
1/10/2013 |
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8th Circuit Upholds Class Waivers in FLSA Cases |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
1/10/2013 |
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Plaintiffs Affiliated with MR CHOW Restaurants Appeal to 11th Circuit in Lanham Act Case |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
1/9/2013 |
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Supreme Court Denies Cert. in Sherley v. Sebelius |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
1/9/2013 |
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District of Colorado Dismisses, in Part, Securities Fraud Claims in Ponzi Scheme Suit |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
1/9/2013 |
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Lawsuit Launched Over 2010 “The Godfather of Comedy” Show |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
1/9/2013 |
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McCormick & Schmick’s to Pay $47,814 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
1/8/2013 |
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Talk to Chuck, but Not Here: Patent Case Against Charles Schwab & Co. Transferred to Northern District of California |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
1/8/2013 |
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Transocean Agrees to Plead Guilty to Environmental Crime and Enter Civil Settlement to Resolve U.S. Clean Water Act Penalty Claims from Deepwater Horizon Incident |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
1/7/2013 |
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NLRB Overturns 30-plus Years of Precedent Regarding “Witness Statements” - Labor & Employment Law Alert |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
1/7/2013 |
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Can You Fire an Employee for Being Too Sexy? Don’t Count on It, Notwithstanding A Recent Iowa Decision to the Contrary |
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC |
1/7/2013 |
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The Debate Rages On Regarding Whether Default Fiduciary Duties Apply to LLC Managers Under Delaware Law |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
1/7/2013 |
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Fourth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Antitrust Claims Against Data Transfer Provider |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
1/6/2013 |
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Don't Hate Me 'Cause I'm Beautiful: Termination Based on "Irresistible Attraction" is Not Unlawful Sex Discrimination |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
1/6/2013 |
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First Lawsuit Filed Over Gloucester County Train Derailment of November 30, 2012 |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
1/5/2013 |
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Contraceptive Mandate Appeal Held in Abeyance Pending Issuance of Final Rule |
Fowler White Boggs P.A. |
1/5/2013 |
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Three-Year Deadline for Recovery of Invalid Anti-Dumping Duties |
McDermott Will & Emery |
1/5/2013 |
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Facebook Firings – An Old Approach to the New Issue of the Virtual Water Cooler |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
1/5/2013 |
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NLRB Delivers Yet More Pro-Union Rulings with Decisions on Discipline, Witness Statements |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
1/4/2013 |
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Georgia Now Included in Brandywine Communications’ Patent Litigation “Suing Spree” |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
1/4/2013 |
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Wisconsin Court of Appeals Upholds Asbestos Exclusion |
von Briesen & Roper, S.C. |
1/4/2013 |
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Orion the Hunted: Claimed Author of E-Magazines, Blog, and Software Manual Sues Orion Restoration, LLC and Related Parties for Declaratory Judgment of Copyright Ownership and for Copyright Infringement |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
1/4/2013 |
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EPA Issues Revised PM2.5 Ambient Air Quality Standards |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
1/3/2013 |
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Marital Privilege in Communications on Workplace Computer? |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
1/3/2013 |
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Wrong Claim Construction Leads to Erroneous Infringement and Validity Findings |
McDermott Will & Emery |
1/3/2013 |
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New Jersey Construction Lien Law Interpreted Favorably For Owners and Developers |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
1/3/2013 |
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Michigan Passes Revised Uniform Arbitration Act |
Varnum LLP |
1/3/2013 |
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Privacy Policies Now a Must for Mobile Apps |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
1/3/2013 |
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Section 256 Inventorship Claim Does Not Accrue Until the Patent Issues |
McDermott Will & Emery |
1/3/2013 |
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Beware the Boilerplate: Issue Two |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
1/2/2013 |
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Cite Possible “Negative Implications” to Side with Big Banks |
Varnum LLP |
1/2/2013 |
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Federal Circuit Rules It’s Own Standards Apply When Considering Preliminary Injunctions |
McDermott Will & Emery |
1/2/2013 |
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Additional Insured Entitled to Coverage Where Accident Resulted from Named Insured’s Operations |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
1/2/2013 |
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Georgia Judge Lifts Injunction Barring Immigration Status Checks During Routine Traffic Stops, State Authorities Emphasize Discretionary Enforcement |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
1/2/2013 |
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Private Eyes Are Watching You – California Files Its First Internet Consumer Privacy Enforcement Action |
Armstrong Teasdale |
1/2/2013 |
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D.C. Circuit Holds Restitution Must Be Based on Loss of Victim, Not Defendant’s Gain |
McDermott Will & Emery |
1/2/2013 |
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Reissue Is Not Remedy to Terminal Disclaimer |
McDermott Will & Emery |
1/2/2013 |
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EEOC Sues Camden Place Health & Rehab, LLC for Disability Discrimination |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
1/1/2013 |
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Lack of Striking Similarity Ends The Big C Copyright Infringement Action in the Ninth Circuit |
McDermott Will & Emery |
1/1/2013 |
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Governor Perdue Appoints Mark Davis to NC Court of Appeals |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
1/1/2013 |
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Pleading Unjust Enrichment Does Not Support a Claim for the Underlying Trade Secret Misappropriation |
McDermott Will & Emery |
1/1/2013 |
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Eleventh Circuit Raises its Glass to the Public Domain; Affirms Summary Judgment Entered Against Miller's Ale House on Trademark, Trade Dress, and Copyright Claims |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
1/1/2013 |
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FTC Signals Stricter Stance on Injunctions for FRAND-Encumbered Patents |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/31/2012 |
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Money Held by Lawyer Not Privileged -- State ex rel. Koster v. Cain |
Armstrong Teasdale |
12/31/2012 |
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What You Say Can and Will be Held Against You: ADA Confidentiality Requirements Extend Beyond Termination of Employment |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
12/31/2012 |
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Doing Business with Corporate Entities: Lessons to Learn From a Deal Gone Bad |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
12/31/2012 |
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Our Top 10 Labor Law Events of 2012 |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
12/31/2012 |
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Fourth Circuit Upholds Employer-Favorable Religious Discrimination Decision |
Poyner Spruill LLP |
12/31/2012 |
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Rare Finding of Non-Obviousness Based Solely on Secondary Considerations |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/31/2012 |
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Patent Infringement Claims Not Precluded by Related Trademark Infringement Claims in Prior Suit |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/30/2012 |
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And the Hits Keep On Coming! NLRB Board Alters Approach on Witness Statements |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
12/30/2012 |
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Use of “TRADER” Marks and Domain Names Spark Lawsuit Asserting Trademark Infringement and Cyberpiracy |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
12/30/2012 |
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Federal Circuit Mows Down Lower Court’s “Into Engagement with” Claim Construction |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/30/2012 |
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PRC Supreme People’s Court Further Interprets Application of Laws in Trial of Labor Disputes |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
12/30/2012 |
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Infringement of Method Claims Requires Proof of Actual Performance Rather than Mere Capability |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/30/2012 |
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Six-Year-Long International Trade Commission "ITC" Investigation Concludes with Finding of Obviousness |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/30/2012 |
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Happy Holidays from the National Labor Relations Board "NLRB"! |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
12/30/2012 |
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Preliminary Testing of Medical Devices in Animals Enables Their Use in Humans - Patent Law Issues |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/30/2012 |
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Mintz Levin Files FOIA Request for DOL Prevailing Wage Data |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
12/29/2012 |
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Mendota Restaurants, Inc. to Pay $150,000 to Settle Class Sexual Harassment Lawsuit |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
12/29/2012 |
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40-Year Delay Smacks Down Monetary Damages, but Not Permanent Injunction, in Fraternity and Sorority Trademark Suit Against Paddle Manufacturer |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/29/2012 |
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11th Circuit Sua Sponte Vacates and Replaces Earlier Opinion in Lanham Act Case, but “Harmless Error” Doctrine Preserves Original Result |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
12/29/2012 |
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Walker Process Standing Affirmed for Direct Purchaser Antitrust Plaintiffs |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/29/2012 |
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New Year, New Laws for California Employers – Deposition Limits, San Francisco Ordinances and Meal Periods |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
12/29/2012 |
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Illinois Court Rejects Subcontractor’s Claim for Delay Damages |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
12/28/2012 |
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Top Ten Biotech IP Stories of 2012 |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
12/28/2012 |
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Diagnostic Claims For Assessing the Risk of Down’s Syndrome Are Not Patent Eligible |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/28/2012 |
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Supreme Court Denies a Request to Temporarily Enjoin the Contraceptive Mandate |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
12/28/2012 |
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New Jersey Spill Act: Innocent Purchaser Defense |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
12/28/2012 |
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Trademark Infringement Action Asserted by James and Laurie Williams Against Columbus Bar Association |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
12/28/2012 |
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Eighth Circuit Rejects "Fiduciary Exception" to Privilege Arguments |
Armstrong Teasdale |
12/28/2012 |
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Iowa Supreme Court Rules that Employer Lawfully Terminated "Irresistible" Employee |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
12/28/2012 |
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Recent NLRB Decisions Expand Employer Obligations |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
12/28/2012 |
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Opening Shots in Gunn v. Minton: The Petitioner's Brief and Several Amici Curiae Briefs in Support |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
12/28/2012 |
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Seventh Circuit – “Created or Suffered” Exclusion of a Title Insurance Policy With a Mechanic’s Lien Endorsement |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
12/27/2012 |
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Insurers Compelled to Produce Internal Attorney Communications and Claims Policies |
Williams Kastner |
12/27/2012 |
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Northern District of Georgia Dismisses Copyright and State Law Claims Brought by Master Mind Music, Inc. |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
12/27/2012 |
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Discovery Alone Does Not Trigger Duty to Defend |
Williams Kastner |
12/27/2012 |
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"Blanket" AI Endorsement Leads to Big Exposure |
Williams Kastner |
12/27/2012 |
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Michigan City Indiana Restaurant to Pay $20,000 to Settle Second EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
12/27/2012 |
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Michigan Court of Appeals – Update on Whether Defective Construction Can Constitute an “Occurrence” Under CGL Policies |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
12/26/2012 |
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No Duty To Defend Apartment Conversion Claims |
Williams Kastner |
12/26/2012 |
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Strikes Again, This Time in Court Against a Payday Lender |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
12/26/2012 |
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Altec to Pay $25,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Suit |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
12/26/2012 |
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Florida District Court Rules that Individual LLC Member Is Third-Party Beneficiary and Bound by Arbitration Agreement |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
12/25/2012 |
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Ohio Supreme Court – Claims for Property Damage to Insured’s Own Work Caused by Defective Workmanship Not Covered Under CGL Insurance Policies |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
12/25/2012 |
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How Buyers of Legal Services Select a Law Firm, Part 3 of 3 |
The Rainmaker Institute |
12/25/2012 |
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Second Circuit Adheres Strictly to the Rules of Contract in Sovereign Debt Restructurings |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
12/25/2012 |
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New Wave of “Occurrence” Statutes Doesn’t Affect Old Policies |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
12/24/2012 |
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"All Knowledge Is Inferential": Is the Use of Qualifiers In An Affidavit Sufficient? |
Much Shelist, P.C. |
12/24/2012 |
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No ADA Protection for Termination Due to Fear of Swine Flu |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
12/24/2012 |
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Bankruptcy Abroad: US Creditors’ Rights Remain Relevant in Chapter 15 |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
12/23/2012 |
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Non-Competes: A Question of Consideration |
Much Shelist, P.C. |
12/22/2012 |
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When Numbers Count |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
12/22/2012 |
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Can Volunteers Sue For Discrimination? |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
12/22/2012 |
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Another Shoe Drops in Washington: Ninth Circuit Expands Personal Jurisdiction over Willful Copyright Infringers |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
12/22/2012 |
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California Supreme Court: Courts Have 'Gatekeeper' Role Regarding Expert Testimony |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
12/21/2012 |
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Senate Passes House Bill 4014, Clearing the Way for Privilege Protection Documents Turned Over to the CFPB During Examination — But Murky Waters Still Lie Ahead. |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
12/21/2012 |
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In re Rosuvastatin Calcium Patent Litigation – Making “Therasense” out of Confusion |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
12/21/2012 |
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The Top 10 Ways To Reduce Discovery Costs: Nos. 5-1 |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
12/21/2012 |
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A Developing "Faragher" Defense to FLSA Claims |
Fowler White Boggs P.A. |
12/21/2012 |
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Merck Compelled to Disclose Documents; Confidentiality and Privilege Waived with Prior Disclosure to Government |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
12/21/2012 |
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Dillard's to Pay $2 Million to Settle Class Action Disability Discrimination Lawsuit by EEOC |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
12/20/2012 |
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Illinois Courts Continue to Scrutinize Standing in Foreclosure Actions |
Much Shelist, P.C. |
12/20/2012 |
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New Jersey Court Rejects Effort to Shift Blame to Environmental Consultants |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
12/20/2012 |
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Trademark Infringement Action Asserted by The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists against Antonine X. Brown |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
12/20/2012 |
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Advertising Foreign Casinos in Canada |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
12/20/2012 |
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Expert Who Admittedly Failed to Follow 921 Employed Reliable Methodology |
Armstrong Teasdale |
12/19/2012 |
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The Top 10 Ways To Reduce Discovery Costs: Nos. 10-6 |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
12/19/2012 |
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Is Work From Home Counted in Determining FMLA Eligibility? |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
12/19/2012 |
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Pregnancy Discrimination In Employment |
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
12/18/2012 |
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Illinois Federal Court Finds Employee Handbook Provision May Constitute an Agreement |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
12/18/2012 |
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North Carolina Court of Appeals Rule 60(b) Motion Cannot Be Used to Attack An Order That a Party Failed to Appeal |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
12/17/2012 |
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Joint DOJ-FTC Workshop Explores Competitive Impact of Patent Assertion Entities |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/17/2012 |
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Antitrust "Tying" Claims Dismissed Against Homebuilders |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
12/17/2012 |
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China Amends its Civil Procedural Law 全国人大常委会发布修改《中华人民共和国民事诉讼法》的决定(08/31/2012) |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
12/16/2012 |
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Delaware Chancery Court Strengthens First-Filed Action Rule |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
12/16/2012 |
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NC Supreme Court Upholds Law Banning Video Sweepstakes |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
12/15/2012 |
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NLRB Not Entitled to Injunction Directing NYC Property Management Company to Bargain with Incumbent Union |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
12/15/2012 |
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Beware the Boilerplate: Issue One |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
12/14/2012 |
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Causal Nexus for P.I. Means the Accused Infringement Drives Consumer Demand |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/13/2012 |
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Ninth Circuit Prohibits Bankruptcy Courts from Entering Judgments on Fraudulent Conveyance Claims Against Non-Claimants |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
12/13/2012 |
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Governor Perdue Appoints Beasley to North Carolina Supreme Court |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
12/13/2012 |
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National Labor Relations Board Decisions Impacting Non-Union Private Employers |
Fowler White Boggs P.A. |
12/13/2012 |
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Kentucky’s Municipal Employers Achieve Major Victory in 2012 |
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC |
12/13/2012 |
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Supreme Court to Decide "Pay for Delay" Antitrust Case Involving Generic Drugs |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
12/12/2012 |
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“When you assume, you make an …” : Echoes From Oscar Wilde In Luster Products, Inc. v. John M. Van Zandt d/b/a Vanza USA, Opposition No. 91202788 (TTAB 11/28/2012) |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
12/12/2012 |
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Ninth Circuit Weighs in on Stern: Absent Waiver, Non-Claimant Defendants Entitled to Final Adjudication in District Court |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
12/12/2012 |
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New Concerns Over Product Liability Risk for Trademark Licensors |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
12/12/2012 |
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More Legal Maneuvering Over the Scope and Applicability of Michigan's "One Action" Rule Governing Mortgage Foreclosures By Advertisement |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
12/12/2012 |
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Supreme Court Allows Fifth Circuit Ruling on Private FLSA Settlements to Stand |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
12/11/2012 |
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Best Mode Defense’s Last Stand |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/11/2012 |
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VitalStim and Three Others Assert Infringement of Four Patents Against eSwallow USA |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
12/11/2012 |
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Court Finds Personal Jurisdiction over Foreign Business Under a Conspiracy Theory |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
12/11/2012 |
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Noteholders Shatter Vitro Subsidiaries in Texas |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
12/11/2012 |
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U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on “Pay-for-Delay” Antitrust Issue |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/11/2012 |
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Zac Brown Band's Guitar Strap Flap |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
12/11/2012 |
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Second Circuit Reverses Conviction for Off-Label Promotion Based on First Amendment |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
12/11/2012 |
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Second Circuit Rejects Government’s Off-Label Enforcement Approach |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
12/10/2012 |
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Former Hedge Fund Founder Ordered to Pay $5 Million for Securities Law Violations |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
12/10/2012 |
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Supreme Court Will Review Eleventh Circuit’s Decision in Andro-Gel® “Pay for Delay” Case |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
12/10/2012 |
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“Employee” Status Not Necessarily Dependent on Compensation |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
12/10/2012 |
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EPA Pushes Back on Stormwater Discharges from Logging Roads |
Varnum LLP |
12/10/2012 |
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Trademark Infringement Action Asserted by Clark Equipment Company against Nighthawk Machinery, LLC |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
12/10/2012 |
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Limits on the Use of the Disclosure-Dedication Rule Under Doctrine of Equivalents |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/10/2012 |
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UPS Sued By EEOC for Religious Discrimination |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
12/10/2012 |
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Patentees Can File DJ Actions, Too: Complaint in Middle District of GA Provides Example |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
12/10/2012 |
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Not Just Age Claims Anymore? Bill Introduced in the New York City Council |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
12/9/2012 |
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America Invents Act - Limitation on Joinder |
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. |
12/9/2012 |
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Rehearing of Decision Affirming PTO Invalidity Finding Denied, Even After Upholding District Court Validity Finding |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/9/2012 |
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Alleged Exclusive Licensee of PRENATE® Trademarks Sues for Infringement |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
12/9/2012 |
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California District Court Issues New ESI Guidelines |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
12/9/2012 |
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Additional Insured Covered without Express Allegation of Vicarious Liability |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
12/9/2012 |
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Sierra Club Ready to Sue on Alleged Air Quality Violations |
Varnum LLP |
12/9/2012 |
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North Carolina Governor Perdue Suspends Judicial Nominating Commission |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
12/9/2012 |
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“PARIS” Is Misdescriptive of Goods Designed in Miami and Manufactured in Asia |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/9/2012 |
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America Invents Act - Prior User Commercial Rights |
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. |
12/9/2012 |
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The Tale of Two Banks: Final Settlement in Maine Bank Security Practices Case and a Failure of Bank Security Procedures in Florida |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
12/9/2012 |
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UK Employment Alert: European Court of Human Rights Finds That Greater Protections Are Required For The Political Beliefs Of UK Employees |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/9/2012 |
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North Carolina Appellate Rules Committee Revises Appellate Style Manual |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
12/9/2012 |
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Clark Equipment Company Brings Anticybersquatting Case Involving its BOBCAT® Trademarks |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
12/8/2012 |
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America Invents Act - Best Mode Removed as a Defense |
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. |
12/8/2012 |
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NLRB Advice on Lawful Employment At Will Provisions Under the NLRA |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
12/8/2012 |
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NLRB Hears Oral Argument in Noel Canning v. NLRB |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
12/8/2012 |
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Expert Excluded Again For Failing To Test Theory |
Armstrong Teasdale |
12/8/2012 |
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California Attorney General Flexes Muscle on Mobile Privacy: AG Sues Delta for Lack of Privacy Policy on Mobile Application |
Ifrah Law |
12/7/2012 |
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The Third Circuit Does It Again: A Monopolist Violates the Antitrust Laws By Offering Conditional Above -Cost Market Share Discounts That Constitute "De Facto Partial Exclusive Dealing" |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
12/7/2012 |
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Supreme Court Again Set To Resolve A Circuit Split Over The Enforceability of Mandatory Class Arbitration Waivers |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
12/7/2012 |
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Is Your House Designer Creative or a Copier? Judge Finds an Issue of Fact Whether a House Design Infringed on a Previous Designer’s Copyright |
Varnum LLP |
12/7/2012 |
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How Do You or Don’t You State a Case for A Declaratory Judgment in a Trademark Dispute? |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
12/7/2012 |
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‘Off-Label’ FDA Cases Can Run Afoul of First Amendment, Federal Appeals Court Holds |
Ifrah Law |
12/6/2012 |
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Employment & Labor Laws 2013 Legislative Forecast |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
12/6/2012 |
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Fresenius USA Manufacturing, Inc.- Forcing Employers to Navigate the Crossroads of Workplace Harassment & the NLRA |
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC |
12/6/2012 |
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The Sixth Circuit Steps Back in Time on Certification of Consumer Classes |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
12/6/2012 |
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Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs) Fees – A Primer on the Tax Treatment of Entrance and Monthly Fees |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/6/2012 |
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North Carolina Court Of Appeals Reverses Order Denying Motion to Compel Arbitration |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
12/6/2012 |
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Liability for Workplace Harassment Depends on Definition of "Supervisor" |
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
12/6/2012 |
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Are Medicaid Claims Becoming the Next Battleground for False Claims Act (FCA) Cases? |
Ifrah Law |
12/6/2012 |
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What is the Proper Jurisdiction for Children Issues |
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
12/6/2012 |
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Second Circuit Denies Investor's Second Appeal for New Trial |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
12/5/2012 |
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D.C. Circuit: Restitution Order Must Involve Victim’s Loss, Not Defendant’s Gain |
Ifrah Law |
12/5/2012 |
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Federal Courts Clarify Reasonable-Accommodation Standards |
Vedder Price |
12/5/2012 |
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In An Action With National Implications, U.S. EPA Establishes Numeric Nutrient Criteria For Florida‘s Waterways And Estuaries On Friday After A Protracted Court Battle |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
12/5/2012 |
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California Declines FINRA 'Friend Request': The Impact of State Social Media Privacy Legislation on Broker-Dealers' Ability to Comply with FINRA Rules |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
12/5/2012 |
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Acceleron Asserts its '021 Patent Against Dell, Inc. |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
12/5/2012 |
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Watch What They Say and What They Do: The Seventh Circuit Examines What Constitutes Notice of Employee Eligibility for FMLA Leave |
Vedder Price |
12/4/2012 |
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The Patentability of Isolated DNA Will be Decided by the Supreme Court |
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. |
12/4/2012 |
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Employer Accountable for Impersonation Scheme by Hired Investigator: Illinois Supreme Court Weighs In |
Much Shelist, P.C. |
12/4/2012 |
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Five Strategies for Employers to Improve Their Success in the Hearing Room |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
12/4/2012 |
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NLRB Issues First Rulings on Social Media Policies |
Vedder Price |
12/4/2012 |
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Employers Must Reassign Disabled Employees To Vacant Positions Ahead of More Qualified Candidates? Seventh Circuit Says, "Yes." |
Poyner Spruill LLP |
12/4/2012 |
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D.C. Circuit Refuses To Enforce Board’s Bargaining Order, Finds Lawful Impasse |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
12/4/2012 |
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FCC Ruling Permits Confirmation Text Messages for ‘Opt-Out’ Customers |
Ifrah Law |
12/4/2012 |
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Fifth Circuit Addresses Issue of When Oral LSTA Loan Trades Become Binding |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
12/4/2012 |
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Alien v. Predator; Who Prevails in Copyright Dispute? |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/4/2012 |
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Court Upholds South Carolina Law Allowing Police to Check Motorists' Immigration Status |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
12/3/2012 |
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IRS May Challenge Future Formula Gift Clauses |
Armstrong Teasdale |
12/3/2012 |
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Supreme Court Grants Myriad’s Petition for Cert. |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
12/3/2012 |
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“The Librarian” Makes Noise: Copyright Claims Included in Multi-Count Complaint Detailing Split Between LLC Members |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
12/3/2012 |
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Another Voting Machine Controversy in Florida? (This Time It’s about Patent Infringement) |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/3/2012 |
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Recent Developments in Securities Law Class Actions |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
12/3/2012 |
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A Carrier Is Not a Country |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/3/2012 |
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What Did You Say? $31 Million Awarded for Infringement of Hearing Aid Patent |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/3/2012 |
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Southern District of Indiana Limits Scope of Discovery Sought From Former Employers for Whom Plaintiff May Obtain Re-Employment Pursuant to Union Working Agreement |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
12/3/2012 |
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The New Jersey Appellate Division Addresses Rent Receiver Liability |
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. |
12/3/2012 |
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Division of Tax Appeals Finds Taxpayers Established Change in Domicile from New York City to the Hamptons |
McDermott Will & Emery |
12/1/2012 |
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Wells Fargo v. US Airways— Redelivery Certificates Protect Lessees from Unspecified Discrepancies |
Vedder Price |
12/1/2012 |
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Is It Time to Take a New Look at Appellate Review of PTO Claim Construction? |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/30/2012 |
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3form Files New Suit Over Design Patents, Utility Patents, and Trademark Relating to its Architectural Panels |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
11/30/2012 |
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California Choice-of-Law Provision Constitutes Waiver of Federal Arbitration Act |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
11/30/2012 |
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Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Gray-Market Copyright Case |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/30/2012 |
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NLRB Invalidates Another Workplace Social Media Policy |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
11/30/2012 |
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Limits to Financiers’ Claims for Losses and Damage to Insured Property Resulting from Theft by Insured |
Vedder Price |
11/30/2012 |
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Second Circuit Clarifies E-Commerce Contract Formation Requirements |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
11/30/2012 |
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Court Grants Summary Judgment Against Coca-Cola in Breach of Collective Bargaining Agreement Claim by United Steel Workers |
Varnum LLP |
11/30/2012 |
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Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection—Second Circuit Applies The Strict Scrutiny Test And Holds That New York Cannot Prohibit Nonimmigrants From Obtaining Pharmacist Licenses |
Southern Methodist University, SMU Dedman School of Law |
11/30/2012 |
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Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents under the America Invents Act |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
11/30/2012 |
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Private Equity Fund Is Not a “Trade or Business” Under ERISA |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
11/30/2012 |
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Trademark Infringement Asserted by American Deli against Boa Cho Corporation in Franchise Termination Case |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
11/29/2012 |
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Keeping It Ordinary: The Ordinary Course Defense |
Varnum LLP |
11/29/2012 |
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“Fair, Adequate and Reasonable”: Federal Judge Approves the FTC’s $22.5 Million Settlement with Google |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
11/29/2012 |
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You’re Fired: One Good Reason for Employees Not to Ask for FMLA Leave When Their Facebook Photos Negate Such Entitlement |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
11/29/2012 |
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FERC Issues $2.5M Sanction in Electric Market Manipulation Investigation: Company Pursued Wheeling Transactions to Benefit Other Electric Transactions at Same Point |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
11/29/2012 |
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Watt’s New? Michigan Energy Law News - November 2012 |
Varnum LLP |
11/29/2012 |
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North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Timmons-Goodson Resigns |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
11/28/2012 |
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Supreme Court Examines “Supervisor” Definition In Bias Suits |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
11/28/2012 |
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USSC: Validity Of Noncompetition Agreement Containing Arbitration Provision Cannot, Under The Supremacy Clause, Be Addressed By State Supreme Court |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
11/28/2012 |
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Georgia is a New Battleground for the Self-Proclaimed “Original Copyright Troll” |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
11/28/2012 |
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West Virginia Surface Owners May Not Appeal Gas Well Permits |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
11/28/2012 |
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After Nearly 25 Years, New Jersey Appellate Court Provides ‘Sobering’ Guidance to Employers Respecting Workplace Alcoholism |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
11/28/2012 |
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District Courts in the Fourth Circuit Run Full Speed Ahead with Equitable Estoppel Claims |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
11/27/2012 |
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Lululemon and Calvin Klein Settle Yoga Pants Design Litigation |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
11/27/2012 |
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Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Drug Maker Fails Because “Off-Guideline” Marketing Does Not Constitute “Off-Label” Marketing |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
11/27/2012 |
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Lanny Breuer Touts Robust, Transparent Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Enforcement |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
11/27/2012 |
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Seventh Circuit Rejects EEOC’s Claim of Confidentiality Violations Under the Americans with Disabilities Act |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
11/27/2012 |
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When Is Facebook Activity "Solicitation?" |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
11/27/2012 |
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QVC and Two Florida-Based Corporations Sued for Patent and Trade Dress Infringement |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
11/27/2012 |
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Mendez-Reyes, Demandstein, & Chevron: Withdrawing Chances Of Obtaining Cancellation Of Removal In The Third Circuit For Some Aliens |
Villanova University School of Law |
11/26/2012 |
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What’s Not to “Like” About Workplace Harassment? |
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law |
11/26/2012 |
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Texas State Agencies to Pay $175,000 to Settle EEOC and DOJ Wage Discrimination Suits |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
11/26/2012 |
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Divided Circuit Case Regarding Creditability of Foreign Taxes |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/26/2012 |
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Online Retailers Not Immune From Trademark Infringement |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
11/26/2012 |
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Declaratory Judgment Action Filed Over Trailer Hitch Products |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
11/26/2012 |
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A New Wave of Say-on-Pay and Executive Compensation Proxy Litigation |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
11/26/2012 |
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Michigan's Second Project Labor Agreements (PLA) Law Also Pre-empted by NLRA |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
11/26/2012 |
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Agreeing to License Standard-Essential Patents on RAND Terms May Bar Foreign Injunctive Relief |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/26/2012 |
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Acacia Subsidiary Automated Facilities Management Corporation Files Patent Suit Against Ventyx |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
11/26/2012 |
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Obviousness-Type Double Patenting Requires a Reason to Modify with a Reasonable Expectation of Success |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/25/2012 |
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No Permanent Injunction if Plaintiff and Defendant Did Not Directly Compete; Ongoing Royalty to Be Applied Instead |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/25/2012 |
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Trademark Infringement Asserted in Complaint by Warmtone Corp. d/b/a WebWire Against Brittany Race for Use of Marks WEBWIRE and GOWEBWIRE |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
11/25/2012 |
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Knowledge of a Reference’s Materiality Does Not Prove a Deliberate Decision of Non-Disclosure |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/25/2012 |
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Perkinelmer v. Intema – Biomarker Claims Not Patent Eligible |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
11/25/2012 |
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Home-Field (Venue) Advantage: Being the First-to-File Does Not Always Win the Race |
Varnum LLP |
11/24/2012 |
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Federal Circuit Affirms Finding of Obviousness in DNA Patent Application |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/24/2012 |
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The Federal Circuit Finds Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction Exists Only with Immediacy and Reality |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/24/2012 |
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Second Circuit Holds That Argentinean National Bank Is Not Alter Ego of Argentina |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
11/24/2012 |
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The Unforeseeable Transaction: Apple Argues that the California Song-Beverly Credit Card Act Should Not Apply To Online Retailers |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
11/24/2012 |
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Broad Reading of Executory Contract when Trademark License Obligations Are Unfulfilled |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/24/2012 |
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Counterfeit Merchandise Sales Result in Summary Judgment of Infringement, but Not of “Trademark Counterfeiting”; Middle District of GA Clarifies Statutory Damages Standards |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
11/24/2012 |
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Assertion of Common Interest Doctrine and Business Strategy Privilege Rejected |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
11/23/2012 |
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Very Strict Liability for False or Materially Incomplete Representations: Forfeiture of FERC Market Pricing Authority |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/23/2012 |
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Michigan Court of Appeals Confirms Power of Receiver to Sell Real Property Free and Clear of Redemption Rights |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
11/23/2012 |
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What's The "Best" Trademark? |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
11/23/2012 |
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Delaware Supreme Court Rejects Chancery Court's Determination that Default Fiduciary Duties Apply to All LLC Members |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
11/23/2012 |
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Florida Family Law and the Financial Affidavit |
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
11/23/2012 |
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Court Takes Expansive View of Duty to Report Child Abuse |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
11/22/2012 |
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Overhead Door Corporation Distributor Asserts Unfair Competition Claim Against Atlanta-Area Garage Door Company |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
11/22/2012 |
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U.S. District Court Finds the USPTO is Improperly Calculating Patent Term Adjustment |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
11/22/2012 |
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SEC Rejects Motion to Stay Resource Extraction Disclosure Rules |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
11/22/2012 |
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Evolutionism vs. Creationism Battle Over Trademark Rights |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
11/21/2012 |
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Starbucks’ Tip Pooling Practices Found to Violate Massachusetts Law |
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
11/21/2012 |
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Hand it Over: Federal Judge Orders Plaintiffs in Discrimination Lawsuit to Produce Cell Phones and Facebook Account Passwords |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
11/21/2012 |
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New York’s Governor Cuomo Convenes Moreland Commission to Investigate Emergency Preparedness of Utilities Following Hurricane Sandy |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
11/21/2012 |
|
2012 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
11/21/2012 |
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En Banc Sixth Circuit Strikes Down Portions of Michigan’s Constitutional Amendment on Affirmative Action |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
11/21/2012 |
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3Form and Meridien Accents Settle Architectural Wall Design Patent Action |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
11/21/2012 |
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Edwards Lifesciences v. Corevalve – Pig Valve Implants Enabling |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
11/20/2012 |
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Food Safety Law: A Book Review |
The National Law Review / The National Law Forum LLC |
11/20/2012 |
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Sixth Circuit Strikes Down Michigan Affirmative Ban As Unconstitutional |
Varnum LLP |
11/20/2012 |
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Michigan Supreme Court to Hear Certified Question in Social Security Case |
Varnum LLP |
11/20/2012 |
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Update: Watson Pharmaceuticals Responds to FTC's Petition for Supreme Court Review of "Pay for Delay" Case; 31 States File Amici Curiae Brief |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
11/19/2012 |
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Delaware Supreme Court Alters Fiduciary Duty Landscape for LLCs |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
11/19/2012 |
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Patent Term Adjustment Update - Exelixis v. Kappos |
Armstrong Teasdale |
11/19/2012 |
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Second Federal Court Temporarily Enjoins Application of Contraceptive Mandate to a For-Profit Business |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
11/19/2012 |
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N.C. Court of Appeals Addresses Powers of Attorney In Context of Commercial Development Loans |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
11/19/2012 |
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Court Finds Defendants Jointly and Severally Liable for Disgorgement and Prejudgment Interest Award in Ponzi Scheme Case |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
11/19/2012 |
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A Fool With a Pen Makes Good Law |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
11/19/2012 |
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Affirmative Action Ban Overturned |
Varnum LLP |
11/19/2012 |
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The Implied Warranty of Habitability: Recent Developments |
Much Shelist, P.C. |
11/19/2012 |
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Hotspur Resorts, JW Marriott Franchisee, Settles EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit for $155,000 |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
11/18/2012 |
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A Licensee Can Sometimes Bear the Burden of Proof on Non-Infringement |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/18/2012 |
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Court Rules That Plaintiffs Failed to Establish "Scheme Liability" in Securities Case |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
11/18/2012 |
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Pre-Audit Certificates and Oral Municipal Contracts |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
11/18/2012 |
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Proposed Changes To The New Jersey Legal Malpractice Statute of Limitations |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
11/18/2012 |
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Court in 11th Circuit Clarifies When a Remand to the Plan Fiduciary is Appropriate |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
11/17/2012 |
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Recent Disposition of Atlanta Division Cases Covered in Prior Posts |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
11/17/2012 |
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Prior Art’s Disclosure of Result-Effective Variables that Overlap Claimed Ranges Is Sufficient to Support a Finding of Obviousness |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/17/2012 |
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Owner of Comfort Inn and Suites in Taylor, Mich. Sued by EEOC for Pregnancy Discrimination |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
11/17/2012 |
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This Time Argentina Gets the Shot Across the Bow . . . |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
11/16/2012 |
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Mark Rice d/b/a Games to Remember Initiates Three Suits, Asserting Infringement of Funky Monkeys® Trademark |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
11/16/2012 |
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Bard v. Gore: Joint Inventors or Just One? |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
11/16/2012 |
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Is “Air Force 1” Dismissal Grounded? |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
11/16/2012 |
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Why Settle?; Even When it is Over it isn’t Over. |
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
11/15/2012 |
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Posting By Employer Regarding Pending Legal Action Can Violate CEPA |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
11/15/2012 |
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The Federal Circuit Finds that Section 282 Is Not a Safety Net to Protect Against Failure to Disclosure Relevant Information During Discovery |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/15/2012 |
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NLRB Weekly Summary of Decisions for November 5-9, 2012 |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
11/15/2012 |
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NLRB Decision Regarding Confidentiality of Employer Investigations |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
11/15/2012 |
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A Recall Notice Directed to “6 Hour” Energy Shots Could Constitute False Advertising |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/14/2012 |
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Court Rejects Challenges to Health Reform Mandates and Medicare Regulations |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
11/14/2012 |
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Insured May Not Target Tender Defense to Excess Insurer Until Primary Coverage Is Exhausted |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
11/14/2012 |
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EU Commission Can Bring Follow-On Actions for Damages on Behalf of the European Union in Cartel Cases |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/14/2012 |
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Court Determines U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Is Undercalculating Patent Term Adjustments |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
11/14/2012 |
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The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Does Not Dive into the Turbulent Waters of the Supreme Court’s Stream of Commerce Debate |
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. |
11/13/2012 |
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A New Wave of Say-on-Pay and Executive Compensation Proxy Litigation |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP |
11/13/2012 |
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Supreme Court Considers Use of Purported Stipulation to Avoid Removal |
Fowler White Boggs P.A. |
11/12/2012 |
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The Eleventh Circuit Finds No Fraud on the PTO Where Declarant Had No Personal Knowledge of Use of Similar Marks |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/12/2012 |
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National Labor Relations Board - NLRB Updates Workload of Division Judges in 2012 |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
11/12/2012 |
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Interstate Distributor Company to Pay Nearly $5 Million to Settle EEOC Disability Suit |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
11/12/2012 |
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Retail Stores: Know Your Duty of Care |
Varnum LLP |
11/11/2012 |
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“Nearest-Tenth Of An Hour” Rounding Policy Permissible Under California Law |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
11/11/2012 |
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Who Decides Arbitrability: The Court Or The Arbitrator? |
Armstrong Teasdale |
11/11/2012 |
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Health Care Providers Are Immune to Civil Liability, Despite Peer-Review Shortcomings, Federal Court Rules |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
11/11/2012 |
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District Court Holds Filing of Request for Continued Examination Does Not Reduce Patent Term Adjustment |
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. |
11/10/2012 |
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High Court Limits Recovery for Wrongful Termination of Negotiations |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
11/10/2012 |
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Yes, Employees May (Sometimes) Be Fired For Incriminating Facebook Posts |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
11/10/2012 |
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The Fine Print of Natural Gas Property Rights: Cautionary Lessons from Western Ohio and New York |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/9/2012 |
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New York Law Does Not Require Prejudice Showing for a Late Notice Defense When Notice Is a Condition Precedent to Reinsurance Coverage |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
11/9/2012 |
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Losing A Fair Labor Standards Act Lawsuit Can Be Costly |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
11/9/2012 |
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Why Is CFTC Planning to Appeal Judge’s Ruling in Dodd-Frank Case? |
Ifrah Law |
11/9/2012 |
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Will Decker Hobble Future Attempts at Clean Water Act Permit Streamlining? |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
11/8/2012 |
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Hospitals Challenge CMS Auditing Policy in Court |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
11/8/2012 |
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Written Time Reporting Policy Saves Employer From Fair Labor Standards Act Overtime Liability |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
11/8/2012 |
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Recent Case Suggests How Private Equity Funds Can Protect Against Unfunded Pension Liabilities of Portfolio Companies |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/8/2012 |
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Patent War Between St. Jude Medical and Volcano Has Mixed Results |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
11/8/2012 |
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Protecting Trade Secrets Before, During and After Litigation: A Book Review |
The National Law Review / The National Law Forum LLC |
11/8/2012 |
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Sandy Insurance Claims Likely To Spread Beyond Direct Property Damages |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
11/7/2012 |
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EEOC’s Focus on Pregnancy Discrimination |
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC |
11/7/2012 |
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Court Refuses Insurer’s Claim for Attorneys’ Fees – Filed Too Late |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
11/7/2012 |
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For a Product to Be “Derived from” Another, It Must Copy Novel Aspects of the Original Product |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/7/2012 |
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Chancery Court Endorses Predictive Coding |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
11/6/2012 |
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NRLB Continues to be Active in the Areas of Social Media and Employment-at-Will Policies |
Poyner Spruill LLP |
11/6/2012 |
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Sixth Circuit Overturns $82.6 Million Medicare Fraud Judgment |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/6/2012 |
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No Trademark Infringement Where Contractor Listed Manufacturer’s Product in Municipal Bid |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/5/2012 |
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Newsweek’s History Includes Path-Breaking Gender Discrimination Case |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
11/5/2012 |
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DOJ Should Not Withhold Information From Defense in High-Profile Leak Case |
Ifrah Law |
11/5/2012 |
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Social Media: The New Harassment Landscape Continued |
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC |
11/5/2012 |
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Monsanto v. Bowman to Be Heard at the Supreme Court |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/5/2012 |
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Patents Not Obvious Due to a Lack of Motivation to Combine Prior Art |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/5/2012 |
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Capri Home Care Pays $23,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
11/4/2012 |
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Señor Frog’s, Altres Sued By EEOC For Severe, Rampant Sexual Harassment |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
11/4/2012 |
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Fifth Circuit Looks to Totality of Parties’ Conduct to Determine Implied License |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/4/2012 |
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No Compulsory License for Internet Streaming |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/4/2012 |
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The Federal Trade Commission Fires Back Against Wyndham |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
11/4/2012 |
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Eleventh Circuit Holds Not All “Internet” Distribution Is Worldwide Publication, Giving Rise to a United States Work |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/3/2012 |
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NLRB Issues New Guidance: Brings Some Clarity to At-Will Disclaimer Issues |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
11/3/2012 |
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Restitution Payments by Physician Held to be Tax-Deductible |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
11/2/2012 |
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Eighth Circuit Approves Damages Against Individual Music Downloader |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/2/2012 |
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A Public Icon: Marilyn Monroe Estate Loses Appeal for Publicity Rights |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/2/2012 |
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California Appeals Court Approves Rounding of Employee Time |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
11/2/2012 |
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NLRB’s Division of Advice Finds Two At-Will Employment Policies Lawful |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
11/2/2012 |
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Thou Shall Describe a Reason for Negative Claim Limitations |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/2/2012 |
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Sixth Circuit Reinvigorates Stern v. Marshall Debate |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
11/2/2012 |
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Google and Rosetta Stone Settle AdWords Trademark Infringement Suit |
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11/2/2012 |
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Chuck Yeager’s Right of Publicity Suit Will No Longer Fly in the Ninth Circuit |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/1/2012 |
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In the Spirit of DR Horton, ALJ Extends Protections to Job Applicants |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
11/1/2012 |
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NLRB Steps Away from the At-Will “Ledge” |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
11/1/2012 |
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U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments in the First Sale Case |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
11/1/2012 |
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Federal Circuit Side-Steps Issue of Whether False Affidavit Is Per Se Material Under Therasense |
McDermott Will & Emery |
11/1/2012 |
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District Court Reverses and Holds That "Correct" Name, Not "Legal" Name, Required on UCC-1 Financing Statement |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
11/1/2012 |
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Illinois Courts to Require Redaction of Personal Identity Information |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/31/2012 |
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W.Va. Supreme Court Affirms Award of Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses Against WVDEP In Surface Mine Board Appeals |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
10/31/2012 |
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Hurricane Sandy: Board of Education Discretion in Issuing Alternative Work Schedules on Snow Days |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
10/30/2012 |
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Securities Litigation and Enforcement Trends - October 2012 |
Vedder Price |
10/30/2012 |
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Lost Profits Recoverable as Damages for a Contractual Breach, Bad Faith or Contractual Interference Claim |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
10/30/2012 |
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Not All “Entries” Are Equal – The Law of “Entry” and “Admission” for Purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act |
Chicago-Kent College of Law |
10/29/2012 |
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Avoid Legal Malpractice – Timely Assert Affirmative Defenses |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
10/29/2012 |
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Obamacare on Trial: A Book Review |
The National Law Review / The National Law Forum LLC |
10/28/2012 |
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“Like” It or Not: How Social Media Can Lead to Litigation |
Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) |
10/28/2012 |
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FERC Issues Order No. 1000-B: Acting on Rehearing and Clarification Requests of Order No. 1000-A |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
10/28/2012 |
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HHS Proposed Settlement of Medicare Case would lead to Expanded Reimbursement for Skilled Nursing and Therapy Services |
von Briesen & Roper, S.C. |
10/27/2012 |
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Abandonment and Revival of U.S. Patent Application |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
10/27/2012 |
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Paid FICA Taxes on Severance Pay? Claim a Refund Now |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
10/26/2012 |
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Washington Supreme Court Rejects Insurer Challenge to Covenant Judgments |
Williams Kastner |
10/26/2012 |
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Retail Stores: Know Your Duty of Care |
Varnum LLP |
10/26/2012 |
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Supreme Court Allows Moench Presumption to Continue |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
10/26/2012 |
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Report From an Energized WIPO Conference in Geneva |
Ifrah Law |
10/26/2012 |
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This should have been an obvious FLSA decision |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
10/25/2012 |
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Court Overturns Position Limits |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
10/25/2012 |
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Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting: A Law Student's Freewheeling Inquiry |
Villanova University School of Law |
10/25/2012 |
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Is Continued Employment Enough to Uphold Invention Assignment Agreements? |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
10/25/2012 |
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Administrative Orders or Standing Temporary Orders |
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10/25/2012 |
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Forestry Giant Sierra Pacific Industries Settles EEOC National Origin Discrimination Lawsuit |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
10/25/2012 |
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On The Radar: Supreme Court Set to Resolve Circuit Split as to Definition of Supervisor Under Title VII |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/24/2012 |
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Institutional Controls and Pre-enforcment Review in Cleanup Cases |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
10/24/2012 |
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Quality Stores, Inc.: Law Update |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
10/24/2012 |
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Government Sanctioned for Destruction of Documents |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
10/24/2012 |
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Inference, Not Speculation, Triggers Duty to Defend Asbestos Bodily Injury Claim |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
10/24/2012 |
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Health Care Law Reform Update: October 22, 2012 |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
10/24/2012 |
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EEOC Wins Summary Judgment on Liability in Baltimore County Pension Case |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
10/23/2012 |
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Energy and Environment Law Update: October 21, 2012 |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
10/23/2012 |
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EEOC Must Abide By 300-Day Rule in Pattern and Practice Case, Says New Jersey Federal Court |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/23/2012 |
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Historic Boardwalk Hall v. Commissioner: IRS Dissolves a Partnership Between Pitney Bowes and the NJSEA |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
10/23/2012 |
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Aviation Law Alert - Michigan Court of Appeals Resolves Issues with Statutory Interpretation Critical to Business Aircraft Sales/Use Tax Planning |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/23/2012 |
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Dairy Queen Franchisee to Pay $17,500 to Settle Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
10/23/2012 |
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New Jersey Adopts Revised Uniform LLC Act |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
10/22/2012 |
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House Committee Moving Forward with Subpoena Regarding Medicare Advantage Demonstration Project |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
10/22/2012 |
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NLRB Weekly Summary of Decisions for October 8-12, 2012 |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/22/2012 |
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CFTC Provides a Bit of Last-Minute Breathing Room on Swaps Regulation |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
10/22/2012 |
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The USW Right to Work Case Clears First Hurdle |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/22/2012 |
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EEOC Continues Focus on Religious and National Origin Discrimination Involving Muslim and Arab Communities |
Poyner Spruill LLP |
10/22/2012 |
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EEOC Sues South Loop Club for Sex Harassment and Retaliation |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
10/21/2012 |
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Bribery Act 2010: UK Serious Fraud Office Publishes Revised Policies on Facilitation Payments, Business Expenditure and Corporate Self-Reporting |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/21/2012 |
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Seventh Circuit Decision Holds that Taxes Paid by Illinois Hospitals Are Not Fully Reimbursable Under Medicare |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/21/2012 |
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EEOC Obtains $40,000 in Settlement of ADA Case with Jim Walter Resources |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
10/21/2012 |
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DuPriest and Sons To Pay $24,000 to Silk-Screener Fired Because of Disability |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
10/20/2012 |
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Litigation Alert - Michigan Governor Establishes Business Courts Throughout State |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/20/2012 |
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The Legal Battle Over Health Reform, Continued |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/20/2012 |
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Discussing Eagle v. Edcomm, the LinkedIn Employer Takeover Case, with LXBN TV: Video Interview |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
10/20/2012 |
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Proposed Legislation Would Reform Ohio Employment Bias Laws |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/20/2012 |
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D.R. Horton Files Reply Brief in Appeal of NLRB Decision |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/19/2012 |
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Does the NLRA really Protect A Worker's Right to Be Rude? The NLRB Thinks So! |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
10/19/2012 |
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NLRB Makes it More Difficult for Employers to Control Off-Duty Employee Access to the Workplace |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/19/2012 |
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Will a Savings Clause Save Your Social Media Policy? |
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC |
10/19/2012 |
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New York Publishes MTA Payroll Tax Protective Refund Claim Procedures |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
10/19/2012 |
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Compliance Alert for Group Health Plans Annual Notices to Employees/Participants |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
10/19/2012 |
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Third Circuit Upholds Finding of Antitrust Liability for Above-Cost Pricing Arrangement |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
10/19/2012 |
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Seventh Circuit Sides With Defendants On Eavesdropping Case |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/18/2012 |
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Scope of Non-Access Policies Limited by Recent NLRB Decisions |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
10/18/2012 |
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NLRB and ALJ Decisions Continue to Refine Social Media Policy Parameters |
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC |
10/18/2012 |
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Misrepresentation: Is It As Easy As You May Think To Establish? |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
10/18/2012 |
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Minnesota Court Applies 2-Year Limit to Drug/Alcohol Testing Law, Increases Likelihood of Punitive Damages in Employment Claims |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/18/2012 |
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Dale Carnegie, Esq. |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
10/18/2012 |
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Court Decision in Sony PlayStation Data Breach Case Places Burden on Plaintiffs to Allege Actual Damages |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
10/18/2012 |
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To Post or Not to Post – Are All Employee Facebook Comments Protected Under the NLRA? |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
10/18/2012 |
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Court Rules SEC Cannot Invoke Its Investigatory Powers to Circumvent Discovery Rules |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
10/17/2012 |
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Health Care Reform Update - October 15, 2012 |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
10/17/2012 |
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California Tax Refund Opportunity Based on Gillette |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
10/17/2012 |
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High Court Will Not Evaluate Whether Summary Judgment Orders Violate Plaintiffs’ Seventh Amendment Rights |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/17/2012 |
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Parental Liability: The Importance of Following the Rebuttal Procedure Carefully |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/17/2012 |
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Another Social Media Battleground: Employee LinkedIn Accounts - "It's Mine" - "No It's Not" |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
10/16/2012 |
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Microunions and the National Labor Relations Board: What is a Valid Bargaining Unit? |
Retail Industry Leaders Association |
10/16/2012 |
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Michigan Supreme Court Remands Cherryland After Enactment of Legislation Deeming Solvency Covenants of Non-Recourse Loans Unenforceable |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/16/2012 |
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Concentration Range Claims Cannot Be Narrowly Construed to Preserve Validity |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/16/2012 |
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Fraudulent Joinder: Court Finds Diversity Jurisdiction With Non-Diverse Defendants |
Varnum LLP |
10/15/2012 |
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Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Provision Affecting Permanent Residency Applicants Who 'Age Out' Before Reaching Priority Date |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
10/15/2012 |
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NLRB Signals Intent To Scrutinize Facially Neutral Handbook Policies |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
10/15/2012 |
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The Best Laid Plans: What To Do If You Go To Trial Unexpectedly |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
10/15/2012 |
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The Scope of Safe Harbor Provision Under § 271(e)(1) Expands |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/15/2012 |
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JEC Enterprises Sued By EEOC for Sex Harassment |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
10/15/2012 |
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Court Rules Supplemental Unemployment Compensation Not Subject to Social Security, Medicare Taxes |
Varnum LLP |
10/14/2012 |
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Expert’s Failure to Establish Proximate Cause Results in Exclusion |
Armstrong Teasdale |
10/14/2012 |
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Sixth Circuit Upholds Wal-Mart’s Termination of Employee for Using Medical Marihuana |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
10/14/2012 |
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Exceptional Case: All or Nothing At All? |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/14/2012 |
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MMR Constructors Sued by EEOC For Racial Harassment |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
10/14/2012 |
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En Banc Court Deeply Divided on Divided Infringement |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/13/2012 |
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DOJ Announces Settlement With Florida Company Over Allegations of Retaliation for Employee Challenge to E-Verify Non-Confirmation |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
10/13/2012 |
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The NLRB's Second Bite Of The Apple |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/13/2012 |
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Seventh Circuit: ADA Gives Disabled Employees Priority For Vacant Positions |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
10/13/2012 |
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Denied Boarding: European Court Reinforces the Rights of Air Passengers |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/13/2012 |
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Wendy's Franchisee to Pay $41,500 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
10/13/2012 |
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Would Your Wage and Hour Practices Withstand Scrutiny? |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
10/12/2012 |
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Experts Excluded Despite Spending Over $1 Million to Test Their Theories |
Armstrong Teasdale |
10/12/2012 |
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Domestic Industry Based on Licensing Exists Independently of Domestic Industry Based on Articles Protected by Patent Made in the United States |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/12/2012 |
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Who Owns a Social Media Account? Court Rules that Employer Did Not Violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) by Taking Over a LinkedIn Account |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
10/12/2012 |
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Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Declaratory Judgment Action in Trademark Dispute Involving Alticor |
Varnum LLP |
10/12/2012 |
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Arbitration Clauses in Construction Contracts – Part II |
von Briesen & Roper, S.C. |
10/12/2012 |
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Fiscal Year 2013 Work Plan Highlights OIG’s Medicare Parts C and D Priorities |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
10/12/2012 |
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DOJ Announces Settlement With Florida Company Over Allegations of Retaliation for Employee Challenge to E-Verify Non-Confirmation |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
10/12/2012 |
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Same Claim Terms Used In Related Patents Have the Same Meaning |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/12/2012 |
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EEOC Sues PFERD Milwaukee Brush for Pay Bias |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
10/12/2012 |
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Former Employee Fails To Convince Court Of Underpayment In First And Last Weeks Of Employment |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
10/11/2012 |
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Ohio Supreme Court Reverses Self on Noncompete in Merger Situation |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/11/2012 |
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Federal Circuit to Address Computer-Implemented Inventions En Banc |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
10/11/2012 |
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Pattern Designs on US Navy Uniforms and Fabric Are Non-Functional Protected Trademarks |
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10/11/2012 |
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U.S. Supreme Court to Define Who is a Supervisor Under Title VII |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
10/11/2012 |
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POM Loses a Round in Its Advertising Dispute With FTC, But Battle Continues |
Ifrah Law |
10/11/2012 |
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Recent NLRB Positions Challenge Employer Conventional Wisdom |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
10/11/2012 |
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EPA Petitions for En Banc Rehearing of Decision that Overturned CSAPR |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
10/11/2012 |
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Expert Excluded for Failure to Utilize Any Discernible Methodology |
Armstrong Teasdale |
10/10/2012 |
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A Range of Possible Dates for Alleged Prior Art Does Not Satisfy Standard of Clear and Convincing Evidence for Proving Invalidity |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/10/2012 |
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City of Springfield, Missouri Reaches Settlement to Strike Down E-Verify Requirement |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
10/10/2012 |
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Even When You Win, You Might Still Lose: NLRB Strikes Back After Employer Prevails In Federal Court |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/10/2012 |
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Gunning for the Supreme Court: A "Substantial" Case "Arising" from Texas That Means More Than You Think! |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
10/10/2012 |
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Florida PIP Reform Challenged |
Fowler White Boggs P.A. |
10/10/2012 |
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NLRB Expands Employee Rights to Enter Workplace Outside Work Hours |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
10/10/2012 |
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Health Care Reform Law Update: October 8, 2012 |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
10/10/2012 |
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Next Steps to Comply with Health Care Reform |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
10/10/2012 |
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Stream of Commerce Contacts Insufficient to Maintain Personal Jurisdiction |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/10/2012 |
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Expert Excluded for Failure to Test and Failure to Rule Out Alternative Causes |
Armstrong Teasdale |
10/10/2012 |
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Patentability of Obvious Variants of Derived Knowledge Under the AIA |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
10/9/2012 |
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Proposed Legislation to Prevent Cottage Uncapping – A Benefit to Cottage Owners? Or a Planning Curse in Disguise? |
Varnum LLP |
10/9/2012 |
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California Contest Tops Outside Spending in U.S. House Races |
Center for Public Integrity |
10/9/2012 |
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The Federal Circuit Continues to Make Inequitable Conduct More Difficult to Prove |
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. |
10/9/2012 |
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Trademark Protects “Color of Passion” Used on Soles of Women’s High-Fashion Designer Footwear, Except if Shoe Itself Is Red |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/9/2012 |
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Does Your Franchise Agreement Address Group Arbitration? |
Armstrong Teasdale |
10/9/2012 |
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Homestead Tax Exemption Applies to Non-Citizen’s Residence Maintained for Dependents |
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
10/9/2012 |
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Online and Off-Limits: New California Legislation Prohibits Employers from Requiring Access to Social Media Accounts of Employees |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
10/9/2012 |
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US Supreme Court Accepts Certiorari in Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District — Confiscatory Takings Case |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
10/9/2012 |
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Broadening Reissue Cannot Be Used to Remove Claimed Features Relied Upon in Prosecution Arguments |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/9/2012 |
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First, Second and Third Times are all the Charm… |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
10/9/2012 |
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Potential Opportunity for Refund of FICA Taxes Paid on Supplemental Unemployment Benefits Payments |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/9/2012 |
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Supreme Court to Review Monsanto v. Bowman |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
10/8/2012 |
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Total Investments in Entire Licensing Program Cannot Establish Domestic Industry Absent Evidence Establishing Portion of Investments that Have a Nexus to Asserted Patents |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/8/2012 |
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Retail Did You Know? Court of Appeals Expands Inducement for Patent Infringement |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
10/8/2012 |
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May Employers Require Job Applicants To Provide Home Addresses? |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
10/8/2012 |
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Labor Law: NLRB finds standard at-will employment provisions unlawful |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
10/8/2012 |
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Dock Permitted at Access Easement – No Good Deed Goes Unpunished |
Varnum LLP |
10/8/2012 |
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Implicit Jury Findings Are Binding |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/8/2012 |
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IP: A boon for patent trolls |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
10/8/2012 |
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NLRB Social Media Decisions Leave Questions for Employers |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/8/2012 |
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Prevailing Plaintiff’s Attorneys’ Fees in Civil Rights Action are “Damages” Under Follow Form Insurance Policy |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
10/7/2012 |
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Another New Wave of Employment Laws in California |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
10/7/2012 |
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NLRB Weekly Summary of Decisions for September 24-28, 2012 |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/7/2012 |
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Copyright Protection for Architect’s Expression |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/7/2012 |
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Labor Law: Harassment and discrimination suits can turn on the distinction between a supervisor and a co-worker |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
10/7/2012 |
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District Court Rejects “Novel Theory” that Transfer to a Position to Which the Employee Was Not Qualified Constitutes an Adverse Employment Action |
Varnum LLP |
10/7/2012 |
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D.C. District Court Rejects CFTC's Position Limits Rule |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/7/2012 |
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Labor: Cat’s paw theory can make individual employees liable |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
10/7/2012 |
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FERC Clarifies that a Utility May Not Curtail Unilaterally for Purchases from QFs Under a Long-Term Obligation |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
10/7/2012 |
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Republican members of Congress file amicus briefs to challenge NLRB recess appointments |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/6/2012 |
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Labor: The top 5 compensable time issues that spell disaster for employers |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
10/6/2012 |
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NLRB Rejects Another Social Media Policy |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
10/6/2012 |
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Reigning In Urban Farming – No More RTFA Protection? |
Varnum LLP |
10/6/2012 |
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IP: Phase 2 implementation of the America Invents Act provides new “patent attack” tools |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
10/5/2012 |
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IP Law: The who, what, and how of indemnification provisions |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
10/5/2012 |
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State AGs Challenge Legality of New Dodd-Frank Regulatory Group |
Ifrah Law |
10/5/2012 |
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Separation, Divorce, and Estate Planning |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
10/5/2012 |
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California Passes Law to Regulate Access to Employees’ Social Media Accounts |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/5/2012 |
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Court Must Consider Patent Owner’s Remedies in Terms of Future Infringements |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/5/2012 |
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California Supreme Court Reaffirms “All Sums with Stacking” Rule on Long-Tail Injury Claims |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
10/5/2012 |
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Reining In Urban Farming – No More RTFA Protection? |
Varnum LLP |
10/5/2012 |
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NLRB Decides First Facebook Discharge Case; Holds for Employer but Finds "Courtesy" Requirement Unlawful |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/5/2012 |
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Second Circuit Applies the Filed Rate Doctrine to Electricity Rates Set by Market-Based Auctions |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
10/5/2012 |
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A Casebook Example of Evidentiary Rulings that Cause “Wasteful Litigation” |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/5/2012 |
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Labor: No liability for pre-EEOC investigations |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
10/4/2012 |
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‘Results Will Vary,’ But FTC’s Cases Against Weight-Loss Companies Remain the Same |
Ifrah Law |
10/4/2012 |
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Important Employment Legislative Developments Impacting Both NY and NJ Employers |
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. |
10/4/2012 |
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Details Announced Concerning U.S. Supreme Court Clerk Program on October 17 |
Varnum LLP |
10/4/2012 |
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6th Circuit Holds McCarran-Ferguson Act Bars Antitrust Claims Against Title Insurers |
Dickinson Wright PLLC |
10/4/2012 |
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Labor: Ohio Supreme Court rules on the effect of mergers on noncompetes |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
10/4/2012 |
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Employee Participant Level Fee Disclosures -The Second Step in a Two-Step Dance |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
10/4/2012 |
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NLRB Strikes Down Employee Handbook Language and Issues First Social Media Decision |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
10/4/2012 |
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Service Mark Cancelled Because Services Listed in the Registration Were Not “Good in Trade” |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/4/2012 |
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Potential Refund Claims: New York MTA Payroll Tax Held Unconstitutional |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
10/3/2012 |
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Plants Found in the Wild Are Not Patentable |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/3/2012 |
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What Doesn’t Kill Me, Makes Me Stronger—Surviving Allegations of Copyright Infringement |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/3/2012 |
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8 Questions an Employer Should Ask Before Taking an Adverse Employment Action |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
10/3/2012 |
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Web-Linking Is Not Necessarily Copying |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/3/2012 |
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District Court Rejects “Novel Theory” that Transfer to a Position to Which the Employee Was Not Qualified Constitutes an Adverse Employment Action |
Varnum LLP |
10/3/2012 |
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Update: S. 3523 Passes U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
10/3/2012 |
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Guidance on how not to respond to discovery requests and orders |
Armstrong Teasdale |
10/3/2012 |
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Prometheus Redux: Patentability of Isolated DNA Sequences Are Patentable Subject Matter |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/3/2012 |
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Gossip Mag’s “Fair Use” Claim in Publishing a Celebrity’s Wedding Photos Rejected |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/2/2012 |
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The Virtuosity of Appellate Courts |
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
10/2/2012 |
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NLRB Issues First Social Media Decision |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
10/2/2012 |
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New Jersey Imposes Gender-Equality Notice Obligations on Employers |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
10/2/2012 |
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Holy Infringement!—Noncommercial Infringement Is Not Fair Use |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/2/2012 |
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Federal CAFO Regulations Remove “Propose to Discharge” Permitting Requirement |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
10/2/2012 |
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§ 301(a) of Copyright Act Creates Complete Preemption |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/2/2012 |
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Seventh Circuit Joins Ranks of Courts Holding that Internal Grievances about Employer Fiduciary Duty Breaches is Actionable Under ERISA Section 510 |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
10/2/2012 |
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Trademarks And Bankruptcy: Seventh Circuit Provides Lifeline For Trademark Licensees Confronting Licensor Bankruptcy |
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. |
10/1/2012 |
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Patent Wars: EU’s Top Regulator Takes Front Line Position |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/1/2012 |
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Expert Excluded Because He Could Not Identify Any Scientific Source to Confirm His “Basic Scientific Principle” |
Armstrong Teasdale |
10/1/2012 |
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Update: Bay Mills Indian Community Casino Cases After Remand |
Varnum LLP |
10/1/2012 |
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Not Every Magazine Use Is Fair |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/1/2012 |
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Victim Toxicology Analysis Held Reliable |
Armstrong Teasdale |
10/1/2012 |
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Lack of Enablement Snares Patent’s Open-Ended Claim Scope |
McDermott Will & Emery |
10/1/2012 |
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It’s Official - The First NRLB Decision Striking Down a Social Media Policy |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
10/1/2012 |
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President of Company Not Qualified to Testify Based on Industry Experience |
Armstrong Teasdale |
10/1/2012 |
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Online Retailer Not Subject to Personal Jurisdiction in Michigan |
Varnum LLP |
10/1/2012 |
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New WDNR Regulations A Concern for Wisconsin Agriculture |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
10/1/2012 |
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Reasonable Attorney Fees Not Defined by Insurer’s Billing Guidelines |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
10/1/2012 |
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Entire Market Value Rule–R.I.P.? |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/30/2012 |
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Public Comment: Word Counts But Kindergarten Fonts |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
9/30/2012 |
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Failure to Test Ignition Theory Results in Exclusion |
Armstrong Teasdale |
9/30/2012 |
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The Food and Drug Administration Gets Sued for Delaying FSMA Implementation |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
9/30/2012 |
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Second Circuit Blocks Class Action Against KeySpan-Morgan Stanley for Market Manipulation |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
9/30/2012 |
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Policy Provision Does Not Eliminate Duty to Defend Uncovered Counts in Mixed Action |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
9/30/2012 |
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Husband Organizes; Wife Gets Fired. NLRB Orders Reinstatement |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
9/30/2012 |
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Efforts to Restrict Employer Access to Social Media Passwords Pick Up Steam |
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC |
9/30/2012 |
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Court Sets Forth Requirements for Admissibility of Origin and Cause Opinions |
Armstrong Teasdale |
9/30/2012 |
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USEPA Withdraws Proposed CAFO Reporting Rule |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
9/30/2012 |
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Federal Court In Washington Rules That Allstate Sales Agent Is A Contractor, Not An Employee |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
9/29/2012 |
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Class Certified in Unsolicited Fax Advertisement Lawsuit |
Varnum LLP |
9/29/2012 |
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Failure to Be a Licensed Investigator Not Basis for Exclusion |
Armstrong Teasdale |
9/29/2012 |
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“The Next Asbestos” – False Advertising and Mislabeling Class Action Lawsuits Against the Agriculture, Food and Beverage Industry |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
9/29/2012 |
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Caution Required When Releasing Health-Care Records Under Wisconsin’s “Billing and Collection” Exception |
von Briesen & Roper, S.C. |
9/29/2012 |
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Court Excludes Expert Because He Had No Specific Qualifications as to the Specific Opinion He Intended to Offer |
Armstrong Teasdale |
9/29/2012 |
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BP Products North America to Improve Spill Response Preparedness at Oil Terminals Nationwide |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
9/29/2012 |
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OSHA's Aggressive Focus on Grain Handling Operators |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
9/29/2012 |
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EEOC Sues Dollar General for Race Discrimination and Retaliation |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
9/29/2012 |
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Update: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Exempt from Michigan Real Estate Transfer Tax |
Varnum LLP |
9/29/2012 |
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Failure to Test Ignition Theory Results in Exclusion |
Armstrong Teasdale |
9/28/2012 |
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Individual Responsibility under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) |
Fowler White Boggs P.A. |
9/28/2012 |
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Social Media: The New Harassment Landscape |
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC |
9/28/2012 |
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Is representing a KKK Imperial Wizard bad for fee requests? |
Armstrong Teasdale |
9/28/2012 |
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PCBs in Building Caulking – Beware the Enforcer |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
9/28/2012 |
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Sixth Circuit Affirms $33M Jury Verdict in Breach of Contract Case |
Varnum LLP |
9/28/2012 |
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EEOC Sues Panda Express Restaurant in Hawaii for Rampant Sexual Harassment |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
9/28/2012 |
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Sixth Circuit: Downsizing Payments Are Not FICA-Taxable Wages |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
9/27/2012 |
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Choose Your Words Carefully When Drafting Social Media Policies |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
9/27/2012 |
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Quality Stores Decision Could Lead to Significant Refunds of FICA Tax |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/27/2012 |
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Another Hurdle for GHG Suits as Ninth Circuit Affirms District Court Ruling in Kivalina v. ExxonMobil |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
9/27/2012 |
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Law Update: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Exempt from Michigan Real Estate Transfer Tax |
Varnum LLP |
9/27/2012 |
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Michigan’s Homestead-Exemption Law for Bankruptcy Debtors Upheld |
Varnum LLP |
9/26/2012 |
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"Context Matters" Reasons the Board as it Forgives Workplace Vulgarity and Lying |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
9/26/2012 |
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Alleged Fraudulent Indcument + Unambiguous Contract = Defense Summary Judgment |
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
9/26/2012 |
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Health Care Law Reform Update |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
9/26/2012 |
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Federal Circuit Knocks Outside the Box’s Inequitable Conduct Charges Out of the Box |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
9/26/2012 |
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Akami/McKesson Decision Re-defines Induced Infringement |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
9/26/2012 |
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Intellectually Disabled Workers Awarded $1.3M for Pay Discrimination by Henry's Turkey Service |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
9/25/2012 |
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Massachusetts DPH Proposes Amendments to Regulations to Implement Gift Ban Law Changes |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
9/25/2012 |
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NLRB and EEOC May Target Employer Efforts to Keep Employees Quiet During Internal Investigations |
Poyner Spruill LLP |
9/25/2012 |
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Strategy and Tactics: Knowing The Difference In Patent Portfolio Creation |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
9/25/2012 |
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California Supreme Court to Review Class Action Arbitration Waivers in Employment Agreements |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
9/25/2012 |
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‘Get-Rich-Quick’ Systems Penalized by FTC to Tune of $478 Million |
Ifrah Law |
9/25/2012 |
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NLRB to Costco: Your Social Media Policy Needs a Do-Over |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
9/25/2012 |
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Charitable Donations and Tax Law |
Armstrong Teasdale |
9/25/2012 |
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EEOC Wins Rare Summary Judgment Verdict In Disability Suit Against Creative Networks |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
9/24/2012 |
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Appellate Court Ruling Permits Continued NIH Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
9/24/2012 |
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NLRB Weekly Summary of Decisions for September 10-14, 2012 |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
9/24/2012 |
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Seventh Circuit Revives EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
9/24/2012 |
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Singular Claim Terms Are Plural in Scope Unless There Is Clear Intent to the Contrary |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/24/2012 |
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Labor and Employment Law Alert - NLRB Decides First Social Media Case; Finds Employer’s Policy Unlawfully Over-Broad |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
9/23/2012 |
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NLRB Announces its First Formal Ruling on the Legality of Social Media Policies |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
9/23/2012 |
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Illinois Court Finds Coverage for Additional Insured Where None Exists for the Named Insured |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
9/23/2012 |
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SEC Proposes Amendments to Allow General Solicitation in Certain Private Offerings Pursuant to JOBS Act |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
9/23/2012 |
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The Federal Circuit’s Recent “Safe Harbor” Ruling Could Impact Biosimilars Drug Development |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
9/22/2012 |
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Reasonable Rates -- MO Ethics Lawyer charges NYC newbie lawyer rates |
Armstrong Teasdale |
9/22/2012 |
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The Evolving Landscape of Employee Text-messaging Privacy Issues |
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC |
9/22/2012 |
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ADA Requires Employers to Fill Vacant Positions with Qualified Employees with Disabilities |
Much Shelist, P.C. |
9/22/2012 |
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Indiana Court Holds that Second-Tier Materialman May Not Invoke Personal Liability Notice Statute |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
9/22/2012 |
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Western District To Decide Whether Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Are Exempt from Paying Michigan’s Real Estate Transfer Tax |
Varnum LLP |
9/22/2012 |
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When is Ensuing Loss Not Ensuing Loss? |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
9/21/2012 |
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NLRB Rules on First Social Media Policy Case; Find Policy Unlawful |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
9/21/2012 |
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DOJ Files Employment Discrimination Lawsuit Against Agricultural Employer |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
9/21/2012 |
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S. 3523: Louboutin, Lululemon, and Fashion Design: Finally Getting Some Respect? |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
9/21/2012 |
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Diacetyl Litigation Update: Consumer Pops Case, Prevails in Lawsuit |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
9/21/2012 |
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Employers Beware: The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Is a Sword with Two Edges |
Much Shelist, P.C. |
9/21/2012 |
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Lawyers-Witnesses Can Handle Pretrial matters |
Armstrong Teasdale |
9/20/2012 |
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On Brevity |
Andrews Kurth LLP |
9/20/2012 |
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Florida Divorce Law: Mandatory Disclosure a/k/a Rule 12.285 |
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9/20/2012 |
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Libya Loses Court Battle Over Its Own ‘Libyan Embassy’ Trademark |
Ifrah Law |
9/20/2012 |
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The Road Less Traveled: Don’t Put Your Children in the Middle of Your Divorce |
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
9/20/2012 |
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Quality Stores Decision Could Lead to Significant Refunds of FICA Tax |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/19/2012 |
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Mixed Ruling Upholds Arizona's 'Show Your Papers' Provision |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
9/19/2012 |
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Wellness Program Falls Within ADA Safe Harbor |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
9/18/2012 |
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What Did Wisconsin Judge Colas Really Do? |
von Briesen & Roper, S.C. |
9/18/2012 |
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Red Letter Case: Second Circuit Upholds Color as a Protectable Mark |
Armstrong Teasdale |
9/18/2012 |
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Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeals Adopts E-Filing |
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
9/18/2012 |
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Confusing Similarity Goes to the Dogs |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/18/2012 |
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New Jersey Construction Lien Law |
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. |
9/18/2012 |
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1st Media, LLC v. Electronic Arts, Inc. – Specific Intent Means Specific Intent |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
9/18/2012 |
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Labor and Employment Law Newsletter: Sept. 2012 |
Vedder Price |
9/17/2012 |
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A Red-Leather Day: Giving Single Color Trademarks in the Fashion Industry a Little Sole |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
9/17/2012 |
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New York Expands List of Permissible Voluntary Deductions from Wages |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
9/16/2012 |
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Second Circuit Confirms That Title VII Discrimination Awards are Taxable |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
9/16/2012 |
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Commercial LItigation Alert - Indiana Court of Appeals: Jury to Decide Whether Generic Advertising Language Creates Liability for Fraud |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
9/16/2012 |
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Environmental Law Alert - Ohio Supreme Court Decision Finds Local Zoning Law is Applicable to Private Landfill |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
9/16/2012 |
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Ninth Circuit Reverses Securities Fraud Conviction Based on Admission of Prior Complaint |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
9/15/2012 |
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Can a Hospital Alliance Constitute a Single Entity for Antitrust Purposes? It Depends, Says One District Court |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
9/15/2012 |
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District Court Power to Enjoin Improper Use Code Is Limited |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/15/2012 |
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The Antitrust Agencies’ Latest Favorite Target: MFN Clauses |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
9/15/2012 |
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EEOC Sues Trinity Medical Center for Sexual Harassment, Retaliation |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
9/14/2012 |
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Let the Jury Decide Trade Secret Misappropriation Claim |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/14/2012 |
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Preparing for Competent Authority Cases—Strategy |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/14/2012 |
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Privilege, With Some Texas Hot Sauce |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
9/14/2012 |
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Louboutin Wins Round Two Against Yves Saint Laurent in Fight Over Red Soles |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
9/14/2012 |
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Federal Court Holds that FLSA’s “Fluctuating Workweek” Method Violates Pennsylvania Law |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
9/14/2012 |
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“Slam Dunk” Liability Defense Does Not Abrogate Duty to Defend |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
9/14/2012 |
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ICE Issues $625,000 Fine to New Jersey Company for Form I-9 Violations |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
9/13/2012 |
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Unverified EEOC Filing Not Good Enough, Says Northern District of Indiana |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
9/13/2012 |
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Insurer Bound by Policyholder’s Settlement of Questionable Liability Case |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
9/13/2012 |
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Who owns your Twitter account? |
McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC |
9/13/2012 |
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Articles in Legal Industry Publications Continue to Qualify as Public Disclosure Under the False Claims Act |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
9/13/2012 |
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California Appeals Court Opinion Highlights Brokers' Ability to Seek Judicial Expungement on Equitable Grounds |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
9/13/2012 |
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Trade Secret Misappropriations Accusations Are Not Proof of a Habit |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/13/2012 |
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The U.S. Government Supports Textbook Publisher in First Sale Case |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
9/13/2012 |
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Paradigm Shift for Illinois Taxpayers with Creation of New Independent Tax Tribunal |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
9/13/2012 |
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Employer's Routine Requests to Employees to Keep Internal Investigation Matters Confidential Found Unlawful by NLRB |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
9/13/2012 |
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US Foods Settles EEOC Race Discrimination Suit for $165,000 |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
9/13/2012 |
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An “Application” Under § 135(b)(2) Includes Earlier Effective Filings Under § 120 |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/12/2012 |
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Fifth Circuit Limits Wetland Permit Citizen Suits |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
9/12/2012 |
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Statements Made During Reexamination Can Be Used to Limit Claim Scope |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/12/2012 |
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The Other Shoe Drops: Appeals Court Saves But Trims Louboutin Red Sole Trademark |
Schiff Hardin LLP |
9/12/2012 |
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Red Letter Case: Second Circuit Upholds Color as a Protectable Mark |
Armstrong Teasdale |
9/12/2012 |
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New York Wage Deduction Amendment Signed Into Law |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
9/12/2012 |
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Seventh Circuit Reverses Course on Reassignment Labor Accommodation |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
9/12/2012 |
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Being off sick is no holiday: Statutory holiday entitlement of employees on sick leave |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
9/12/2012 |
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UPS Sued by EEOC for National Origin and Religious Harassment |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
9/12/2012 |
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FTC Sues DISH Network for Violating ‘Do-Not-Call’ Rules in Telemarketing |
Ifrah Law |
9/11/2012 |
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eDiscovery Alert: New Amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure |
Fowler White Boggs P.A. |
9/11/2012 |
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DOJ Announces Settlement with Illinois Company Over Citizenship Status Discrimination |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
9/11/2012 |
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Seventh Circuit Reverses Course on Reassignment Accommodation, Leaving United Airlines Grounded |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
9/11/2012 |
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Silver Diner Sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
9/10/2012 |
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Sanctions Award Without Fees Not Appealable |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/10/2012 |
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Scotts Miracle-Gro Will Pay $12.5 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties for Violations of Federal Pesticide Laws |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
9/10/2012 |
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Statutory Provision on Royalty Judges Violates Appointments Clause |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/10/2012 |
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Court of Appeals Expands Inducement for Patent Infringement |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
9/10/2012 |
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Federal Circuit Signals Acceptance of Fairness Balancing in Determining Scope of Privilege Waiver |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/10/2012 |
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Copyright Owners Waive Right to Jury Trial by Filing Claims in Bankruptcy Court |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/10/2012 |
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Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc.: Federal Circuit Makes Proving Induced Infringement Easier |
Armstrong Teasdale |
9/9/2012 |
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Repeated Failures to Comply with Discovery Warrant Sanctions Against Counsel |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/9/2012 |
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Is Relief on the Horizon for California Employers Attempting to Enforce Arbitration Agreements as Class Waivers? |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
9/9/2012 |
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No-Challenge Clauses Do Not Bar Later Challenges to Patent Validity |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/9/2012 |
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United States Supreme Court Grants Certiorari to Determine Whether a Llitigant can Purposely Limit the Amount in Controversy to Defeat CAFA Jurisdiction |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
9/9/2012 |
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Dura Automotive Systems to Pay $750,000 To Settle EEOC ADA Lawsuit |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
9/9/2012 |
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California: Class Arbitration Prohibited if Not Authorized in Agreement |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
9/8/2012 |
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Federal Court Upholds Arizona’s Union Secret Ballot Amendment |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
9/8/2012 |
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Third Circuit Addresses The Notice An Employee Must Give Of Unforeseeable FMLA Leave |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
9/8/2012 |
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Wrongful Termination Claim Too Desperate for Ex-Desperate Housewives Star |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
9/7/2012 |
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Wyndham Motion Puts the FTC on the Defensive |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
9/7/2012 |
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Two Circuits Conclude that Automatic Bankruptcy Stay Does Not Prevent Continuation of an Infringement Action of Trademarks |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/7/2012 |
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Arizona District Court Upholds State Secret Ballot Law for Union Elections |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
9/7/2012 |
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Discrimination Claims Based on Denial of Religious Clothing Is “Low Hanging Fruit” to EEOC |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
9/7/2012 |
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The U.S. Supreme Court Grants Cert to Decide Scope of First Sale Doctrine |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
9/7/2012 |
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Betting on the NFL Goes on Trial (Part 2) |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
9/7/2012 |
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Sixth Circuit Affirms $33M Jury Verdict in Breach of Contract Case (Whitesell Corp. v. Whirlpool Corp.) |
Varnum LLP |
9/7/2012 |
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Federal Circuit Reaffirms the Patentability of Isolated DNA in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad |
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. |
9/7/2012 |
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Liability for Inducing Infringement Does Not Require a Single Entity Direct Infringer |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
9/7/2012 |
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Walking the Red Carpet May Negate Rights of Publicity Claims |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/6/2012 |
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To Compel Discovery Of A Party’s Social Media Content In Pennsylvania, There Must Be A Hook |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
9/6/2012 |
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Federal Circuit Resurrects ‘Induced Infringement;’ Narrows ‘Joint Infringement Defense’ |
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP |
9/6/2012 |
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The Rise and Possible Fall of Class Actions in False Advertising Litigation |
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. |
9/6/2012 |
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Betting on the NFL Goes on Trial (Part 1) |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
9/6/2012 |
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Akamai/McKesson Decided– Implications for Personalized Medicine Patents |
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. |
9/6/2012 |
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Judge Was Right to Reject Plea Deal in Child Porn Case that Included Appellate Waiver |
Ifrah Law |
9/6/2012 |
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Vitol and Johnson Controls to Pay $62,500 to Settle EEOC Lawsuit for Retaliation |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
9/6/2012 |
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The Patty Tipton Company Agrees to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
9/5/2012 |
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Increased European Patent Protection Following a Landmark Ruling on Supplementary Protection Certificates |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/5/2012 |
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Continued Employment Is Sufficient Consideration for IP Assignment Agreements |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/5/2012 |
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Foley Products Company Settles Race Discrimination Lawsuit |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
9/5/2012 |
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Catie Food Systems Sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
9/5/2012 |
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Prior Art Publications Entitled to Presumption of Enablement |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/4/2012 |
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Prometheus Rising: In Bancorp, the Battle Between “Claim” and “Inventive Concept” Continues |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/4/2012 |
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"Authorization" Under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/4/2012 |
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Federal Circuit to Hear En Banc Issue of Jurisdiction Over Determinations of Liability Where Damages and Willfulness Issues Not Yet Addressed |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/3/2012 |
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New Massachusetts Open Meeting Law Regulation Goes into Effect on September 14, 2012 |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
9/3/2012 |
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ITC Proposes Rule Changes to Section 337 Practice |
McDermott Will & Emery |
9/3/2012 |
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Is Employer-Ordered Counseling a Medical Exam Covered By The ADA? |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
9/3/2012 |
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Psychological Counseling May Constitute a Medical Examination Under the ADA |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
9/3/2012 |
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EEOC Commissioners Launch Disability Discrimination Series in Seattle |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
9/3/2012 |
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Mercy Hospice Sued By EEOC for Disability Bias |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
9/2/2012 |
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Stormwater in New England: When It Rains, It Pours |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
9/2/2012 |
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California Rejects Enforcement of Restrictive Covenant in Employment Agreement |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
9/1/2012 |
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EEOC Obtains $2.75 Million from WRS Compass for Victims of Race Harassment at Clean-Up Site |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
8/31/2012 |
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Expert Opinion Excluded in Fire Case |
Armstrong Teasdale |
8/31/2012 |
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Souliotes v. Hedgpeth, July 18, 2012 |
Armstrong Teasdale |
8/31/2012 |
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MKB Construction Settles EEOC Retaliation Discrimination Suit |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
8/30/2012 |
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On Remand, Federal Circuit Spreads Mayo on Myriad |
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP |
8/30/2012 |
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Court Orders Cost-Shifting for Pre-Class Certification Discovery |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
8/30/2012 |
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Risk assessments are critical to avoid data blackmail |
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8/30/2012 |
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Donegal Mut. Ins. Co. v. Electrolux North America, July 24, 2012 |
Armstrong Teasdale |
8/30/2012 |
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Court Strikes Down EPA Overreaching – Again |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
8/30/2012 |
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The Federal Circuit Will Decide if a Damages Trial or Decision on Willfulness Is Required Before a Judgment of Patent Infringement Can Be Appealed |
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. |
8/28/2012 |
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DOJ Announces Settlement with Philadelphia Employment Agency Over Allegations of Discrimination Against Refugees |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
8/28/2012 |
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Are You Willing to Pay $22,500 to Download A Song? |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
8/28/2012 |
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Alabama Court Applies NFPA 921 Guide to Expert Testimony |
Armstrong Teasdale |
8/28/2012 |
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Insider Trading Defendant’s Decision to Take the Stand Doesn’t Prevent Conviction |
Ifrah Law |
8/28/2012 |
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ABCO West Electrical Will Pay $23,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
8/28/2012 |
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EPA Stops the Importation of Short-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins as Part of Settlement with INEOS |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
8/27/2012 |
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EEOC Sues Burger King Franchisee Over Employee’s Religious Accommodation Request |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
8/27/2012 |
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Court Injects Clarity into Air Permitting Source Determinations |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP |
8/27/2012 |
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California Assembly Votes to Amend State False Claims Act |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
8/27/2012 |
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Another Loss for the Robinson-Patman Act |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
8/26/2012 |
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