Contributing Writer

Contributing Writer

August 30, 2013 | Inside Counsel

GAO releases patent data study

According to the study, from 2010 to 2011, the number of patent infringement lawsuits increased by about one third. The increase was likely due to anticipated changes in the America Invents Act.

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August 29, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Telecom companies increasingly falling under government scrutiny

Experts say the security agreements scopes are expanding.

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August 28, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Las Vegas Sands to pay government $47 million

Las Vegas Sands Corp. is paying up for its suspicious activity.

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August 27, 2013 | Inside Counsel

7th Circuit dismisses Scottie Pippen suit

The court said Pippen failed to prove that the media outlets either knew the statements to be false or were recklessly indifferent to whether they were true or false.

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August 27, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Sirius sued over not paying royalties on pre-1972 songs

Sirius is allegedly refusing to pay performance royalties for any recordings made before 1972, because up until that year sound recordings were not protected by federal copyright law.

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August 26, 2013 | Inside Counsel

President Obama supports two-year law school degree

If it were up to President Obama, law school students would shoulder less debt.

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August 26, 2013 | Inside Counsel

N.Y. Attorney General sues Donald Trump's Trump University

To all the little kids out there hoping against hope to go to Trump University when they grow up: You may need to look for a safety school.

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August 23, 2013 | Inside Counsel

CBS settles with ABC over show that allegedly ripped off “Big Brother”

CBS had long been concerned that ABC's reality show The Glass House was uncannily like its own show Big Brother.

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August 23, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Gender-nonconforming BET host sues network for discrimination

A gender-nonconforming Black Entertainment Television (BET) host is suing the network for discrimination.

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August 22, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Bank of America intern found dead in London after allegedly working three nights in a row

Moritz Erhardt's internship was almost overjust one week leftwhen police and paramedics found him on Aug. 15.

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