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Juliana Kenny

Juliana Kenny

January 15, 2014 | Inside Counsel

SEC aggression to increase against compliance officers

The SEC will now seek to hold compliance officers personally reliable for their companies' failures in a newly aggressive change of tack.

By Juliana Kenny

2 minute read

January 14, 2014 | Inside Counsel

Technology's disruptive effect on copyright law

Aereo is being brought to the steps of the high court to defend itself against U.S. TV broadcasters who claim it unlawfully skirts retransmission fees using its antennae technology.

By Juliana Kenny

3 minute read

January 10, 2014 | Inside Counsel

Publisher cracks down on authors of academic articles

In early December 2013, Elsevier began issuing massive numbers of takedown requests to Academia.edu -- a social networking website for academics -- as well as Harvard University, the University of Calgary, and the University of California-Irvine.

By Juliana Kenny

2 minute read

January 09, 2014 | Inside Counsel

Wage-and-hour lawsuit wave to continue into 2014

A report titled the Workplace Class Action Litigation Report created for the tenth year in a row by Seyfarth Shaw L.L.P. cites the increased use of mobile devices as perhaps a bane for employers caught in labor litigation.

By Juliana Kenny

10 minute read

January 08, 2014 | Inside Counsel

Canadian IP law leaves room for improvement

Canada has been on the Special 301 Report -- a report listing the countries that fail to adequately set in place intellectual property protection legislation -- for 23 of the 25 years that the report has existed.

By Juliana Kenny

2 minute read

January 07, 2014 | Inside Counsel

Stem cell research at center of lawsuit for public advocacy group

A new legal suit against the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which has a patent on stem cells derived from human embryos, has been brought on by the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog in what Consumer Watchdog claims is research that is too similar to earlier work and therefore undeserved to be owned...

By Juliana Kenny

2 minute read

January 03, 2014 | Inside Counsel

California grants law license to undocumented immigrant

Garcia was just issued a law license by the state of California as of January 1.

By Juliana Kenny

2 minute read

December 30, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Startups still face big challenges from U.S. patent law

The protection of intellectual property is no less important for smaller companies than it is for larger ones, and the technology industry is one of the most competitive landscapes for emerging businesses that need to ensure their IP is secured.

By Juliana Kenny

2 minute read

December 27, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Nokia could take on Google for mapping patents

A newer claim has entered the arena with two other big-name global technology companies: Nokia and Google.

By Juliana Kenny

5 minute read

December 26, 2013 | Inside Counsel

Canadian Supreme Court gives one year for revision of prostitution laws

A December 20 decision by Canada's Supreme Court gives legislators one year to revise laws regulating sex work to make them more fair to the sex workers themselves. The unanimous decision determined that current legislation endangers the lives of sex workers insomuch that it prevents those in the line of...

By Juliana Kenny

2 minute read