The National Law Journal

December 04, 2006 | National Law Journal

To shorten the average pendency period and to decrease the backlog numbers, the PTO has proposed and has implemented in part a multifaceted rule package.

By Sean Allen Passino, Stephen B. Maebius and Stephen A. Bent/Special to The National Law Journal

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December 08, 2003 | National Law Journal

A judge's order prohibiting a Denver woman from teaching her daughter that homosexuality is wrong has touched off a legal battle with the issue of religious freedom at its core.

By Tresa BaldasSpecial to The National Law Journal

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March 09, 2009 | National Law Journal

President Obama's selection of Mary Schapiro as the new SEC chairwoman, someone with deep regulatory and enforcement experience, augers well for change in the commission. But there is an additional bright spot for the SEC that deserves praise: the first-time publication in October 2008 of its Enforcement Manual — describing policies and procedures hitherto disbursed in separate SEC pronouncements and internal documents, and known only to SEC staff and experienced practitioners. It is a welcome addition.

By David Z. Seide & Jonathan J. Walsh / Special to The National Law Journal

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January 10, 2005 | National Law Journal

Financial employers have recently experienced an increase in lawsuits alleging sexual harassment and gender discrimination, and they are now looking at more ways to reduce their liability or prevent the cases altogether.

By Richard H. Block and M. Alexis Pennotti Special to The National Law Journal

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January 02, 2006 | National Law Journal

Eight days following Hurricane Katrina, Baker Botts' Houston office trained 500 lawyers to provide free legal counseling through the Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program. Jason Ryan was determined to be one of the 75 Baker Botts volunteers, but he didn't know how he would help.

By Emily Heller Special to The National Law Journal

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February 27, 2006 | National Law Journal

As the nation continues to strengthen homeland security and domestic preparedness-and Hurricane Katrina has underscored that preparedness involves natural threats as well as humanmade ones-it is important to remember that the terrorist component is both foreign and domestic and involves many organizations.

By Steven RobertsSpecial to The National Law Journal

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December 04, 2006 | National Law Journal

Critics in academia, industry and some within the patent bar assert that the patent system has become inefficient and unpredictable so that it is harming, not encouraging, innovation.

By Andrew Cadel, Stephen Schreiner and Ozzie Farres/Special to The National Law Journal

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October 10, 2005 | Law.com

The role of corporate money in American politics today is not a minor. And the fact that such a significant issue had to be brought by a local county district attorney may be, as DeLay�s lawyer put it, �skunky.� But that stench comes from the expensive, toothless federal bureaucracy that has so utterly failed to control this problem.

By Dan SmallSpecial to The National Law Journal

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April 19, 2004 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Department of Labor is expected to issue its new regulations governing overtime this week, and they will probably include major changes to a proposed draft that had outraged labor advocates and caused at least one state to change its overtime law.

By Sue ReisingerSpecial to The National Law Journal

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June 13, 2005 | National Law Journal

While the Andersen decision was certainly a symbolic setback for the Justice Department's corporate fraud efforts, it will not pose any practical impediment in prosecuting corporate fraud, white-collar crime or violations of Sarbanes-Oxley. On the other hand, the court seemingly carved out a safe harbor for document-retention policies utilized under "ordinary circumstances."

By Bill MatejaSpecial to The National Law Journal

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