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A great force of our economy, our freedom to tinker is in danger
Mike GodwinIn the public policy debates this year about digital copyright-and about requiring computers and other devices to be on the lookout for unauthorized copying of copyrighted works-"fair use" has gotten a lot of attention. I think a lot about fair use-the right to make unauthorized copies of copyrighted works, under certain conditions.Alternate Defender Costs on the Rise
A year and a half after creating a program to reduce the money spent on hiring private defense attorneys in conflict-of-interest cases, Alameda County is again finding those costs on the rise.Morgenthau, plaintiff-appellant v. Avion Resources Ltd., defendants-respondents
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Innocence Project wants more state commissions to examine justice system
The New York-based Innocence Project, which as of this week has helped exonerate 200 wrongfully-convicted people based on DNA evidence since 1989, is launching an effort to create more state commissions to help identify reasons for such faulty convictions and to change state laws to avoid such miscarriages of justice.Israeli-based firm sees South Florida as the place to be
Dizengoff Group executive Ronen Saban is eager to expand the company's South Florida holdings, and is interested in adding condominiums and retail properties in built-out, "mature areas."Legal Help for D.C. Artists Gets Creative
Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts is a legal service provider that caters to all things artistic. Through an e-mail referral list sent out to 80 law firms and solo practitioners, WALA put fledgling theater producer Richard Brenin in touch with an intellectual property associate at DLA Piper. "This opportunity, especially with the help of [a lawyer], is giving me the confidence to actually make this happen," says Brenin, who didn't know anything about the legal aspects of putting a show together.Manhattan federal district court judge Jed Rakoff has been stewing for years over the SEC's approach to settlements with alleged Wall Street malefactors. In his ruling Monday rejecting the agency's settlement with Citigroup over is marketing of an ill-fated CDO, the judge finally boiled over.
Insurers' Rate Pressure Forces Change in Firms' Employment Practice Groups
When Morrison & Foerster's employment practice seemed to de-emphasize local clients, partner Judith Droz Keyes moved to Davis Wright Tremaine. For many national firms, insurers' rate pressure for liability policies is unrelenting, forcing labor lawyers to become more like service partners. As a result, more employment lawyers are leaving large firms. But for each trend, a counter: Some big firms are using volume discounts to bring back clients.Trending Stories
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