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June 09, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

No Lanham Act Copyright Protection For Materials in the Public Domain

In a major narrowing of the Lanham Act, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously that the law allows the copying of public domain material without giving credit to its source.
4 minute read
January 26, 2010 | The Recorder

Prop 8 Defense Seeks to Show Gays Have Power

The backers of the ban on same-sex marriage called the first of their two expected witnesses in the federal challenge before Chief Judge Vaughn Walker.
3 minute read
October 03, 2000 | Law.com

Proactive Lawyers Needed to Counsel Startups

Counseling a startup company presents many challenges. Lawyers must provide complex legal and business advice for aggressive and eager companies. To compound this challenge, startups often require sophisticated advice immediately. To respond to these demands, lawyers must understand the unique characteristics of startup companies. Participants in a recent law.com online seminar discuss managing culture-conflicts between startups and law firms.
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September 17, 2007 | National Law Journal

Biovail Rehires Kasowitz Benson

Canadian drugmaker Biovail has rehired its former lead law firm in the case, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman. Biovail fired Kasowitz in March amid legal proceedings surrounding the company's misuse of court-protected documents. The suit began in February 2006, when Biovail sued analysts and hedge funds in New Jersey state court. Biovail claims that it was the victim of a conspiracy to spread false information about it in an effort to depress its stock and profit.
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September 10, 2007 | Law.com

SEC Stumbles on Privilege Waivers

More than ever, the Securities and Exchange Commission is dependent on companies cooperating with probes by conducting internal investigations -- and waiving attorney-client privilege to disclose the results. Yet intense criticism of the practice has reached Capitol Hill, where pending legislation would prohibit the SEC from rewarding companies that turn over privileged material. It's hard these days for the SEC to tread lightly because so much of its caseload involves probes of stock option grants.
8 minute read
November 28, 2001 | Law.com

Federal Judge Rejects Recusal Motion in IPO Suits

Judge Shira Scheindlin of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York said Wednesday that she would not recuse herself from the more than 1,000 cases involving the allocation of initial public offerings that were consolidated before her in August. Scheindlin rejected a recusal motion by underwriters who questioned her ownership of stocks in companies named in the litigation.
7 minute read
October 24, 2007 | National Law Journal

Calif. Wildfires Drive Lawyers From Homes, Offices

As a brown haze shrouded Southern California on Tuesday, law firms in San Diego's Carmel Valley region were shuttered, and more and more local attorneys and staff members were forced to leave their homes. At least two partners have lost their homes, and some law firms estimated that between a third and a half of their local attorneys and staffers had been displaced. Said one managing partner, "We don't even know the human impact yet. There's been 500,000 evacuated, and that includes a lot of our people."
4 minute read
March 14, 2003 | New York Law Journal

Treatment patent type disallowed

7 minute read
February 01, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

Deals & Suits

22 minute read
July 05, 2000 | Law.com

Green Giants

The annual Am Law 100 list shows Bay Area firms had the highest revenue growth in the nation in 1999. No surprise, Bay Area firms riding the booming technology-driven economy outpaced the competition from New York and Los Angeles in both revenue and profit growth. Bay Area firms beefed up revenues an average 17 percent, and profits per partner climbed an astronomical 33 percent.
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