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March 16, 2005 | Law.com

Microsoft, Time Warner Escape EU Scrutiny

Microsoft and Time Warner have found a winning formula for getting the EU to drop its probe of a deal, but competition experts warned the strategy may not always work. On Tuesday, Microsoft and Time Warner announced the completion of a deal to bring in French consumer electronics vendor Thomson SA as a third partner in digital rights manager ContentGuard Inc. Shortly afterward, the European Commission said it dropped the probe because the case was outside its regulator's jurisdiction.
5 minute read
December 06, 2006 | Legaltech News

Law Firm IT Teams Watching Vista at a Distance

Most law firms plan to wait a year or two before moving to Microsft's Vista operating system. Previous Windows upgrades needed months to debug, and early adopters often saw key third-party applications crash on them. Are law firms now being overly cautious? You bet. But there's reason to be wary.
8 minute read
April 09, 2004 | New York Law Journal

New Manual's Mission Is To Keep Campuses Diverse

On the one-year anniversary last Thursday of oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in the University of Michigan affirmative action cases, the California-based Equal Justice Society released a final draft of its legal guide for college and law school administrators in the creation and review of race-conscious admissions policies.
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October 31, 2000 | Law.com

Bigger, Brighter, Bolder, and Better Tasting

Ted Allen has nothing but warm thoughts for law firm marketers. It can't be easy to put an appealing face on a gaggle of dysfunctional prima donnas. And marketers do it all with the unstoppable cheerfulness of a salesperson cornering a unlikely customer. But, much as he sympathizes with their travails, he has to say: Sometimes they bring it on themselves.
6 minute read
October 22, 2003 | Law.com

Economic Espionage Case Could Turn on Trade Secret Tussle

Throwing a new wrinkle into the government's second-ever prosecution under the 1996 Economic Espionage Act, U.S. District Judge James Ware said Monday he'd consider the unusual step of allowing expert depositions in a criminal trade secrets case. Ware suggested that depositions may be the best way to sort through a 3,200-page document in which the government outlines the trade secrets it says were stolen by engineers Fei Ye and Ming Zhong.
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December 07, 2009 | Law.com

Federal Circuit Transfers Patent Infringement Case out of the Eastern District of Texas

The Federal Circuit ruled Wednesday that the chief judge of the Eastern District of Texas abused his discretion in refusing to transfer Novartis' patent infringement case against Hoffmann-La Roche out of his jurisdiction. Novartis' purported Texas justifications, wrote Judge Arthur Gajarsa for the panel, were red herrings at best. This marks the third time since the 5th Circuit's 2008 en banc ruling in In re Volkswagen that the Federal Circuit has granted a writ of mandamus and booted a patent case out of Texas.
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January 03, 2007 | Law.com

N.Y. Judge Permits Bid for Attorney Fees in 'Wall' Case

A claim for attorney fees against the artist who created Soho's well-known sculpture "The Wall" will go forward following a Manhattan judge's partial denial of the artist's motion to dismiss. Supreme Court Justice Emily Jane Goodman dismissed a claim for more than $250,000 in connection with the suit Richard Altman initiated on behalf of sculptor Forrest W. Myers, but held that Myers may be responsible for the work Altman performed towards an appeal before Myers substituted counsel and withdrew the appeal.
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February 23, 2007 | National Law Journal

Law School to Simulate Big-Firm Environment

Starting next year, the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law will call on all third-year students to participate in its new Law Firm Program, a series of courses that simulates big-firm lawyering. "It's a blend of academics and practice," says Baker & McKenzie partner Craig Roeder, who served on the advisory board to revise the school's curriculum. The courses are a response to criticism from the legal profession directed at law schools generally that graduates are not ready to practice law.
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January 11, 2005 | Law.com

Video Game Industry Explodes With Legal, Regulatory Issues

Video games seem to have two purposes these days: providing entertainment and keeping attorneys busy. Very busy. Several states are trying to regulate the sale of violent or sexually explicit video games to minors. The industry has also sparked litigation, including suits against the makers of the "Grand Theft Auto III" video. One reason for all the attention: the explosive growth of the industry, now boasting $7 billion in sales per year.
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March 17, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Post-WorldCom Liability

After 13 investment banks agreed to pay more than $4 billion to settle securities claims stemming from their role as WorldCom's underwriters, the rules under which they operate remain in doubt.
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