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November 10, 2009 | Law.com

High Court Justices Greet 'Bilski' Arguments With Doubt, Disdain

U.S. Supreme Court justices from across the spectrum voiced skepticism Monday about whether intangible business methods and other innovations untethered to machines deserved patent protection. The comments, some of which bordered on the derisive, came in the long-awaited argument in Bilski v. Kappos, touted by some as the most important patent case in decades. Several attorneys predicted after the argument that the Court will look for a narrow ground for decision in the case.
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October 25, 2004 | Law.com

Growing Lawyers

The increasing use of genetics in everything from investigating crimes to improving food is keeping biotech lawyers busy. "Governments and industries are really seeing [biotechnology] as a major economic force of the future, and where business goes, law goes," said Arizona State law professor, Gary Marchant. There's only one problem: Scientific discoveries are invading the legal world so quickly there aren't enough biotech attorneys to handle the workload.
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October 10, 2006 | Law.com

Net Gambling Lobbyists Lose Big

Online gambling lobbyists lost a big hand Sept. 30, when Congress passed the Internet Gaming Prohibition and Enforcement Act, prohibiting financial institutions from making payments to online gambling sites, with certain exceptions. In the past five legislative sessions, bills banning online gaming have passed the Senate twice and the House once, but never at the same time. "The politics of the moment got the bill passed," said Frank Fahrenkopf Jr. of the American Gaming Association.
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June 30, 2000 | Law.com

Squire Sanders Swallows Graham

San Francisco-based Graham & James sent a final salute to its independence as it prepared to merge with Cleveland-based Squire, Sanders & Dempsey. The merger ends months of speculation about the fate of the beleaguered Graham & James, and creates what Squire predicts will be one the country's 20 largest law firms.
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IP Litigation Roundup: More Bites at Apple
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Apple had a lousy week in patent litigation. Not only did it lose a hefty infringement verdict to a small software company called VirnetX, but a rate-setting case against Motorola Mobility Inc. went off the rails on the eve of trial.

April 06, 2004 | Law.com

Milberg Weiss Attempts to Calm Judge's Ire

Harshly criticized by federal Judge Marilyn Hall Patel for its conduct in a stock drop suit, Milberg Weiss has fired back. The California judge had ripped the firm, suggesting it was an inappropriate choice for lead counsel in a stock fraud suit against Terayon Communication Systems because, in part, Milberg's client had a game plan to drive down Terayon's stock and Milberg appears to have hidden the short selling. The firm says the judge had been misled by defendants.
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June 12, 2001 | Law.com

Banks Attack SEC Over New Rules

Firing its first shot in a battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission over the regulation of securities-related activities conducted by banks, the American Bankers Association accused the agency of overstepping its authority. The bankers called for the withdrawal of a new SEC rule the industry claims would impede the ability of banks to provide securities-related services.
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January 28, 2010 | Law.com

Lawyer Seeks to Hold Client to Alleged Vow to Pay Fees Even If Bankrupt

Legal fees, like other debts, are usually wiped clean in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, but Jason DiBattista's $35,000 debt to his divorce lawyer, Gregg Sodini, was not typical. For one thing, DiBattista is himself a lawyer, concentrating in bankruptcy, and was once Sodini's colleague at Cuyler Burk in Parsippany, N.J. For another, Sodini contends he handled the divorce based on DiBattista's promise to pay the fees even if his precarious finances landed him in bankruptcy.
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February 22, 2005 | Law.com

Will California's Stem Cell Initiative Reap Royalties?

When the backers of California's stem cell initiative were seeking voter support, they not only promised cures for dread diseases, but also licensing revenue for the state. Prop 71, which will distribute $300 million in grants per year over the next decade for in-state stem cell research, passed with a 59 percent voter approval. But most biotech IP lawyers say it's wildly optimistic to predict that royalty revenue will come to California in the uncertain area of stem cell-derived therapies.
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February 01, 2004 | Law.com

The $100 Million Man

Lawyers who worked on deals for Enron Corp. were paid well, but it turns out that investigating those deals pays even better.
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