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September 02, 2009 | Law.com

Internet Radio Company Says Royalty Board Is Unconstitutional

An Internet radio company has filed a straight-on challenge to the constitutionality of the Copyright Royalty Board, the panel that determines the rates companies pay for statutory copyright licenses. In a complaint filed Monday, Live365 argued that the royalty board violates the Constitution's appointments clause, because its members are selected by the librarian of Congress. The suit argues that because of their significant authority, the non-Article III judges must be selected by the president.
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March 01, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Canadian Big Deals

Polska/Quadra; Sinopec/Daylight; Plains/BP; BCE and Rogers/Maple Leaf Sports & �Entertainment
9 minute read
July 07, 1999 | Law.com

Spotlight on Safety

According to a bill backed by Cal. labor unions and DAs, employers would see penalties for willful violations of OSHA standards spiral into the millions of dollars and general contractors could face liability on multi-employer work sites if a subcontractor's workers are injured or killed. In a committee hearing Tuesday, supporters made 11 amendments. The changes modified the penalty structure and authorized courts to take into account a company's ability to pay fines.
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May 02, 2001 | New Jersey Law Journal

Daily Decision Alert: Vol. 9, No. 83 -- May 2, 2001

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May 18, 2007 | Law.com

A Tragedy Played Out Behind Closed Doors

One Oakland father wasn't allowed into a hearing last week where police officers talked about why his son died. And we're not even allowed to know the legal analysis as to why he isn't allowed in. Welcome to post-Copley California.No Subscription Required
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September 29, 2000 | Law.com

Keys to the Kingdom

Misery loves company. Why else do lawyers fight for jobs at firms that take a beating in The American Lawyer's annual midlevel job satisfaction survey? In a word, prestige. Big names -- like Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Sullivan & Cromwell -- rank near the bottom of this year's survey, but according to legal recruiters and associates, the halo hanging over the biggies overrides the malcontent inside.
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November 05, 2004 | Law.com

Whistle While You Work

If 2004's summer associates had a collective motto, it might be the comment by an intern at Pittsburgh's Buchanan Ingersoll: "I loved coming to work every day." In the 2004 Summer Associates Survey, this year's crop of soon-to-be lawyers positively gushed over how much they liked their firms, their work and the lawyers they worked with. There was little angst voiced this year about getting an offer. Instead, summers knew what they wanted and felt more confident that they would get it.
15 minute read
January 06, 2000 | Law.com

'Ambulance Chaser' Label May Be Libelous

A listing in a directory of lawyers that described an attorney as an "ambulance chaser" interested only in "slam dunk cases" provides the basis for a claim of defamation, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. Finding that the description of attorney Leonard Flamm stood alone in "an otherwise fact-laden" directory, a unanimous court found the statements were not protected by the First Amendment or the New York Constitution.
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November 30, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Canadian Big Deals

CNOOC/Nexen; Maple/TMX Group; Scotiabank/ING Bank of Canada; CGI/Logica
13 minute read
August 01, 2002 | New York Law Journal

Deciding Jurisdiction in Patent Appeals

AS THE Supreme Court grown tired of a single intermediate patent appeals court? Since the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was established in 1982, the Supreme Court has reversed or vacated the Federal Circuit in substantive patent decisions 70 percent of the time, including four out of the last five decisions since 1996. 1 In its most recent decision, Holmes Group Inc. v. Vornado Air Circulation Systems, Inc. , the Supreme Court vacated the Federal Circuit`s ruling that Federal Circuit jurisdiction
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