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March 18, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Anti-Patent Trend May Be Shifting Back Toward Greater Protection

Matthew W. Siegal, a partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, writes: The patent system has been facing a three-pronged attack from the legislative, judicial and executive branches over the last few years. Anti-patent fervor may be declining, however, as fourteen unions and even the Department of Commerce have complained to the Senate that the Patent Reform Act would "significantly weaken" patent protection. The difficulty in upholding a patent's validity in light of KSR might also be diminishing. Though not citable as precedent, Anderson Corp. v. Pella Corp. is one of the first post-KSR District Court findings of obviousness to be reversed by the Federal Circuit.
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February 10, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

State University's Autonomy Undercuts Immunity Against Title VII, LAD Claims

A New Jersey state university is not entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity in an employment-discrimination suit, a federal judge in Newark rules.
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September 24, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Courthouse Cornerstone Unites Community

For months, laborers chipped away layers of stucco from the sides of the Wharton County Courthouse and replaced thousands of damaged bricks as part of the building's restoration. But it wasn't until workers set an important piece of polished gray marble in mortar that an emotional, symbolic wound in a corner of the 1889 structure finally healed.
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May 01, 2008 | The American Lawyer

Innovators: What's in a Name?

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October 31, 2000 | Law.com

Going for Broke

Billions were at stake in the Arthur Andersen divorce. But the accounting giant's consulting partners walked away with hardly a scratch because of a bold gamble by Barry Ostrager, the consultants' lead lawyer. Rather than a three-arbitrator panel, Ostrager chose a sole arbitrator in a country with no Andersen presence. A wild-card arbitrator could have bankrupted the spinoff, but the decision went Ostrager's way.
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July 14, 2008 | National Law Journal

Lead Paint Litigation

When the Rhode Island Supreme Court unanimously overturned a verdict for the state in the largest public nuisance trial in U.S. history on July 1, many commentators quickly declared it the death knell for litigation against manufacturers of lead pigment and paint. But is that really the case? The commentators are correct that the ruling should be followed in other states. But the industry may not be immune from other courts' exercise of judicial creativity in the more traditional products liability context.
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July 08, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Next term, court will have fatter, faster calendar

The current term is history, so what's up for the Supreme Court's next term, which begins Oct. 6 More cases, heard more quickly, and possibly decided with more division among the justices than the term just ended.The court has already granted review in enough cases to fill 43 hours of oral argument, allowing Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.
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October 20, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

Daily Decision Alert: Vol. 12, No. 203 � October 20, 2004

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November 24, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Bankruptcy records detail Vick's lavish spending

RICHMOND, Va. AP - Michael Vick was once the NFL's highest-paid player, and he spent like it.One of his friends tools around in a $31,000 Cadillac DTS. His former personal assistant steers a $45,000 Infiniti M45 and has a pair of power boats. His brother Marcus has a $62,000 Land Rover and his sister a Yukon Denali.
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February 23, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Going Green: How Law Firms Can Help the Environment

At his December 2009 inaugural address, Scott F. Cooper, 83rd chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association and partner at Blank Rome, announced that one of the 2010 initiatives will be to "focus on … the crusade to save our planet and take [the Philadelphia Bar Association] and our profession green." In order to do this, Cooper said a green ribbon panel would be created to determine "how the Bar Association itself can better reduce resource waste." The program will then be expanded to create recommendations for the reduction of waste for the bench and bar alike.
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