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Attorney Finds Rhythm and Focus in Climbing and Sculpting
Kilpatrick Stockton IP partner Jim Ewing spends most of his time these days in the firm's Silicon Valley office working in the medical devices field. But he has a dormant passion in mountain climbing and also makes time for making beautiful things out of pieces of stone. Ewing talked to the Daily Report about the rhythm and focus he has discovered in high places and art.Judges Ask for More Concrete Patent Test
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit asked for help in staking out boundaries in the burgeoning area of patent law that deals with methods of doing business rather than nuts-and-bolts inventions. The help never came. By the end of the May 8 arguments in In re Bilski -- a case that many hoped would whoosh away a decade of fog surrounding one key test for patentability -- the 12-judge court, sitting en banc, appeared to have more questions than answers.For Offshore Turbines, Energy Lawyers See Winds Starting to Shift
The U.S. has yet to see the completion of a single offshore wind farm. But with one long-stalled project inching closer to reality and the federal government easing the approval process, a landlocked industry may finally be headed to sea.Upstart financial firm ruffles feathers of NYSE, Nasdaq
AS THE MARKETS dropped sharply last week, sending volume soaring and backing up trades handled by the New York Stock Exchange, at least one stock market player was resting easy.Bats Trading, an upstart electronic trading system hundreds of miles away in Kansas City, Mo., said it handled the volatility with none of the glitches that others did.Supreme Court considers securities fraud lawsuit that will affect Enron investors
WASHINGTON AP - The hopes of Enron investors are riding on a Supreme Court case that may be the last chance at compensation for their losses when the scandal-ridden energy company collapsed.Much of corporate America has jumped into the court fight, arguing that shareholders in companies that commit securities fraud should not be allowed to sue banks, accountants, lawfirms and suppliers that allegedly participated in the fraud.Resolution Proposed Rule 8a of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure
Former Enron CEO could see new trial
HOUSTON AP - It's a 28-word word law that's been used for more than two decades by federal prosecutors to send high-profile public officials and corporate executives, including former Enron Corp. CEO Jeff Skilling, to prison.But the law's future could be in doubt as Skilling's appeal of his criminal convictions - in which he challenges the statute's constitutional validity - is set to be heard by the U.Lehman Accuses Japanese Trading House of Fraud, Seeks $350 Million
Fake business cards, impostors at meetings and forged documents stamped with the company seal are behind what appears to be an elaborate scam that Lehman Brothers in Japan alleges bilked it of millions of dollars in vanished investment money. Lehman Brothers Holdings has brought a $350 million lawsuit in Tokyo against trading house Marubeni. The unfolding scandal, which has other alleged victims coming forward, is a major embarrassment for Lehman, which is struggling to assuage investor worries.Trending Stories
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