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Keeping Pace With New Rules For Foreign Professionals
Attorneys Christine Alber and Parisa Salimi examine the latest immigration measures affecting H-1B and L visa programs under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005. Although the H-1B Visa Reform Act fails to address the dearth of visas made available each year, one provision provides a reprieve for H-1B employers, creating an exemption from the annual cap for up to 20,000 foreign nationals with master's or higher-level degrees from U.S. universities.Fraud Suit Says Car Makers Plotted To Keep Canadian Cars From U.S.
The New Jersey Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether a consumer fraud class action suit can proceed against American and Canadian carmakers for allegedly conspiring to inflate new car prices in the United States.Calif. Judge Spreads Federal Circuit's Gospel: Less Is More
Speaking to the rocket docket crowd and visitors from less plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions, Federal Circuit Chief Judge Randall Rader announced a novel advisory order that calls for strict limits on electronic discovery in patent suits, which can cost accused infringers dearly even on bogus claims.What a BigLaw Buddy Can Mean for Solos and Small Firms
Despite Business Expertise, Insured Can Invoke Discovery Rule
The Superior Court has ruled that an Allegheny County man's experience in investing did not afford him any special understanding of the insurance industry that would prevent him from invoking the discovery rule in a lawsuit alleging deceptive marketing anView more book results for the query "*"
Judicial Doctrine Trumps Plain Language of the Product Liability Act
Third Circuit Court of Appeals effectively substituted the judicial policy pronouncements embodied in the "economic loss doctrine" for the plain language used by the New Jersey Legislature.Anatomy of an Arbitration Disaster
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge last month affirmed an arbitration award in a wrongful termination suit of more than $4.1 billion, sending shock waves through the labor and employment bar. Alston & Bird partner Michael D. Young spoke to The National Law Journal about the lessons to be learned from the outcome in this case regarding arbitration agreements and the arbitration process. He also broke down the award to explain how the arbitrator came up with such an astronomically high number.Discipline Report: Lawyer Suspended, Another Gets Probation
The State Bar has announced that a Jefferson County lawyer has been suspended and a lawyer in Harris County has been placed on probation. The suspended lawyer was ordered to pay $1,289.95 in attorneys' fees and direct expenses to the State Bar of Texas and $2,750 in restitution to a former client. The other lawyer was ordered to pay $11,043.75 in attorneys' fees, costs and expenses.China's Intellectual Property Regime Comes of Age
China's intellectual property protection: Not too many years ago that would have been considered an oxymoron. Then the Chinese government announced its future economy would be based on innovation, not manufacturing.Publishers Join Case Against YouTube
A group of music publishing companies said Monday it is joining a copyright infringement lawsuit against Google Inc.'s video-sharing site YouTube. The National Music Publishers' Association said it was joining the lawsuit out of concern that many songwriters weren't receiving proper compensation when their music appeared on YouTube videos.Trending Stories
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