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SEC: Congress Has Tied Our Hands on Spending Disclosure Rule

In May 2014, Stephen Silberstein asked the SEC for a rule requiring corporations to disclose their political spending. Monday, the SEC said it cannot grant or deny his request for a rule because Congress has tied the agency's hands.
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The Recorder

Federal Circuit Hears Case That Jeopardizes 13,000 Patents

Despite the grave implications, Judge Sharon Prost seemed skeptical of PTO practice for continuation patents.
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National Law Journal

North Carolina Turns to Prominent Conservative Lawyer to Defend 'Bathroom' Law

A go-to lawyer for Republican governors facing scandal and controversy, solo practitioner Karl "Butch" Bowers Jr., will represent North Carolina Gov. Patrick McCrory as he defends a state law that requires transgender state employees to use the bathroom that corresponds to the gender on their birth certificates.
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New York Law Journal

Jury Awards Against Prison Guards Are Scuttled

A federal appeals court has thrown out a $150,001 verdict won by a former inmate who claimed he was denied food at Attica state prison, finding that jurors were erroneously allowed to consider a report by an inmate advocacy group that criticized conditions at the prison.
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National Law Journal

Civil Rights Groups Praise, and Criticize, Garland Nomination

While praising U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland's qualifications as a judge, two major civil rights organizations this week raised concerns about the D.C. Circuit chief judge's record on criminal justice and other issues.
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Law.com

Dismissal of False Claims Case Against Wells Fargo Affirmed

A lawsuit alleging Wells Fargo defrauded the government by being undercapitalized and making false statements when it borrowed from the Federal Reserve's discount window was rightly dismissed, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
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The Legal Intelligencer

McDermott v. Consol. Rail Corp., PICS Case No. 16-0559 (C.P. Philadelphia March 10, 2016) Shirdan-Harris, J. (9 pages).

Plaintiff failed to demonstrate that the accidents and injuries occurred in substantially the same place in the workplace and under the same or similar circumstances as the accident/injury suffered by plaintiff. Evidence of other workplace accidents and injuries were properly precluded.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Lehigh Anesthesia Ass'n v. Mellon, PICS Case No. 16-0570 (Pa. Super. April 26, 2016) (memorandum) Gantman, P.J. (16 pages).

Trial court properly granted summary judgment to fired nurse anesthetist in former employer's action to enforce the restrictive covenant in their employment agreement, because the reach of the covenant was broader than necessary to protect employer's business interests, and the unlimited geographical scope of the covenant placed an undue hardship on nurse in terms of finding potential future employment. Affirmed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

The Phillies v. Reg'l Res. Mgmt., PICS Case No. 16-0562 (C.P. Philadelphia April 5, 2016) Padilla, J. (7 pages).

Parties disputed as fatal flaw in stadium suite and ticket payment judgment. Appellants were not entitled to petitions to open or strike default judgment where petitions were filed over seven months after entry of default judgment.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Campbell v. A.O. Smith Corp., PICS Case No. 16-0566 (Pa. Super. April 25, 2016) (memorandum) Jenkins, J. (21 pages).

Trial court properly held that widow was the only compensable wrongful death beneficiary in underlying asbestos action brought when decedent was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma, because decedent's adult children did not prove the required pecuniary loss. Affirmed.
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