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The Legal Intelligencer

The Arc and Art of Protecting Fictional Characters

Intellectual property law protecting fictional—or literary—characters has evolved to recognize that it is often the protagonist or antagonist within a creative work that leave the longest-lasting impression on the audience.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

AcelRx Hires New GC From McKesson Corp. Before Resubmitting Pain Drug to FDA

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Inc. has hired John Saia, most recently associate general counsel at drug distributor McKesson Corp., as its new top lawyer.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Recently Released Audit Questions State Anti-Fraud Efforts in Medicaid

Florida's Medicaid program has been rapped by auditors who questioned what the state got for millions of dollars spent with a company whose lobbyists included two former Republican House speakers and a former top health care regulator.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Judge Dismisses Case Against Social Media After Club Rampage

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against Facebook, Google and Twitter by families of patrons killed in the 2016 Orlando nightclub massacre.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Growing Trend of Fake Reviews and How to Stop Them

Imagine this scenario: Your client creates the next big thing, 2018's “it” product. With your assistance, that client takes the traditional steps to protect and promote the product: signs nondisclosure agreements with suppliers; obtains trademarks to protect the brand; applies for patents to safeguard the concept; and receives required agency approvals. The client exhausts countless resources, and overcomes repeated challenges, to finally bring the product to market.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Murphy Administration Fights Appeal of Controversial $225 Million Exxon Mobil Settlement

"The judge who presided over the bench trial of the parties' complex claims and defenses examined and ultimately approved the settlement as fair, reasonable, in the public interest and consistent with state statutory policy," said Deputy Attorney General Richard Engel in the state's brief.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Microsoft Attorneys Release Primer on Living in the Cloud for In-House Counsel, CEOs

The new book by Julie Brill and Rich Sauer, both deputy GCs at Microsoft, outlines how companies can navigate digital transformations.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judge: Fulton's Delay Notifying Insurer of Pay Parity Suits Voids Coverage

U.S. District Judge William Duffey Jr. ruled that the county's failure to notify its liability insurer about several lawsuits lets National Casualty Co. off the hook for more than $6.5 million the county sought to help pay for an $18 million settlement in 2015.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Amendment to the FLSA: The Tip Income Protection Act of 2018

Restaurants and hotels increasingly have found themselves over the last several years as defendants in lawsuits or the subject of investigation by the DOL's Wage and Hour Division challenging their “tip pooling” practices.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Amid Gender Pay Gap Disclosures, Law Firms Keep US Data Under Wraps

Law firms are rushing to meet a deadline to disclose gender pay gap information, but the transparency ends at the U.K. border.
10 minute read

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