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Snapshot of the industry - Legal Week Law's top downloads in numbers

Jon Levene rounds up an action-packed three months since the beginning of 2013 with an overview of the best of Legal Week Law
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International Edition

Consistency is key so pan-Europe patent court does not raise as many issues as it solves

After decades of false starts, European patent litigation is now set to enter the brave new world of the Unified Patent Court (UPC). The UPC has been born from a commendable desire to reduce the cost of European patent coverage, simplify the complex web of enforcement via country-by-country litigation and achieve pan-European harmonisation. But the UPC's gestation has been highly controversial. Almost universally condemned in its detail by patent judges and patent bars across Europe, it has been driven forward as an uncompromising old-school grand European project.
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International Edition

Resistance to criminal Bar reforms escalate as protests disrupt northern courts

The chairman of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has appealed to the public to back protests against Government reforms of criminal advocacy, following an all-day meeting of Northern Circuit barristers this week that led to disruption at courts in the north of the UK. The Northern Circuit of the Bar met in Manchester on Monday (22 April, pictured top) to address the Ministry of Justice's (MoJ) plans to introduce price-competitive tendering (PCT) for legal aid contracts, which could see criminal work awarded to the lowest bidder regardless of expertise.
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Inside Counsel

Judge tosses grads’ suit against Brooklyn Law School

A group of Brooklyn Law School graduates evidently arent earning impressive salaries, and they wont be earning any money in the form of damages either.
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Inside Counsel

Judge dismisses racial discrimination suit against United Continental

United Continental Holdings Inc. is free of a racial discrimination lawsuitfor now.
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Inside Counsel

Jilted exec sues former partners over Fox Mobile deal

A business executive is suing his former partners for ditching him.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Litigation: Labeling lawsuit defenses

This year has seen a continuation of the product liability trends of 2012: namely, plaintiffs attorneys including manufacturers of food, beverages, tobacco, medicines and medical devices as their primary targets.
6 minute read

International Edition

CPS begins search for new DPP as Starmer confirms end of tenure

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) director of public prosecutions (DPP) Keir Starmer QC is to step down from his role at the end of his five year term in October this year, it was announced today (24 April). The CPS said the search for a replacement would begin today, with the attorney general's office leading the recruitment process.
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

DMCA protections do not apply to pre-1972 sound recordings, court rules

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) has shielded many a website from copyright infringement claims. But its protections do not extend to pre-1972 sound recordings, a New York state appeals court ruled on Tuesday.
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Inside Counsel

U.S. government sues Lance Armstrong over doping scandal

If you thought the shame of Lance Armstrongs doping scandal had finally blown away with the sands of time, you would be wrong.
2 minute read

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