| 09/04/2008 |
Product Recall Requirements Under the New Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008
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| 08/19/2008 |
President Bush Signs Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, Imposing Sweeping New Safety and Enforcement Standards
for Children’s Products
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| 07/30/2008 |
Reexamination Filings Continue Their Upward Trend
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| 07/29/2008 |
Intellectual Property Quarterly Newsletter, Summer 2008
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| 07/29/2008 |
Knocking Infringement Out of Joint: Infringement Liability in the Wake of BMC Resources, Inc. v. Paymentech, L.P. and Cross Medical Products, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc.
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| 07/29/2008 |
Don’t Be an Easy Mark: Steps to Avoid Substantial Damages for False Patent Marking
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| 07/18/2008 |
Cigarette Cartel, Pharma Pricing- Recent UK Antitrust Rulings
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| 07/18/2008 |
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
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| 07/11/2008 |
Securities Litigation, Enforcement, and White-Collar Criminal Defense Newsletter, Summer 2008
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| 07/03/2008 |
Morrison & Foerster's Patent Litigation Practice Soars in Annual Ranking
IP Law & Business ranks Morrison & Foerster as the second Most Active Patent Litigation firm in the US District Courts
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| 07/02/2008 |
European Commission Adopts Cartel Settlement Procedure
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| 06/13/2008 |
New on the Menu: Class Actions Targeting Restaurants
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| 06/10/2008 |
Supreme Court Issues Ruling on Patent Exhaustion in Quanta v. LG Electronics
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| 05/15/2008 |
Regions Financial Corp. Persuades District Court that Tax Opinions Provided to Outside Auditors Are Protected Work Product
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| 04/23/2008 |
SEC and FINRA Examination Priorities in 2008
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| 04/18/2008 |
Does eBay Unravel Trademark's Presumption of Irreparable Injury?
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| 04/10/2008 |
Six Morrison & Foerster Lawyers Named to Top IP Lawyer Lists
The Daily Journal's first-ever listing of California’s Top Intellectual Property Lawyers
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| 04/08/2008 |
European Commission Publishes White Paper on Damage Actions for Breach of the EU Antitrust Rules
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| 04/07/2008 |
Favorable California Supreme Court Decision for Product Manufacturers and Distributors: California High Court Adopts Sophisticated
User Doctrine as Complete Defense in Product Liability Failure to Warn Cases
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| 04/02/2008 |
Contemporaneous Notice of Credit Card Default Interest Rate Increase Not Required, Says Ninth Circuit
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| 03/31/2008 |
Morrison & Foerster Wins U.S. Supreme Court Federal Arbitration Act Case
Ruling limits judicial reexamination of commercial arbitration awards
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| 03/31/2008 |
Four Morrison & Foerster Litigators Named California Lawyers of the Year
Jim Bennett, Jordan Eth, and Terri Garland honored in Securities, Rachel Krevans honored in Intellectual Property
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| 03/19/2008 |
How the Eastern District Was Won: Taming Texas' Hotbed of Patent Litigation
The American Lawyer features Morrison & Foerster's Rachel Krevans
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| 03/04/2008 |
Financial Services Report, Spring 2008
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| 02/20/2008 |
Morrison & Foerster Wins Major Federal Preemption Case in the Supreme Court of the United States
Ruling frees carriers from patchwork of inconsistent state regulation
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| 02/14/2008 |
New EPA Reporting Requirements for Lead in Children’s Products (Ages 14 and Under)
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| 02/14/2008 |
California Supreme Court Affirms “Continuous Stock Ownership Requirement” for Plaintiffs in Derivative Shareholder Litigation
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| 02/01/2008 |
Securities Litigation, Enforcement, and White-Collar Criminal Defense Quarterly Newsletter, Winter 2008
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| 01/30/2008 |
High Profile FTC Trial Lawyer Sean P. Gates Joins Morrison & Foerster’s Antitrust Practice in Los Angeles
Former Deputy Assistant Director at the Federal Trade Commission litigated several high-profile antitrust cases
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| 01/22/2008 |
Morrison & Foerster Argues Significant State Tax Case Before Supreme Court of the United States
Fourth oral argument in a business case by a Morrison & Foerster attorney since the start of the October 2007 Term
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| 01/17/2008 |
European Commission Raids Pharmaceutical Companies to Start Sector Inquiry
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| 01/15/2008 |
Morrison & Foerster Brings Suit Alleging Debt Consolidation Service Defrauded California Residents
Promising relief from credit card debt, operation duped couple into paying thousands of dollars and giving bank account access
– which only brought deeper poverty and homelessness; Morrison & Foerster believes other vulnerable Californians might have
been taken in
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| 01/15/2008 |
Supreme Court Rejects “Scheme” Liability Under Section 10(b)
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| 01/04/2008 |
Double Vision: The American Lawyer Honors Morrison & Foerster’s Litigation Department
Intellectual property litigation and overall litigation practice receive elite honors
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| 12/11/2007 |
Financial Services Report, Winter 2007
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| 12/07/2007 |
Maryland Law Creates Jury Trial Right for Employee Claims
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| 11/28/2007 |
Morrison & Foerster Argues Fifth Case Before Supreme Court of the United States in 2007
Partner Beth S. Brinkmann argues before the U.S. Supreme Court in Rowe v. New Hampshire Motor Transport Ass’n.
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| 11/28/2007 |
Morrison & Foerster Wins Jury Verdict for JDSU and Three Former Executives in Securities Fraud Class Action
Trial victory in securities class action; partners James Bennett, Jordan Eth, and Terri Garland led trial team for JDSU
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| 11/16/2007 |
JFTC Publishes Final Guidelines Concerning Use of Intellectual Property
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| 11/08/2007 |
Morrison & Foerster Attorneys Argue Two Cases Before the Supreme Court of the United States
Attorneys argue two important business cases in the November session
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| 11/07/2007 |
State Statutes Restricting or Prohibiting the Use of Social Security Numbers
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| 11/01/2007 |
USPTO Enjoined from Enforcing New Rules
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| 10/19/2007 |
Court Of First Instance Reaffirms Narrow Application Of Attorney Client Privilege in EU Competition Proceedings
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| 10/09/2007 |
Seventh Circuit Dismisses Security Breach Class Action
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| 10/03/2007 |
Morrison & Foerster Files Suit on Behalf of Foster Parents Over Unfair Compensation for Care of Abused and Neglected Children
in California
The case alleges that California accepted federal funding but failed to cover foster parents’ costs, as required by law, resulting
in a steep decline in number of licensed foster homes and further reducing chances of adoption
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| 10/02/2007 |
Employment Law Commentary Update: Social Security No-Match Letters: Mass Firings or No Big Deal? (Homeland Security’s New Regulation Enjoined for Now)
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| 09/11/2007 |
Financial Services Report, Fall 2007
Financial Services Report, Vol. 3 No. 3, Fall 2007
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| 09/11/2007 |
The Opportunities and Challenges Presented by the Revitalized Defense of Inequitable Conduct to Patent Infringement: Thoughts
for Patent Litigators and Prosecutors
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| 09/11/2007 |
Fraud in the Trademark Office
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| 09/11/2007 |
Uniform Trade Secrets Act Preemption: An Obscure Doctrine Finally Gets Its Day in Court
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| 09/05/2007 |
Are Class Action Waiver Provisions in Pre-Employment Arbitration Agreements Enforceable in California After Gentry?
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| 08/27/2007 |
Changes to Patent Practice: The USPTO’s New Rules to Shorten Patent Prosecution Time
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| 08/21/2007 |
In re Seagate Technology, LLC: The Federal Circuit Abolishes the Duty of Due Care in Willfulness Cases
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| 08/07/2007 |
Lawrence Gerschwer, Former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Joins Morrison & Foerster’s Securities
Litigation, Enforcement and White Collar Practice
Experienced federal prosecutor worked in Securities and Commodities Fraud and Public Corruption Units
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| 07/31/2007 |
A Shifting Burden: Recent Developments Related to English-Only Policies in the Workplace
Employment Law Commentary, Volume 19, No. 7 July 2007
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| 07/27/2007 |
Patent Reform Act of 2007
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| 07/26/2007 |
National Law Journal Names Morrison & Foerster to Its Defense Hot List
List highlights firms that accomplished exemplary, cutting-edge work in civil defense during 2006
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| 07/23/2007 |
Class Action Filed Challenging Government’s Mistreatment of Returning Veterans Suffering From Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Veterans’ Civil Rights Case, first of its kind, includes Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Attorney General Gonzales
as defendants
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| 06/29/2007 |
Case Law Medley: U.S. Supreme Court and Pay Discrimination, Sufficient Notice for Medical Leave, Wrongful Termination Based
on Reporting Potential Violence in the Workplace, and an Unconscionable Arbitration Agreement
Employment Law Commentary, Volume 19, No. 6 June 2007
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| 06/28/2007 |
Supreme Court Overturns Long-Standing Per Se Rule Against Vertical Minimum Price-Fixing
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| 06/26/2007 |
Top Women Litigators: Leaps of Faith
Reprinted with permission from the Daily Journal, © 2007 Daily Journal Corporation. All rights reserved.
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| 06/21/2007 |
Supreme Court Endorses “Holistic” Approach to Evaluating Securities Fraud in Tellabs
Court provides guidance about what constitutes a “strong inference” of scienter, rejects any bright-line rules
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| 06/20/2007 |
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, et al. v. Billing, et al. – Supreme Court Sides with Investment Banks in Antitrust Suit over IPO Practices
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| 06/13/2007 |
Federal Appellate Court Holds That Federal Law Preempts State’s Attempt To Regulate Gift Cards Issued By National Banks And
Federal Thrifts
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| 06/11/2007 |
Complaint Dismissed – Delaware Court Issues Significant Backdating Decision
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| 06/11/2007 |
Japan Fair Trade Commission Finalizes Merger Guidelines
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| 06/11/2007 |
Supreme Court Upholds Private Right of Action Under CERCLA
Removes any doubt about a private party's right to sue for environmental response costs under federal Superfund
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| 06/08/2007 |
Morrison & Foerster Team Obtains Defendant’s Jury Verdict in Eastern District of Texas
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| 06/01/2007 |
Financial Services Report: Staying Ahead of the Summons
Financial Services Report, Vol 3, No 2. Summer 2007
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| 05/31/2007 |
Beltway Report
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| 05/31/2007 |
Ahead of the Summons
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| 05/31/2007 |
Privacy Report
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| 05/31/2007 |
California Report
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| 05/31/2007 |
Operations Report
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| 05/30/2007 |
Update: Are Your “Computer Professionals” Really Exempt?
Employment Law Commentary, Volume 19, No. 5, May 2007
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| 05/22/2007 |
Patent Win for EchoStar Communications – Rare Finding of Patent Invalidity in Eastern District of Texas
Morrison & Foerster successfully defends EchoStar in suit over origins of DVR technology.
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| 05/21/2007 |
Intellectual Property Quarterly Newsletter
IP Quarterly Newsletter – Spring 2007
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| 05/21/2007 |
Bell Atlantic Corp v. Twombly: The Supreme Court Raises Pleading Standards for Allegations of Antitrust Conspiracies
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| 05/10/2007 |
NY Court Affirms Right to Ex Parte Interviews of Adversary’s Former Employees
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| 05/04/2007 |
Morrison & Foerster Wins Acquittal for Healthcare Executive Charged in Federal Anti-Kickback Case
Adam Hoffinger leads trial team on behalf of former sales director of EMD Serono
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| 05/03/2007 |
Supreme Court Clarifies Extraterritorial Reach of 35 U.S.C. § 271(f) with Respect to Software Patents
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| 04/30/2007 |
Supreme Court Issues Groundbreaking Ruling Making It Easier to Invalidate Patents as Obvious
Longstanding Federal Circuit “Teaching-Suggestion-Motivation” test no longer the exclusive way to show obviousness
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| 04/30/2007 |
Composite Wood Products “Across-the-Board” Face New California Limits on Formaldehyde
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| 04/26/2007 |
Settlement in Case Alleging Official Cover-Up of Prison Gang Attack on Inmate: Former Acting Warden Comes Forward as Whistleblower
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| 04/24/2007 |
Health Data: Article 29 WP Working Document:
e-health records
This article appeared in Data Protection Law & Policy, Volume 4 Issue 3, March 2007, and is reprinted with permission.
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| 04/18/2007 |
California Supreme Court Issues Landmark Decision Holding That Payments Due to Employees for Missed Meal and Rest Breaks Are
Wages and Governed by a Three-Year Statute of Limitations
Employment Law Commentary, Volume 19, No. 4, April 2007
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| 04/17/2007 |
The Wait Is Over: FTC and DOJ Issue Their Long-Anticipated Report on Antitrust Enforcement and Intellectual Property Rights
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| 04/03/2007 |
Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks—The Supreme Court Decides in Massachusetts v. EPA that the Decades-Old Clean Air Act May Regulate Greenhouse Gases
|
| 04/03/2007 |
Steven Kaufmann Named New Global Chair of Litigation
To lead 490-attorney Litigation Department; Wesley Overson to head San Francisco Litigation Group
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| 04/03/2007 |
“Duking” It Out – Supreme Court Decides Major Clean Air Act Case Regarding Modification of Facilities
Supreme Court Decision in Environmental Defense, et al. v. Duke Energy et al. April 2, 2007
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| 04/02/2007 |
N.Y. Court of Appeals Affirms Absolute Privilege for Content of Form U-5 Notices
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| 03/30/2007 |
The U.S. Supreme Court Confronted the Federal Securities Laws in Three Cases This Week
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| 03/29/2007 |
Employment Law Commentary -- March 2007
Employment Law Commentary, Volume 19, No. 3 March 2007
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| 03/28/2007 |
Supreme Court Tightens Rules Regarding Whistleblowers Who Qualify as “Original Sources” of Public Information in Litigation
Under the False Claims Act
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| 03/27/2007 |
SanDisk v. STMicroelectronics: The Federal Circuit Announces a New Test for Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction
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| 03/26/2007 |
Supreme Court Grants Review To Consider Whether Shareholders Can Assert “Scheme” Claims Against Secondary Actors
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| 03/14/2007 |
Judge Dismisses Charges Against Former Hewlett Packard Chairman Patricia Dunn
Morrison & Foerster's James Brosnahan, lead counsel for the former Hewlett-Packard Chairman, calls it "the right result"
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| 03/12/2007 |
Financial Services Report, Spring 2007
Financial Services Report, Volume 3, No 1.
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| 03/09/2007 |
Ahead of the Summons
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| 03/09/2007 |
Privacy Report
|
| 03/09/2007 |
California Report
|
| 03/09/2007 |
Operations Report
|
| 03/09/2007 |
Firm Offer Update
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| 03/09/2007 |
Mortgage Report
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| 03/09/2007 |
Beltway Report
|
| 03/07/2007 |
Morrison & Foerster Secures Ninth Circuit Win for City of Oakland in Free Speech Case
|
| 03/05/2007 |
California Court of Appeal Issues Significant Decision on Constitutionality of Punitive Damage Awards
|
| 02/28/2007 |
SDNY Blocks SEC Enforcement Case As Time-Barred
|
| 02/28/2007 |
A Practical (?) Approach to Reimbursing Employee Business Expenses
Employment Law Commentary, Volume 19, No. 2 February 2007
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| 02/27/2007 |
In Brief -- February 2007
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| 02/27/2007 |
Second Circuit Decision “Squarely Holds” Accountants May Be Primarily Liable Under Federal Securities Laws
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| 02/23/2007 |
Sperry v. Crompton Corp.: New York Court of Appeals Rules that Treble Damages Are Unavailable in Class Actions Brought Under the Donnelly Act
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| 02/20/2007 |
Supreme Court’s Weyerhaeuser Decision Applies Stringent Standard to Predatory Bidding
Court holds that the same stringent standard used to judge the lawfulness of predatory pricing must be applied to claims of
predatory bidding as well
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| 02/08/2007 |
Delaware Court Issues Ruling In Spring-Loading Case
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| 02/07/2007 |
Delaware Court Issues Ruling in Backdating Case
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| 02/06/2007 |
FTC Compels Rambus to License Patented Technology and Limits Royalty Rates
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| 01/31/2007 |
Microinequities: Should Employers "Sweat the Small Stuff"?
Employment Law Commentary, Volume 19, No. 1 January 2007
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| 01/29/2007 |
In re Seagate Technology, LLC: The Federal Circuit Will Address Significant Issues Regarding Willful Infringement En Banc
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| 01/25/2007 |
Pioneer Electronics (USA), Inc. v. Superior Court(Olmstead); California Supreme Court Addresses Consumer Privacy Rights When Plaintiffs Seek Contact Information Of Consumers Who Have
Complained To The Company
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| 01/25/2007 |
Antitrust Modernization Commission Issues Tentative Recommendations for Significant Changes to U.S. Antitrust
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| 01/22/2007 |
China Court Hears Antitrust Suit Against Sony
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| 01/18/2007 |
DOJ’s Renewed Focus on Procurement Fraud: What It Means for You
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| 01/16/2007 |
FTC Releases 2007 HSR Act Thresholds
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| 01/10/2007 |
The Supreme Court Decides that a Patent Licensee Need Not Breach the License Before Challenging the Licensed Patent
|
| 01/08/2007 |
Morrison & Foerster Before the Supreme Court of the United States
Partner Beth S. Brinkmann argues in dispute over Guam Organic Act
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| 12/12/2006 |
Thompson Memorandum Revised: U.S. Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty Changes Guidelines for Prosecuting Corporate Fraud
|
| 12/08/2006 |
High Court Antitrust Trend Continues — Two New Cases Granted
|
| 12/07/2006 |
Beltway Report
|
| 12/07/2006 |
Operations Report
|
| 12/07/2006 |
Mortgage Report
|
| 12/07/2006 |
Privacy Report
|
| 12/07/2006 |
Preemption Report
|
| 12/07/2006 |
Ahead of the Summons
|
| 12/07/2006 |
Financial Services Report, Winter 2006
Financial Services Report, Volume 2, No 4.
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| 12/05/2006 |
The Amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Four Essentials You Should Know
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| 12/01/2006 |
UPDATE – Postponement of New ERISA Notice Requirement
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| 11/29/2006 |
New ERISA Notice Requirement May Require Action by December 2, 2006
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| 11/20/2006 |
The Cost of Doing Business in California (Minimum Wage) Increases: That and Other New California Employment Legislation Effective
January 1, 2007
Employment Law Commentary, Volume 18, No. 11
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| 11/18/2006 |
California Commissioner of Corporations to Amend Compensatory Benefit Plan Regulations – Temporary Waiver of Current Requirements
Available for Permit Applications
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| 11/06/2006 |
Acquisitions by Financial Investors Are Subject to HSR Reporting Rules
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