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Brokerage Windows in Retirement Plans
February 28, 2015
A discussion of recent developments surrounding what has become an increasingly controversial topic regarding the investment of Section 401(k) plans and other participant-direct retirement plans.
Federal Circuit Finds Claims Directed to DNA Primers and Methods of Use Unpatentable
January 31, 2015
The Federal Circuit's decision in <i>Univ. of Utah Research Found. v. Ambry Genetics Corp.</i> is the latest in the series of <i>Myriad</i> cases dealing with the patentability of genetic material.
Unmanned Aircraft Opportunities and Risks
November 30, 2014
Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) technology has reached critical mass. There are now very sophisticated aircraft that are easy to fly, cost less than a new television, and have the ability to record and broadcast video and other data. While this may sound like a classic American success story, there is a fundamental problem: Most of this activity is illegal in the U.S.
How One Firm Tracked an Oligarch and Billions in Fraud
November 02, 2014
For five years, a team at international law firm Hogan Lovells tracked the wild financial peregrinations of a Kazakh oligarch suspected of running a $10 billion fraud. But this is more than a cloak-and-dagger story.
Are Your Marketing Efforts Being Sabotaged?
October 02, 2014
Have you checked under your law firm's proverbial "hood" lately to make sure your marketing engine is runnig smoothly? You should. Some law firms of late are actually sabotaging their own business development efforts.
Bit Parts
August 02, 2014
Arbitration Provision Read Into SAG-AFTRA Limited Exhibition Agreement<br>DVD Cover Photo Included In News Reporting Was Fair Use
Social Media Scene: Creating a Blogging Strategy When Blogging Isn't Your Business
August 02, 2014
Chances are that if you have started marketing yourself online, then you have a blog (or were told to have a blog). Here is what you need to know.
Commercial Alternative Lending
August 02, 2014
An impressive amount of attention and money have been foisted upon the relatively nascent alternative finance market. Is it good or bad?
Litigating Trade Secret Claims
June 02, 2014
Employees escape with valuable information every day, resulting in substantial, sometimes devastating losses to employers. Here's what employers need to know.
The Common Interest Doctrine and the Investigation of First-Party Claims
June 02, 2014
It is essential for parties to be able to determine whether or not communication will be protected from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege or the work-product doctrine. As the Supreme Court observed, "an uncertain privilege ' is little better than no privilege at all."

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  • Restrictive Covenants Meet the Telecommunications Act of 1996
    Congress enacted the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to encourage development of telecommunications technologies, and in particular, to facilitate growth of the wireless telephone industry. The statute's provisions on pre-emption of state and local regulation have been frequently litigated. Last month, however, the Court of Appeals, in <i>Chambers v. Old Stone Hill Road Associates (see infra<i>, p. 7) faced an issue of first impression: Can neighboring landowners invoke private restrictive covenants to prevent construction of a cellular telephone tower? The court upheld the restrictive covenants, recognizing that the federal statute was designed to reduce state and local regulation of cell phone facilities, not to alter rights created by private agreement.
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