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In the Courts

July 01, 2016

Discussion about the Supreme Court of Canada Issuing a landmark ruling.

Verdicts

July 01, 2016

Analysis of recent litigation.

Case Notes

July 01, 2016

Discussion of two key rulings, one in Pennsylvania, one in New Jersey.

Marketing Tech: Getting to Insights and Acting on Them: That's All That Matters

July 01, 2016

Market Intelligence, Competitive Intelligence, Business Intelligence ' does it matter what we call it? Fundamentally, getting to value and insight comes down to adhering to one simple rule: The information must be actionable.

Audit Committee Reporting Obligations

July 01, 2016

Various regulatory authorities continue to focus on and expand the role and responsibility of the independent audit committee, including not only its oversight role, but also its disclosure requirements.

Federal Circuit Applies a Reasonableness Standard to the Knowledge of Infringement Prong

July 01, 2016

The Federal Circuit decision in Medtronic highlights the tension faced by alleged patent infringers, who must balance invalidity issues where a broad construction is desirable, against non-infringement issues, where narrow constructions are desired.

Too Many Lawyers? Report Faults Firms for Resisting Layoffs

July 01, 2016

Should law firm leaders be firing more lawyers? That seems to be the takeaway of a report released by the legal consultancy Altman Weil. Herein is a summary of the findings.

Case Notes

July 01, 2016

Analysis of a recent ruling in which a New York appeals court reversed the dismissal of a suit brought by a tenant seeking recission of his commercial lease and a declaration that he was not bound by it.

Online Extra: Page and Plant's Win in 'Stairway to Heaven' Case Seen as Bolstering Songwriters' Creative Rights

June 29, 2016

June 23's verdict for Led Zeppelin in the copyright trial over the 1971 hit song 'Stairway to Heaven' reaffirms the creative rights of songwriters while demonstrating the difficulties in pursuing infringement over sheet music, according to legal experts following the case.

Online Extra: Reed Smith Raises Salaries, Matching $180K in Some Markets

June 29, 2016

Reed Smith has announced a new associate pay structure, raising the starting salary to $180,000 in some markets, $160,000 in Philadelphia and $145,000 in Pittsburgh.

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