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Human Research Studies and Medical Malpractice Liability

Thomas A. Moore & Matthew Gaier

The authors relate an experience in a case involving a not affirmative experimental treatment, but a human research study regarding modes of diagnosis.

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Prescribing the Right Amount of Pain Medications

Amy Kolczak & Melissa P. Reading

Pain is the most common cause of long-term disability, and it is the leading reason patients seek medical attention. But physicians seeking to manage their patients' pain with narcotics must be mindful of both the potential liability involved and the potential for scrutiny by their medical boards.

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A Look At Disney's International Legal Team

Leigh Jackson

For Peter Wiley, the Walt Disney Co.'s European head of legal, these are interesting times. His employer, one of the most iconic companies in the world, is engaged in a drive to expand internationally and take the House of Mouse into the digital age.

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Right-of-Publicity Amendments Extend Protections, But Marilyn Monroe LLC Suffers New Setback

Stan Soocher

Los Angeles entertainment attorney Robert A. Finkelstein accompanied Nancy Sinatra to Washington, DC, last summer for a U.S. Congressional hearing on a proposal for terrestrial radio stations to pay performance royalties to air sound recordings. Sinatra was a key artist-rights witness before the House Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property. Finkelstein praised a recent change in Washington state's right-of-publicity statute. The amendment, which took effect in June 2008, eliminated a personality's domicile as a bar to bringing a right-of-publicity suit.

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Non-employee Spouse Waivers of ERISA Plan Benefits Not Reliable

Thomas R. White

In an aging population, accumulations in employee retirement plans assume greater and greater importance. Nowhere is this more true than in divorce, when, for many couples, retirement savings represent the most significant part of their savings.

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Same-Sex Marriage: Survey on Policies

Sherry Karabin

The start of same-sex marriages in California on June 16 made headlines across the country. However, it was not such a big deal for many U.S. companies. These businesses already give their gay and lesbian employees many of the same benefits that they provide to their married straight workers.

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Muniauction v. Thomson

John M. Cone

The <i>Muniauction v. Thomson</i> decision illustrates the Federal Circuit's application of the Supreme Court's decision on obviousness in <i>KSR Int'l Co. v. Teleflex, Inc.</i> and confirms the Federal Circuit's own decision on "joint or divided" infringement in <i>BMC Resources, Inc. v. Paymentech</i>.

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Lessons Learned from a Gum Licensing Agreement

Daretia Austin

More than a decade after the license agreement between The Topps Company and Stani expired, the question of who owns the rights to manufacture and distribute the original Bazooka' bubble gum formula in South America is still unresolved.

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Section 79 Planning Opportunities

Lawrence L. Bell, Theodore J. Zouzounis & Stephen M. (Pete) Peterson

Closely held businesses produce over 50% of the Gross National Product ("GNP"). Less than 50% of these businesses have a continuation plan and almost one-third of these companies (29%) use a buy-sell arrangement to assist in their planning. Buy-Sell agreements are very simple tools that over the years have grown to meet increasing needs of closely held businesses.

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