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Counsel Concerns

Julie Triedman

Bankruptcy Examiner Issues Report on Interest Conflicts of Caesars' Lawyers

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Evolving Science May Provide Coverage for Transgender Employees Under the ADA

Jen Cornell

A recent federal lawsuit could change the way employers need to structure their employment policies and procedures as they impact transgender employers under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

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EU Trademark Reform Is Now In Effect

B'atrice Martinet

After a long gestation, the EU trademark package entered force on March 23, 2016. It's intended to streamline the trademark application process and will be the largest reform to EU trademark law in 20 years. Here's a summary of the major revisions the entertainment industry should be aware for dealing with any trademark issues in Europe.

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Evolving Science May Provide Coverage for Transgender Employees Under the ADA

Jen Cornell

A recent federal lawsuit could change the way employers need to structure their employment policies and procedures as they impact transgender employers under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

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CT Court System Has Put GAL Training Sessions on Hold

Michelle Tuccitto Sullo

Connecticut attorneys who would like to add guardian ad litem work to their practices need to undergo training first, but the state hasn't offered it in over two years and no new training sessions are scheduled.

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IP News

Howard J. Shire & Daniel Shea

Federal Circuit Holds Two of Apple's Five Asserted Patents Invalid, Three More Not Infringed

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Copyright Act Preempts Players' Publicity Rights for NFL Films

Judith L. Grubner

Twenty-three professional football players brought a class action lawsuit against the NFL, claiming that films produced by NFL Films violated their state rights of publicity and constituted false endorsement under '43(a) of the Lanham Act. Twenty of those players settled with the NFL. However, the other three players elected to pursue their suit.

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AccessData's Summation 6.0

Terry Mazura

It's understood that the "discovery wars" have long been far more than litigation maneuvering by both sides in a case. Even without intention, the volume and complexity of electronically stored information pertinent to litigation results in cost burdens that affect substantive decisions in a case.

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Verdicts

Hospital Remains in Suit After Court Finds Ostensible Agency <br>NY Appeals Court Finds Physicians May Opine As to Proximate Cause in Cases Involving Claims Outside Own Specialty

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Dismissal of Suit Against TV Program Upheld

Ben Bedell

A television station's report that two stores in the D'Lites chain of dietary ice cream franchises were mislabeling their "small" portions as low calorie and low carb was "substantially true," and a defamation claim by a franchise owner was properly dismissed, a Manhattan appeals court said on March 15.

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