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From Banker Box to Jury Box: How to Get Your Exhibits Ready for Trial Presentation Image

From Banker Box to Jury Box: How to Get Your Exhibits Ready for Trial Presentation

Michael Skrzypek

Back in the analog days, a parade of lawyers and paralegals would march into the courtroom right before a trial started, carrying dozens of bankers' boxes filled with documents and other evidence. Now, a trial presentation technician walks into the courtroom carrying just a laptop, but one loaded with a trial exhibit database that contains the equivalent of hundreds of bankers' boxes of material.

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Internet Memes and Intellectual Property Risks

Scott J. Slavick

Internet memes ' those attention-getting images, videos, and catchy phrases that whip across the Internet via e-mail and social media ' have long been a part of online culture. But while a corporate strategy of exploiting memes can be highly entertaining and can capture consumers' attention, using these online assets can be risky if intellectual property rights are infringed in their dissemination.

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Applying Patent Teachings in Product Liability Cases

Anthony S. Volpe

In a product liability design defect action, evidence establishing the defectiveness of a product is paramount to a plaintiff's case. Conducting a patent search and an investigation of the state of the patent art may yield fruitful evidence regarding the defect or relative safety of the product at issue in a product liability action. But first some background to set the environment for how patents become patents.

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International Cooperation in the Regulation of Nanotechnology

Vivian M. Quinn & Benjamin R. Dwyer

This article provides a broad overview of the general approach taken by major countries in the field of nanotechnology. It also describes steps taken in international cooperation in this area and suggests possible areas of international regulatory convergence.

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Asbestos Payments Per Resolved Claim Increased 75% in the Past Year Image

Asbestos Payments Per Resolved Claim Increased 75% in the Past Year

Mary Elizabeth C. Stern & Lucy P. Allen

An annual review of asbestos-related liabilities reported in companies' SEC filings, reveals that from 2010 to 2011, average payments per resolved claim increased 75%. Further review of the underlying data suggests that this increase in payments per claim is not due to a significant upward trend in asbestos liabilities. Instead, this increase can be explained by a change in the claim disease mix.

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Real Property Law

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

In-depth analysis of several key cases.

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Eminent Domain Law

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

A recent case of importance.

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Mitchell-Lama Conversions and the Martin Act

Stewart E. Sterk

Can a limited-profit housing company seeking to withdraw from the Mitchell-Lama program avoid supervision by the Attorney General if the withdrawal does not involve any transfer of property or physical exchange of shares?

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Decisions of Interest

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Analysis of three major cases.

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When Business Interests Are Valued Subsequent to the Date of Commencement Image

When Business Interests Are Valued Subsequent to the Date of Commencement

Marcy L. Wachtel & Shireen G. Arani

In Part Two, let us now address two other scenarios where valuing a business interest as of the commencement date value would unfairly prejudice one party because the change in value is in no way attributable to the titled spouse's active efforts.

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