In last month's issue, we discussed the Vaccine Court's (Office of Special Masters of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims) trio of decisions that found no causative links between childhood vaccinations and the onset of autism and gastrointestinal problems in three children. The discussion continues herein.
- May 27, 2009Janice G. Inman
Filed in 1981, Tenuto v. Lederle Laboratories is the oldest ongoing non-guardianship case in New York City, according to the Office of Court Administration. Now there's an award. But will it stand?
May 26, 2009Mark FassExplaining that the "bankruptcy court had no jurisdiction to take such action," the Fifth Circuit also vacated the district's court's improper ruling that the bankruptcy judge could enter a personal judgment against the asset buyer.
May 26, 2009ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Examiner appointments in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases are uncommon, and despite Judge Peter J. Walsh's statement that he had appointed an examiner only two or three times during his career as a bankruptcy judge, he recently ordered the appointment of an examiner in In re DBSI, Inc.
May 26, 2009David J. Baldwin and R. Stephen McNeillLawyers scurried to San Jose, CA, bankruptcy court in April to argue over the remains of SeeqPod Inc., the first big casualty on the newest front in the legal war between the record industry and the Internet.
April 30, 2009Zusha ElinsonCOPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT/JURY INSTRUCTIONS
TRADEMARK USES/QUALITY CONTROLApril 30, 2009ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Since 2004, Truth in Music Advertising statutes have been enacted in more than 26 states. These laws, aimed at preventing consumer confusion between a recording group and a performing group, set forth several conditions, at least one of which must be met to legally use the name of a music group in conjunction with a concert performance. In April 2009, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey issued a ruling in a case that involved the constitutionality of that state's law.
April 30, 2009Stan SoocherThe current economic climate, along with portable devices and the mobility of today's workforce, has truly created the perfect storm ' exacerbating DLP issues and expanding the definition of DLP and related needs beyond the piecemeal technology offerings currently available. Preventative steps like ethical walls can easily be applied to stored data ' but data in use is the true risk to address.
April 30, 2009Kandace Donovan

