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The Rise in Family Responsibility Discrimination Cases

Carolyn Plump

Part One of this article began a discussion of the dramatic increase in cases alleging caregiver discrimination. Part Two herein discusses the most recent cases and guidelines involving this area of the law, and how employers can best protect themselves, given the explosion of family responsibility discrimination (FRD) cases and the open issues that could further impact the number of FRD filings.

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Settlement Reached Via e-Mail Is Upheld

Sheri Qualters

A recent Massachusetts Appeals Court ruling enforcing an e-mail settlement agreement of a contractual dispute is a reminder to lawyers that e-mail settlements carry the same weight as deals on paper.

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Tax Crimes: Has the Bright Line Moved?

Scott D. Michel & Justin A. Thornton

The authors are longtime members of the ABA Section of Taxation Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties Committee. Their thrice-annual Saturday morning meetings used to involve continuing education only among lawyers joined by the common bond of representing clients who were not just aggressive in their tax affairs but who really cheated (or at least were thought to have by the government). For the past few years, though, their sessions have been packed with practitioners who never before cared much about developments in the world of criminal tax law. Here's why.

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Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.

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Development

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A look at a recent ruling of importance.

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Cooperatives & Condominiums

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In-depth analysis of recent rulings.

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Uses of Athletes' Persona and Related Indicia Raise Many Intellectual-Property Issues

Stan Soocher

The value of athletes' personas and related indicia is a bedrock component of the sports industries. Merchandising and endorsement deals date back decades. But this tradition hasn't meant a smooth ride today. Disputes over athlete indicia are as common as those for entertainers. An examination of several court rulings from the past few weeks demonstrates common claims and defenses over licensed and unlicensed uses.

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Divided and Conquered? The Precarious Standing of Patent Licensees

Jonathan B. Tropp & Alexander ('Lex') Paulson

This article discusses three recent Federal Circuit rulings that have set important new guidelines for which kinds of licensees will have independent standing to sue infringers, which will be compelled to join their patentees, and which will be left out in the cold.

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Pleading Standards in Patent Litigation After Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly

Yekaterina Korostash

<i>Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly</i>, a recent Supreme Court decision which addressed the sufficiency of pleadings for a claim under Section 1 of the Sherman Act, has prompted defendants in a wide variety of actions, including patent cases, to file motions urging district courts to apply the 'new' Twombly pleading standard to dismiss the actions against them.

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