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<B>BREAKING NEWS:</b> Merck Wins Big
In a stunning turnaround today, separate appeals courts in New Jersey and Texas reversed verdicts against Merck from some of the earliest trials involving the now-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx.
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e-Commerce Docket Sheet
No CAN-SPAM Claims When ISP Cannot Show Real Adverse Effects<br>Court Says Departing Worker's Computer Access No CFAA Breach<br>No Impleading ISP, P2P Network on Unrelated Torts<br>Roommate Site Not Immune under CDA From FHA Claims<br>Non-residents Using Others' Trademarks for Web Traffic Answers in Owner's Forum
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Copyright Infringement/File Sharing<br>Copyright Infringement/Summary Judgment<<br>Royalty Suit/Right to Trial by Jury<br>Sampling Suits/Sound Recordings
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Cameo Clips
BLANKET SONG LICENSES/INTERNET SERVICES<br>COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT/SETTLEMENT OFFER
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'Purchaser' Didn't Include Disney Subsidiaries
The California Court of Appeal, Second District, decided that the term 'Purchaser' in an agreement for 'Walt Disney Productions' to purchase rights in the novel 'Who Censored Roger Rabbit?' and its characters didn't apply to Disney's subsidiaries.
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Key Pre-emption Ruling in Third Circuit
On April 8, 2008, the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a significant decision concerning the authority of federal regulatory agencies to pre-empt state tort claims, <i>Colacicco v. Apotex Inc.</i>, No. 6-5148.
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Eighth Circuit Decertifies Class in St. Jude Heart Valve Case: Issues of Individual Causation Predominate
The Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently decertified a class of more than 11,000 plaintiffs in the Silzone heart valve litigation on the basis that individual questions regarding causation would predominate over any common issues related to the truth or falsity of the alleged misrepresentations.
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Litigation
Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.
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Same-Sex Marriage in New York
It had to happen. While many in front of and behind the political scenes have fought the concept of same-sex marriage, the well-established principles of full faith and credit or comity make it inevitable that same-sex marriage and the concomitant right of those couples to divorce would be somehow recognized in New York.
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<b>BREAKING NEWS:</b> Supreme Court Makes It Easier For Employers to Sue for Retaliation
In a pair of workplace discrimination cases, the Supreme Court on May 27 made it easier for workers to sue employers who retaliate against them for reporting bias.
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