Credible Fraudulent Transfer Advocacy
Appellate courts continue to use common sense when disposing of constructively fraudulent transfer appeals, as recent decisions show.
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<b>Net News</b> Ninth Circuit Text-message Ruling Could Impact Corporate Policies
ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
Most employees know that their bosses are usually within their rights snooping on workers' e-mail, but text messaging has been in murkier territory. A federal appeals court sought to clarify matters in a ruling last month by distinguishing between electronic communication that employers store on their servers, or pay someone to store, and communication that is contracted out to third parties.
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ANDA Litigation Discovery
Paul A. Ragusa
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Sandra Lee
Patent infringement litigation based on an Abbreviated New Drug Application ('ANDA') presents certain unique challenges to the discovery process. Unlike ordinary patent litigation, little if any information helpful to the patent owner is publicly available. Instead, the patent owner must rely on a well thought out discovery plan to obtain certain information from the ANDA applicant. Suggestions for designing such a plan are presented below.
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Redefining Prior Art Under Proposed Patent Reform Measures
Andrei Iancu
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Maclain Wells
This is the first installment of a two-part series on the proposed move from a patent system granting priority of patent rights based upon invention dates to a system in which priority is based primarily upon filing dates. This installment discusses the history behind the current first-to-invent system, the current patent reform movement, and the basic proposed change to the current system.
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Net News
ALM Staff
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You Tube Suit Threatens Online Communication<br>Yahoo Files Suit Against Lottery Spammers
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Problems with Causation Testimony
Eric J. Frisch
Recently, the Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed a directed verdict based on <i>Daubert</i> principles in a shoulder dystocia case. The court reasoned that the expert's testimony was 'unreliable' because of improper use of the 'differential diagnosis' method and the fact that he made unsupported leaps from assumed facts to conclusions without evidentiary or medical/scientific support. Here's an analysis of the court's thinking.
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<B>BREAKING NEWS:</b> Merck Wins Big
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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
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Law Journal Newsletters
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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Bit Parts
Stan Soocher
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
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Law Journal Newsletters
BLANKET SONG LICENSES/INTERNET SERVICES<br>COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT/SETTLEMENT OFFER
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'Purchaser' Didn't Include Disney Subsidiaries
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Law Journal Newsletters
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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