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Lessons Learned from a Gum Licensing Agreement

Daretia Austin

More than a decade after the license agreement between The Topps Company and Stani expired, the question of who owns the rights to manufacture and distribute the original Bazooka' bubble gum formula in South America is still unresolved.

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Scope of Privilege: When a Company's Business Is Litigation

Paul T. Qualey

Too often, the complex question of privilege devolves into a simple inquiry: Is the author or recipient of the document an attorney? This shortcut analysis assumes that documents authored or received by an attorney are privileged, while documents exchanged between business people are not. However, as with all shortcuts there tend to be flaws.

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Managing Narcotics Medications

Amy Kolczak & Melissa P. Reading

Last month, the authors discussed some valuable advice that prescribers can use when they are faced with a patient suffering from chronic pain yet also want to avoid, as much as possible, potential investigation or liability. The conclusion herein reviews some of those recommendations.

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The Surprising Efficacy of Inter Partes Patent Re-examination

Andrew S. Baluch & Stephen B. Maebius

This article reports the outcomes of all <i>inter partes</i> re-examinations completed as of August 2008. Although this is a small sample size and it is still too early to form any strong conclusions, there are some important results apparent in this sample.

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Dealing with a Seriously Impaired Plaintiff at Trial

Lori G. Cohen & Sarah L. Goldberg

Few cases inspire more sympathy than those involving a seriously impaired plaintiff. Such cases can be daunting to defense counsel because of the potential for juries to allow sympathy to overshadow their legal duty to consider the facts of each case objectively.

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Federal Detainees and the Constitutional Perils for Medical Care Providers

Janice G. Inman

Lately, it is becoming increasingly clear that prisoners in our criminal justice systems are not the only ones at risk for receiving substandard medical care; similar problems are occurring in immigrant detention facilities. A look at two cases.

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