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<i>BREAKING NEWS</i>Justices Decide to Stay Out of Same-Sex Marriage Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court, defying conventional wisdom, declined on Oct. 6 to resolve the nation's constitutional debate over whether states may ban same-sex marriages.
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Drug & Device News
A case involving trade secrets and the public's right to know.
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Upcoming Event
TexasBarCLE 24th Annual Entertainment Law Institute
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Business Crimes Hotline
A look at a pivotal case.
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Development
A case involving a neighbor's challenge to a variance
Our Editor to Receive Texas Bar Award
We are pleased to announce that <i>Entertainment Law & Finance</i> Editor-in-Chief, Stan Soocher, has been named the 2014 recipient of the Texas Bar Association Entertainment Law Institute's "Texas Star Award."
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Decisions of Interest
Review of a case in which a husband was estopped from claiming that marital assets need distribution.
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Bit Parts
California Right of Publicity Claims Can Be Assigned<br>Invasion of Privacy Suit Against Greenberg Glusker Law Firm Found Time-Barred<br>Whither the Transformative Use Defense in Copyright Infringement Cases?
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Patent Reform Is Coming, but Not From Congress
It's well established that the number of lawsuits filed by patent trolls in the last decade has increased dramatically. This increase comes at considerable expense to defendants of all stripes. But as widely reviled as this trend may be among operating companies that often find themselves as defendants in patent troll litigation, legislation that would curb this practice has made little progress.
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In the Marketplace
Who's going where; who's doing what.
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