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A case involving trade secrets and the public's right to know.
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Business Crimes Hotline
A look at a pivotal case.
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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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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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Compliance, Ethics and the Multi-generational Workforce
This article outlines two key tactics for effectively executing and nurturing a strong workplace compliance and ethics strategy. The first is fostering employee engagement. The second involves deploying the right technology tools to drive and support this.
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