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Supreme Court Mandates More Patent Claim Clarity
In <i>Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc.</i>, a unanimous Supreme Court held that the test for patent claim definiteness in 35 U.S.C. '112, '2 (2006) "require[s] that a patent's claims, viewed in light of the specification and prosecution history, inform those skilled in the art about the scope of the invention with reasonable certainty."
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Coverage Disputes over Data Breaches
Each day, businesses become progressively more dependent on computers and the Internet to gather, store and protect information. But, as sophisticated as this technology may be, it has also proven to be susceptible to breaches, which have time and again resulted in the unauthorized access of confidential information.
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Changes to Mental Disorders
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is not the only health-care challenge facing employers. Recent medical disease reclassifications are affecting a large portion of America's workforce, and the long-term impact is proving difficult to predict.
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Decisions of Interest
An in-depth look at various key cases.
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Dealing with Stub Rent After <i>In re Oreck</i>
A bankruptcy judge recently held that lessors of a debtor's corporate headquarters were not entitled to administrative expense priority under 11 U.S.C. ' 365(d)(3) for 25 days of unpaid "stub rent" for the period between the Chapter 11 petition and the first postpetition rent payment.
A Circuit Court Definitively Addresses Claims Trading
This article analyzes the <I>Enron</I> and <I>KB Toys</I> courts' treatment of the public policy issues associated with claims trading, and the implications of the <I>KB Toys</I> holding with respect to Financial Claims trading in the Third and other circuits.
Leveraging UnitedLex and Questio for a Challenging e-Discovery Case
It's no secret that both the time and money spent on e-discovery is skyrocketing. Fifteen years ago, discovery almost exclusively involved the collection and review of paper documents and was, in comparison to today's costs, relatively cheap. Today, the amount of data that the world generates is estimated to be doubling each year, and with that comes increasing opportunities for human error or technical glitches that could have a dramatic impact on case outcomes.
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Securitization of Renewable Energy Projects
This article discusses the characteristics of renewable energy projects that are good candidates for securitizations, the structures and considerations involved in the recent solar project securitizations, and the impact of such securitizations on federal income tax incentives.
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In the Spotlight: Casualty: A Tenant's Perspective
When a fire or other casualty damages a tenant's premises, especially when the premises is part of a larger retail facility like an enclosed regional mall, the rights outlined in the tenant's lease will dictate how the casualty is handled.
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