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111010001: An Article of Commerce?
In <i>ClearCorrect Operating, LLC v. ITC,</i> the Federal Circuit limited the ITC's jurisdiction over digital commerce. In a 2-1 decision, the panel held that the ITC lacks authority to regulate digital imports.
The Art of the Mock
Who is the perfect juror? What is the most effective theme? What evidence is the most compelling in the eyes of the jury? These and many other similar questions plague the dreams of many trial lawyers, because high-stakes commercial litigation trials are multi-million-dollar productions with no room for error.
Rising Rents Push Techs to Key Markets
For years, technology firms and startups flocked to Northern California, but according to Jones Lang LaSalle's (JLL's) 2015 U.S. Technology Office Outlook, these companies have started to plant roots in markets across the nation.
IP News
Federal Circuit Vacates PTAB Decision On Obviousness <br>Federal Circuit: <i>Inter Partes</i> Review System Is Constitutional<br>Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Decision Finding Negative Claim Limitation Satisfies 35 U.S.C. '112
New FASB/IASB Lease Accounting Rules to Be Issued Soon
The IASB and the FASB have completed decision-making meetings and the respective staffs are drafting the final rules, which will be signed and issued this month. The IASB and FASB will issue separate rules as they have chosen two different models for lessee accounting. They both have adopted the same lessor model with a few minor differences.
<i>Triple Play</i> Status Update: Firings for Employees' Facebook Activity Unlawful
On Oct. 21, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a 2014 decision by the NLRB overturning the terminations of two employees who had complained about their employer on Facebook. Here's a look at that decision.
Investigations in Developing Countries
Conducting an internal investigation into questionable company conduct is universally a stressful experience. Imagine having to handle all that in a remote location, thousands of miles and multiple time zones away, in a developing part of the world with logistical and infrastructure challenges, and with cultural, political and legal systems that differ markedly from those in the United States.
Hello, Kitty! Can You Smell That Smell? It's a Covered Loss!
The NH Supreme Court's recent decision in <I>Mellin v. N. Sec. Ins. Co.</I> is getting some attention, and not just because it's fun to talk about cat pee. The case sets a very important precedent regarding the definition of the term "physical loss" and the construction of pollution exclusions in NH property insurance policies.
<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Phishing, Attacks Top Data Concerns of Law Firm CIOs
Detection and deflection: It may seem like an old boxing adage, but what it really stands for, as our ALM sibling The American Lawyer's 20th annual technology survey finds, is law firms' re-engineered approach to security.
5 Key Reasons to Map out an Effective Marketing Plan
End the 'shotgun approach' to marketing this year. Stop spending unwisely and on random acts of marketing. Find your way to success by planning for it by developing a marketing map.

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