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High Court Recusals Allow Apartheid Suit to Proceed

Legal Times

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

For want of a quorum, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed a controversial lawsuit brought by South African citizens to proceed against American and foreign corporations for their role in perpetuating apartheid.

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Appeals Court Asks for More Concrete Business Patent Test

Legal Times

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit asked for help in staking out boundaries in the burgeoning area of patent law that deals with methods of doing business rather than nuts-and-bolts inventions.

9th Circuit Blasts U.S. Prosecutor for Withholding Documents

The National Law Journal

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Roundly denouncing a Las Vegas federal prosecutor for withholding 650 pages of evidence potentially helpful to two lawyers charged in a stock fraud case, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld dismissal of all 64 charges and refused to allow a retrial.

N.Y. AG: Probe Could Net 'Hundreds' of Lawyers

New York Law Journal

Monday, May 12, 2008

New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo predicted Thursday that hundreds and hundreds of attorneys will ultimately be implicated in his office's investigation of government entities improperly enrolling non-employees in public pension funds.

Cities Sue Lenders for Expenses Incurred From Empty Houses

The National Law Journal

Monday, May 12, 2008

Homeowners aren't the only ones claiming they were victimized by the subprime foreclosure debacle sweeping the nation.

Marvell Technology To Pay $10 Million Fine Over Backdating

The Recorder

Monday, May 12, 2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission came down hard on Marvell Technology Group on Thursday for stock option backdating and for being unusually slow to cooperate and reluctant to clean up the problem.

Internet Archive Beats Back FBI Demand for Data

The Recorder

Friday, May 9, 2008

The FBI has agreed to drop its demand that a San Francisco-based Internet library turn over subscriber information, according to court documents unsealed Monday. As part of a settlement, the FBI also agreed that its previously secret efforts could be publicized.

Spanx, SPANK Embroiled in Fight Over Lingerie Trademark

Fulton County Daily Report

Friday, May 9, 2008

The makers of abbreviated and abbreviating undergarments for women are duking it out over ? ahem ? an abbreviation.

Ex-Prosecutor, Now Adobe Employee, to Hunt Software Pirates

The Recorder

Friday, May 9, 2008

Software pirates beware. Ross Nadel, the former criminal chief of the San Francisco U.S. Attorney's Office, has joined Adobe Systems Inc. as senior legal counsel of worldwide anti-piracy.

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