By New Jersey State Bar Association | September 16, 2024
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By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press | September 16, 2024
District attorneys "have a huge amount of discretion to make decisions about what cases to pursue," criminal defense attorney Don Samuel said. "The notion that we're going to start prosecuting DAs for prosecuting or not prosecuting strikes me as really being on the edge of propriety."
By Chris O'Malley | September 16, 2024
"The pushback doesn't change what the commission is going to do. But I think it does make staff and the majority button things up a bit more," said John Villafranco, a partner at Kelley Drye Warren.
By Chris O'Malley | September 16, 2024
"The pushback doesn't change what the commission is going to do. But I think it does make staff and the majority button things up a bit more," said John Villafranco, a partner at Kelley Drye Warren.
By Maia H. Harris and Emma C. Mann | September 16, 2024
On August 13, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential ruling that reversed the District of Delaware's application of the Federal Circuit precedent in In re: Cellect to invalidate a claim in an earlier-filed parent application over admittedly patentably indistinct claims in later-filed (and earlier-expired) child patents. This decision has resolved some substantial questions about the application of obviousness-type double patenting that had been raised by last year's In re Cellect decision.
By Thomas Spigolon | September 16, 2024
The former U.S. attorney caused an uproar when he declined to bring charges against the president but described him in a report as "a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."
By Amy Guthrie | September 16, 2024
In early September, Mexico's Congress passed a bill to reshape the judiciary, raising concerns it could foster blind loyalty to the ruling party.
By Kevin G. Faley and Andrea M. Alonso | September 16, 2024
When an injury occurs on or as a result of a permanent staircase, there is a marked split in the case law of the First and Second Appellate Departments, who have reached starkly different conclusions on the issue of whether a permanent stairway is an elevated work platform or safety device protected under §240(1).
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Siobhan Cole | September 16, 2024
Not everyone can safekeep their documents in a fireproof box. Volunteering at HAP's in-person clinics allows me to offer back a little bit of the security and stability I've enjoyed, but so many others have not. It is truly the highlight of my professional career.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Harsh Arora | September 16, 2024
To avoid deadlocks and threat of judicial dissolution of a parent company or an SPV, the operating agreements of both entities should be carefully negotiated so that there are common terms that can be used to efficiently resolve disputes.
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