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Will High Court Crack 'The Da Vinci Code'?
"The Da Vinci Code," Dan Brown's best-selling novel, has spawned video games, a film and now, perhaps, a Supreme Court case. Random House, Brown's publisher, fended off a copyright suit in Britain, but went on the offensive against American author Lewis Perdue, who claims that Brown stole from his work. Perdue's battle started with a letter and escalated. Now Perdue believes that a footnote in a district court opinion hints at an issue that's contentious enough to bring him to the Supreme Court.Court: Insurers need not cover $13.8M verdict
Two insurance companies don't have to cover a $13.8 million verdict in a trade secrets theft case because there wasn't an "advertising injury" under the respective policies, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has ruled.On July 7, a unanimous panel affirmed a summary judgment ruling for the insurers by Magistrate Judge Nancy K.Even for the Supreme Court, Recent Litigating Counts
Though many of the U.S. Supreme Court justices were experienced litigators before becoming appellate judges, the average date they last worked as courtroom advocates was 1976. Luther T. Munford argues that, since then, drastic changes have occurred in litigation practice -- from discovery to technology to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure -- and that it's time to save a seat on the Court for an attorney with a stronger connection to the real world of lawyering.In Katrina's Wake, Law Firm Disaster Teams See Action
Much of the New Orleans legal community -- which includes about one-third of Louisiana's lawyers -- is in shambles following the devastation from Hurricane Katrina. Legal professionals said they thought they had planned for the worst and would escape much of the predicted damage, until the levee collapse that flooded about 80 percent of the city. Said one bar association leader, "We have never dealt with something of this magnitude, but we're going to have to."State AI Legislation Is on the Move in 2024
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