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September 07, 2005 |

Plaintiff-Friendly N.Y. Law Applies in Pa.

A Pennsylvania man injured in an accident with a New York driver in Pennsylvania has won the right to use New York's more plaintiff-friendly law to sue not only the driver but also the New York agency that owned the car, the 3rd Circuit has ruled. The panel said there is a "false conflict" between Pennsylvania and New York law since New York courts have held that it applies to accidents outside the state and Pennsylvania would have no interest in preventing its residents from using it.
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July 31, 2012 |

Russian lawyer's arrest raises tough legal system questions

Russian prosecutors charged anticorruption lawyer and blogger Alexei Navalny, one of President Vladimir Putin's harshest critics, with embezzlement. They are the latest to be lodged against a vocal Kremlin critic and have some U.S. lawyers with Russian expertise skeptical about the country's commitment to the rule of law.
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January 02, 2013 |

Top Six Tech Issues of 2012 for In-House Counsel

Made your list and checked it twice? Don't forget about the most important law and technology developments in 2012 — which can also help guide in-house counsel in the new year.
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February 08, 2007 |

A Discovery Database Streamlines Your Defense

When Russell Aoki, managing partner of Seattle's Aoki Sakamoto Grant, and his defense team took on the defense of Kevin Lawrence on a securities fraud claim, they faced processing about 2 million pages of potentially relevant documents in several cities along the West Coast. Taking on the role of technology manager, Aoki quickly surmised the team needed a database. Aoki describes the process of educating himself, his client and the court on the need for fresh technology in litigation.
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Law Journal Press | Digital Book United States Export Controls Authors: John R. Liebman, Roszel C. Thomsen II, James E. Bartlett III, John C. Pisa-Relli View this Book

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July 30, 2012 |

First Circuit tosses $30 million fee award in Volkswagen case

A federal appeals court threw out a Boston federal judge's $30 million attorney fee award for plaintiffs' lawyers in multidistrict litigation over oil-sludge damage to Volkswagen cars.
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December 29, 2004 |

Facing WTO Deadline, India Struggles With Patent Reform

On Jan. 1, India faces a World Trade Organization deadline to overhaul its patent laws, ending decades of policies that allowed Indian firms -- from pharmaceutical giants to tiny technology companies -- to make cheap versions of expensive Western products. Critics say the new law would dramatically raise India's drug prices and help foreign companies regain dominance. But proponents say the time has come for India to accept international trade standards.
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December 12, 2012 |

Top Six Tech Issues of 2012 for In-House Counsel

Making a list and checking it twice? Don't forget about the most important law and technology developments in 2012. Foley & Lardner attorney Adam Losey walks us through his top six tech issues of the year.
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October 25, 2004 |

Lebegern v. Forman et al

In this action arising out of a fatal motor vehicle accident, where there is an actual conflict between the laws of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the decedent was a Pennsylvania resident, the accident occurred in New Jersey, the defendants are all New Jersey residents, and the decedent's presence in New Jersey was not merely fortuitous, under the governmental-interest analysis, New Jersey has the greater interest in seeing its law applied and the survivor's claim will be governed by that state's law.
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April 11, 2013 |

Majority of 2012 Patent Litigation Filed by 'Patent Trolls'

More than half of the patent litigation cases filed in the U.S. in 2012 were brought by companies whose sole purpose is to license patents—so-called "patent trolls"—according to a new study.
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