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As expected, the NLRB has announced that it is again proposing regulations to amend its representation case election procedures. A copy of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking submitted to the Federal Register for publication can be viewed here. The...

In a recent and controversial decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) introduced a temporal requirement to the theory of induced infringement under the Tariff Act of 1934 (19 U.S.C. § 1337(a)(1)(B)(ii))...

The ABA Journal and Suffolk University Law School are planning to host a "hackathon" in conjunction with the ABA Annual Meeting this Aug. 7-12 in Boston. There's been no formal theme selected. But there's a general consensus that the project should further access-to-justice efforts in some way.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced the new notification thresholds for pre-merger notification reports that must be filed under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act). The notification thresholds are adjusted...

The Sierra Club released a poll yesterday showing substantial support for EPA’s efforts to regulate carbon emissions from power plants. The poll was conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, whose representative, Andrew Baumann, was quoted in...

The SEC lost another jury trial. Following a nine day trial the jury rejected each of the Commission’s claims in the aggressive insider trading case SEC v. Steffes, Case No. 1:10-cv-06266 (N.D. Ill. Verdict Jan. 27, 2014). This action was one of...

Phoenix law firm Jaburg Wilk's family law attorney Jason B. Castle explains what happens to the children once the divorce action is filed. He also talks about whether it is allowed for one spouse to move with the children once the divorce action is...

The settlement and Supreme Court’s dismissal of Mount Holly v. Mt. Holly Gardens Citizens in Action, Inc. has increased the potential significance of the lawsuit filed in June 2013 in federal district court in Washington, D.C. challenging HUD’s final...

Addressing the issue of whether an importer of non-organic mushrooms from a Japanese producer infringed a trademark owned by the U.S. subsidiary of the Japanese producer, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld summary judgment in...

By now, you are probably aware of the numerous patent law changes made under the America Invents Act. If you are involved in patent application preparation and/or prosecution, you are probably also aware of the recent tendencies of Examiners to...

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