A lawsuit that claims a California law firm conspired to harass two Costa Mesa politicians has taken a new turn with an allegation that one of the pols had a GPS device implanted on his car.
In August this year, Australian patent application 2003258753 (“the application”) directed to diesel fuel compositions was successfully opposed on the ground that the application did not disclose the best method of performing the invention known to...
Some areas of compliance are truly nascent. For a profession which is undergoing a radical change in terms of demand and new technologies, more research is needed and greater understanding of program measurements....
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has finalized certain amendments to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger notification regulations clarifying the scope of reportable transactions involving transfers of patent rights in the pharmaceutical industry....
To prove the existence of a contract under Florida law, a plaintiff must plead: (1) offer; (2) acceptance; (3) consideration; and (4) sufficient specification of the essential terms. A breach of contract is a legal cause of action where the contract...
UPS has agreed to pay $70,000 to a former Jehovah's Witness employee who claimed the company failed to reasonably accomodate his religious beliefs and then fired him.
Effective November 1, City of Seattle employers are prohibited from asking criminal history questions on initial job applications under a new Ban the Box ordinance. Since 2009, the city has had a policy of not asking such questions on employment...
On November 20, 2013, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn will sign the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act, which the Illinois General Assembly passed last week and which will make Illinois either the 15th or 16th state to legalize same-sex...
It's not clear that anyone thought to ban passengers from bringing live alligators, via the Chicago transit system, to the city's O'Hare International Airport, as a woman apparently did early this month.
We have previously written here on CrunchedCredit about Chinese banks lending in the U.S. With recent news that Chinese state-owned developer Greenland Group has agreed to purchase a 70% stake in Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards development for $725...
