Appellate Law

El régimen de propiedad intelectual frena la ciencia y la innovación, según afirman laureados del Premio Nobel
Por Dugie Standeford para Intellectual Property Watch MANCHESTER, REINO UNIDO- El marco básico del régimen de propiedad intelectual (PI) pretende ?obstaculizar el acceso al conocimiento? en lugar de permitir su difusión, según afirmó el Profesor Joseph Stiglitz durante una conferencia que tuvo lugar el 5 de julio sobre ?¿Quién posee la ...

High-Tech Devices Promote Aging in Place for the Elderly
Will aging baby-boomers who wish to remain at home in their later years (called “aging in place”) soon be able to do so while they are monitored remotely by their adult children who use high-tech devises to ensure the “old folks” are safe and compliant with their health care regimen? According to the [...

High Court Rules In Favor Of NavyTraining Exercises
In a defeat for environmental groups, the U.S. Supreme Court today  reversed a federal appeals court order barring use of sonar in Navy training exercises in waters off the coast of southern California...

La Administración Bush intensifica esfuerzos por lograr la aprobación del proyecto de ley sobre reforma del régimen de patentes este año
Por Liza Porteus Viana para Intellectual Property Watch Pese a un aparente estancamiento en la reforma del régimen de patentes en el Congreso de los Estados Unidos, la Administración Bush sigue presionando para que se finalice la aprobación de un proyecto de ley en el actual período de sesiones del Congreso...

Man Awarded $300,000 in Lawsuit Against Gym and CrossFit
Makimba Mimms, the Virginian military officer who sued a gym, a training company and one of its employees alleging he was left disabled after being put through a rigorous CrossFit regimen, has been...

RULES: ECF Training Database Available on line!!!
The court has developed a training database for counsel's use in familiarizing themselves with the how-to's of filing in ECF. Counsel are encouraged to access that database and practice with ECF at this link...

Military Veterans Benefits, Part 2
Training, Healthcare, and Death Benefits

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Sun Mar Health Care Inc.
allegedly misrepresented nursing staff levels and training to elderly residents.

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

BMW Faces Class Action over High Pressure Fuel Pumps
BMW Faces Class Action over High Pressure Fuel Pumps

Tomato Salmonella
Sheetz Convenience Stores agrees to confidential out-of-court settlement with food poisoning victim.

National Association of Realtors
Settlement reached in broker listing antitrust lawsuit, pending court approval.