Criminal Law

Top Court Considers D.C. Handgun Ban
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in a challenge to a District of Columbia ban on handgun ownership, a case that may impact gun ownership rights nationwide. (Read a transcript of oral arguments [PDF file])...

Zoning Variance May Not Be Limited To The Term of Ownership of the Applicant
In upholding the decision of a zoning board denying an area variance, the Appellate Division in Fowlkes v Board of Zoning Appeals of the Town of North Hempstead noted that the variance could not have been limited in time to the term of ownership of the present applicant...

Oral Argument Appears to Favor Individual Right to Gun Owernship
At oral argument today, at least five justices appeared to favor the recognition of an individual right to gun ownership under the Second Amendment. Justice Kennedy and possibly Justice Breyer could join the right side of the Court in upholding the lower Court...

USPTO Modifies Declaration to Permit Access to Application by Foreign Patent Offices
According to a notice from the USPTO published on February 13, 2008 (via Patent Docs),the USPTO has modified its Declaration form (PTO/SB/01) to include a checkbox which provides the applicant with the option to preauthorize the EPO and JPO to access its US application(s) [in order to obtain priority dcouments]...

EPO Places Oral Proceedings Calendar Online
Yesterday the European Patent Office (EPO) announced that it has made the current Oral proceedings calendar available from the EPO website. As noted within the EPO announcement (link below), one "can search for oral proceedings by patent application number, date or location," and that "[t]he extended search enables you to combine fields such the name of the applicant(s) or proprietor(s) and opponent(s) or representative(s)...

Taking Ownership of Your Job Search: A CSO Program Series
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Ownership Transfer
Amsol to pay $5.625 million settlement in buyout lawsuit.

Oral HRT
More Than Doubles the Risk of Blood Clots

Blood Clots
Associated with Oral Contraceptives Yaz and Yasmin

Strip Search Class Action Settled for $900,000
Strip Search Class Action Settled for $900,000

Strip-Search Lawsuit Settled for $1.1 Million
Strip-Search Lawsuit Settled for $1.1 Million

Generic Versions
Barr Pharmaceuticals to pay $5.9 million settlement for blocking the sale of oral contraceptives.