Intellectual Property Law

Government of Canada Officially Apologizes for Indian Residential Schools Fiasco
Prime Minister Stephen Harper presented a formal apology today on behalf of the Canadian government for the damage done to generations of aboriginal Canadians who went through Indian residential schools...

More On the Apology To the Duke of Edinburgh
More coverage of the London Standard's apology to Prince Philip, this time in the Guardian. Apparently, the Press Complaints Commission had a role in arranging the apology, and says the agreement shows the advantages of an apology over legal action.

AMA Apologizes for Discrimination
The Washington Post reports on the American Medical Association's apology yesterday for its discrimination against African American physicians. The country's largest medical association issued a formal apology today for its historical antipathy toward African American doctors, expressing regret for a...

The Role of Apology in Litigation - A Visible Result
I was struck a couple of weeks ago by the power of apology in the context of litigation. Does the current civil litigation sphere account for what is often masked by the adversary system - a potentially genuine apology? Despite legislation in some states and provinces evincing apologies are not evidence of liability, how many lawyers truly do counsel their clients to say ?I?m sorry?? In law school, do we teach the apology as just the cathartic musings in some form of A...

Indian Residential School Apology
The Prime Minister apologized today on behalf of the Canadian government for its role in the administration of the Indian Residential SchoolI have little to say about this actually...

Australian Government apology
The recently elected Australian Government yesterday made a long awaited apology to the Stolen Generation of the Australian Aboriginal people. The broadcast can be heard here By way of background, the apology was recommended by the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families in 1997, also known [...

Albertsons et al.
allegedly injected dye into farm raised salmon to make it appear more palatable.

Holiday Inn Express
Complimentary simplySmartâ„¢ "Remove" Make Up Remover Recalled

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...