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Cautionary Letter on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) from US Senators Leahy and Specter to US Trade Representative (USTR)
"... we urge you not to rush into a new, broad Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement that may have significant impact on intellectual property protection at home and abroad..."

Draft Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) Officially Released
Negotiators for Australia, Canada, the European Union countries, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and the United States finally released a consolidated draft text of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (dated April 2010) to the public yesterday after...

Is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Unconstitutional
Harvard?s Jack Goldsmith and Lawrence Lessig have an interesting op-ed in today?s Washington Post arguing that it woudl be constitutionally dubious for President Obama to adopt the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) as an executive agreement...

Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty a Matter of National Security
The Obama administration has designated the draft text of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement as classified in the interest of national security. What? Read about it in CNET and be very afraid.

Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: Fact or Fiction (Wired)
"There's been speculation for months concerning the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. If ratified, many suggest it would criminalize peer-to-peer file sharing, subject iPods to border searches and allow internet service providers to monitor their customers' communications...

Draft Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) Finally Revealed
After 2 years of secret negotiations and numerous complaints about the lack of transparency in the treaty drafting process, on 21 April 2010 the US Trade Representative Office (USTR) finally released a draft of the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)...

Prenuptial Agreements
Make an Airtight Prenuptial Agreement

Trade Secrets
Former execs are hit with doctrine of inevitable disclosure.

Uniform Pre-marital Agreement Act
Standard Prenuptial Law

Lehman Brothers
allegedly breached ERISA duties for employee savings plan participants.

Timberland
Unsolicited Text Messages Cost Company $7 Million

T-Mobile USA Inc.
allegedly charged customers for unsolicited text messages.

NCAA Sued for Conspiracy and Anti-competitive Practices Related to Athletic Scholarships
NCAA Sued for Conspiracy and Anti-competitive Practices Related to Athletic Scholarships

Trade Secrets
Razorsight agreed to pay $4.5 million settlement in infringement lawsuit.

Sea Star Agrees $18.5M Settlement in Anti-trust Class Action
Sea Star Agrees $18.5M Settlement in Anti-trust Class Action