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Moquin: Definition of ?Bodily Harm?
On March 1, the Manitoba Court of Appeal released its decision in R. v. Moquin, 2010 MBCA 22. In doing so, the Court of Appeal visited how to properly distinguish between the crime of “assault” (s...

Improper instruction on great bodily harm [NOT FINAL]
Ryan Eddinger and Meryl Carver-Allmon won in State v. Delacruz, No. 100,654 (Kan. App. Jan. 22, 2010), obtaining a new trial in a Seward County aggravated battery prosecution...

Should Congress Cap Statutory Damages for Copyright Infringement at 100x Actual Harm?
Cecilia Gonzalez downloaded 30 copyrighted sound recordings using a peer-to-peer file-sharing program. The downloads were unauthorized by the holders of copyright in the works; accordingly, Gonzalez infringed...

Irreparable Harm of Generic Competition: Federal Circuit Affirms Finding that Generic Entry Does not Cause Irreparable Harm
Altana Pharma & Wyeth v. Teva (Fed. Cir. 2009) Altana's Patent No. 4,758,579 claims the proton pump inhibitor pantoprazole - the active ingredient the anti-ulcer drug Protonix®...

It's Bodily Fluids Day on QuizLaw!
Earlier today, Seth gave you a story about a woman whose diarrhea didn't get her out of a speeding ticket, and then Molly told you about a man in Sheboygan who pissed on an officer, and now I give you...

Only in California - Pregnancy is Great Bodily Injury
So California has a rule which says that if you commit a crime against someone and cause them great bodily injury, then you get an enhancement...

Can a former employee use photographs of jobs completed whie working for me in marketing material for a new business?
There are several issues here

1. Sub contractor started up a compe...

How do I get the courts in LA to obey the court order in iowa?
wow. thats hard, I will have to ask my lawyer to friend...

My fiance's check is DD into a local credit union. Bank seems to have a pattern of "invisibly holding" charges from the debit card until just HOURS before his DD is processed (and this is after hours, of course). Over th
Have your fiance take the information you've collected and go into the bank...

Should I return a phone call from a collection agency that doesn't name their client in the message?
In the county of the state where I live in the US, I am able to go to the websit...

Personal information/online harassment?
Quit talking with people on message boards that support these activities. The se...