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  • August 1, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

    Someone to Watch over Them

    When it comes to preventing bribery, the Securities and Exchange Commission likes to have someone on the inside. Since 2002, seven companies accused of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices

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  • February 21, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

    How the Other Half Lives

    The primary theme in this year's survey of in-house technology is how law departments get their big-firm outside counsel to do their bidding, at least when it comes to technology. We wondered, how

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  • March 18, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Federal Circuit Erects High Standard for False Labeling Complaints

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit outlined a high pleading standard for plaintiffs filing lawsuits against companies for falsely labeling their products as covered by patents. br

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  • July 14, 2006 | The Recorder

    GCs Turn Up Heat on Diversity

    Wal-Mart Store Inc.'s General Counsel Thomas Mars doesn't kid around when it comes to diversity: He said he fired two law firms outright last year for not taking the company's diversity initia

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  • May 1, 2007 |

    Nothing Cash Can't Cure

    Micron Technology Inc., one of the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers, knows a thing or two about communication. Its chips are in cell phones, wireless devices, and computers worldwide. Bu

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  • February 14, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    U.S. Supreme Court Drives Patent Law Reform

    When it comes to patent reform, the U.S. Supreme Court is a surer bet than Congress — at least in producing results. Consider this: Last week the Senate Judiciary Committee reporte

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  • March 1, 2007 |

    IMMUNE BOOSTER

    Patent licensing relationships often feel like an intellectual property soap opera, chock-full of dirty fights, drawn-out negotiations, and complicated back stories. In January, two U.S. Supreme Co

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  • August 5, 2009 | The Recorder

    Calif. Supreme Court Narrows Workplace Privacy

    Employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the workplace, the California Supreme Court held Monday, but that right has limits. And it doesn't prevent employers from conducting some hidde

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  • July 23, 2003 | Legal Times

    Gathering Storm

    "If you're a business and you haven't yet been sued under this law, don't worry, you will be."That's the dire prediction from Competitive Enterprise Institute President Fred Smith abou

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  • April 6, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    In Wake of Circuit's Ruling, Whistleblower Suits Surge

    A recent federal appellate decision has unleashed a wave of whistleblower suits accusing companies of falsely labeling their products as covered by patents. In December, a U.S. Court of Appe

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