• In re Bilski

    Publication Date: 2008-11-05
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    Date Filed: 2008-10-30
    Court: Fed. Cir.
    Judge: Michel, Chief Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for appellants: David Hanson, The Webb Law Firm, Pittsburgh.
    for defendant: Attorney for the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: Raymond Chen, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Arlington, Va. Attorney for amicus curiae Regulatory Datacorp Inc.: John Duffy, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Washington, D.C. Attorney for amici curiae Financial Services Industry, Bank of America, et al., and for all other amici: William Lee, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Boston.

    Case Number: 2007-1130

    (Serial No. 08/833,892)Before MICHEL, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, MAYER, LOURIE, RADER, SCHALL, BRYSON, GAJARSA, LINN, DYK, PROST, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.Opinion for the court filed by Chief Judge M

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  • May 14, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

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  • February 8, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Destroying the Discarded

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  • Gaslow v. QA Investments LLC, 8992600771/04

    Publication Date: 2006-11-22
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    Date Filed: 2006-11-16
    Court: Appellate Division, 1st Dept
    Judge: Richard Andrias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 8992600771/04

    APPELLATE DIVISION FIRST DEPARTMENT Supreme Court Steptoe & Johnson LLP (Charles G. Cole, of the District of Columbia Bar, admitted pro

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    The 'Caremark' Decision

    In 2007, chancellor William B. Chandler III has had one of Delaware's hottest dockets. In addition to two significant stock-options backdating cases, the chancellor issued a striking dec

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  • February 8, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Destroying the Discarded

    [email protected] of two partsA defendant's effort to keep sensitive personal and business data from falling into the wrong hands by taking steps to ensure the dele

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  • Rieff v. Evans

    Publication Date: 2001-06-13
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    Date Filed: 2001-05-31
    Court: Iowa Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: No. 28 / 99-0313

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. SNELL, Justice.A group of policyholders, represented by Mary M. Rieff, appeal the dismissal of their lawsuit again