Friday, September 13, 2013

Senate Committee Approves Reporter Shield Law

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• Senate Committee Approves Reporter Shield Law

• Medical Journal Accused of Tilting Malpractice Verdict

• Infringement Case Between 'Birthing' Bloggers Presses On

• Intellectual Ventures CEO Warns of Premature IP Reform

• Thompson Coburn is Latest Firm to Move into LA

• Quest for Bar Card

• Appeals Court Ponders Citizens' Right to Tape Traffic Stops

• Former Dodgers Owner's Ex Loses Bid to Undo Settlement

• Intellectual Ventures CEO Warns of Premature IP Reform

• Conflict of Interest Alleged in $5M CFPB Contract

Senate Committee Approves Reporter Shield Law

The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a media shield bill that would make permanent the U.S. Department of Justice's new guidelines on issuing subpoenas to journalists and allow federal judges to determine who is a journalist. Read More »

Medical Journal Accused of Tilting Malpractice Verdict

A federal appeals court is weighing whether medical malpractice plaintiffs who lost birth-injury cases in which the defense relied on a medical article the plaintiffs believe is false can sue the doctors who wrote it and the publishers. Read More »

Infringement Case Between 'Birthing' Bloggers Presses On

A Boston federal judge has kept alive a copyright case that sprang from a bitter dispute between two bloggers on opposite poles of the home birthing debate. Read More »

Intellectual Ventures CEO Warns of Premature IP Reform

The chief executive officer of Intellectual Ventures Management, which critics call one of the largest patent trolls in the U.S., told a standing-room-only crowd on Capitol Hill that the government should proceed carefully on any intellectual property reform. Read More »

Thompson Coburn is Latest Firm to Move into LA

Thompson Coburn chairman Thomas Minogue said that the firm, which brings to the market competitive rates and low, Midwest-based overhead, will be able to better serve existing clients—including those in the transportation sector—and lure new ones by moving into Los Angeles. Read More »

Quest for Bar Card

Sergio Garcia seemed to have the wind in his sails as he tried Wednesday to become the first undocumented immigrant lawfully granted a California bar card. But four California Supreme Court justices weren't willing to stick their necks out. Read More »

Appeals Court Ponders Citizens' Right to Tape Traffic Stops

A federal appeals court on Wednesday considered whether a citizen has a constitutional right to videotape police officers at a traffic stop. Read More »

Former Dodgers Owner's Ex Loses Bid to Undo Settlement

A Los Angeles judge, relying largely on an earlier appellate decision in billionaire Ron Burkle's divorce, has denied a bid by the ex-wife of Frank McCourt, the former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, to set aside the couple's divorce settlement. Read More »

Intellectual Ventures CEO Warns of Premature IP Reform

As the Obama administration and U.S. lawmakers look to rein in the patent-assertion entities often called "patent trolls," Nathan Myhrvold, the chief executive officer of Intellectual Ventures Management, told a standing-room-only crowd on Capitol Hill Thursday that the U.S. government... Read More »

Conflict of Interest Alleged in $5M CFPB Contract

Alleging "an enormous conflict of interest," a member of Congress today raised concerns about a $5 million contract that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau awarded to a company with ties to the agency. New York-based ideas42 won the CFPB contract... Read More »



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