House Passes Innovation Act to Curb 'Patent Trolls'

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • House Passes Innovation Act to Curb 'Patent Trolls' • D.C. Courts Get an 'F' for Judges' Financial Disclosures • Proxy Advisory Firms Address SEC Concerns • Rutgers-Camden Law School Fined for Waiving LSAT • Justices Skeptical of First Amendment Claims in Protester's Case • Feds Defend New Manslaughter Case Against Blackwater Guards House Passes Innovation Act to Curb 'Patent Trolls' The House passed patent reform legislation today that would bring sweeping changes the intellectual property landscape and curb litigation abuse by so-called "patent trolls." In a bipartisan 325-91 vote, the House approved a version of the Innovation Act with provisions... Read More » D.C. Courts Get an 'F' for Judges' Financial Disclosures When it comes to disclosing judges' salaries, investments, gifts and other financial information, the District of Columbia recently received a failing grade in a nationwide survey. The Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative news organization, gave 41 states plus... Read More » Proxy Advisory Firms Address SEC Concerns Facing a growing chorus of concerns about proxy advisory services, the industry's major players on Thursday defended the advice they give institutional investors on shareholder voting, telling the Securities and Exchange Commission that their consulting is critical and ethical. Participating... Read More » Rutgers-Camden Law School Fined for Waiving LSAT The American Bar Association has censured and fined Rutgers School of Law-Camden $25,000 for admitting students who had not taken the Law School Admission Test. Read More » Justices Skeptical of First Amendment Claims in Protester's Case The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared reluctant to give First Amendment protection to a California peace activist who has been barred from demonstrating at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Read More » Feds Defend New Manslaughter Case Against Blackwater Guards Federal prosecutors in Washington today began defending the government's new case against four former Blackwater security guards charged in a 2007 shooting that left more than a dozen Iraqi civilians dead. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES

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