May 23, 2012
In an unprecedented step, New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman May 1
announced a pro bono requirement for admission to the bar in that state.
May 23, 2012
Cruz v. Dollar
Tree Stores Inc. , N.D. Cal., No. 07-04012-SC, 5/16/12 Key Holding: A California ethics rule that requires lawyers to keep
records of client property for five years...
May 23, 2012
Washington Informal Op. 2216 (2012) Key Holding: Ethics rules permit a lawyer to view inadvertently
disclosed metadata in an 'unscrubbed' electronic document, but not to use a
program...
May 23, 2012
Twenty-First
Century Rail Corp. v. New Jersey Transit Corp. , N.J., No. A-101,
5/7/12. Key Holding: Representing a party adverse to a former client in the
same matter is flatly...
May 23, 2012
POM Wonderful LLC v. Coca-Cola Co.,
9th Cir., No. 10-55861, 5/17/12 Holding: A Lanham Act challenge to a 'Pomegranate Blueberry' beverage
label and name for a drink that contains just...
May 23, 2012
Cambridge University Press v. Becker,
N.D. Ga., No. 1:08-cv-01425-ODE, 5/11/12 Case Summary: A federal district court finds that a university's
offering of digital excerpts from...
May 23, 2012
Summary: Attitudes toward PTO's implementation of America Invents Act
seem to be improving, but concerns about final post-issuance procedure rules
lingered during testimony presented at a...
May 23, 2012
HHS Guidance on Health Insurance Exchanges
Key Development: Federal exchanges will be open market models the
first year and use health insurance brokers and agents to enroll...
May 23, 2012
By Steve Teske
Providers could be doing more to help accelerate the transition to new health
care delivery and reimbursement systems, and the government could help by
setting more...
May 23, 2012
By Paul Barbagallo
Julius Genachowski, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission,
gave his personal endorsement in principle May 22 to usage-based internet
pricing, a...