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On October 21, 2009, several U.S. Senators introduced a proposed federal “Elder Humiliate Victims Behave (S. 1821)” as a “companion” Senate bill to one adopted earlier this year by a vote of 397 to 20 five in the House, known as the Elder Humiliate Victims Act (H.R. 448), introduced by Congressman Joe Sestak (D-PA). It appears [...]

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By Eric Sinrod
Whether a particular patent is valid has potentially far-reaching implications. Novelty or newness is the basic underpinning of every invention that leads to a patent.
After a patent has been granted, parties may seek to defeat its validity in litigation by arguing that the patented subject matter was not novel at the time of [...]

By Paul Cherner
                 The Centers for Disease Control and prevention (”CDC”) has just issued a report indicating that in the past six months 22 million Americans have become sick with the H1N1 influenza virus (a/k/a the “swine flu”), of which 4,000 have died.  As this pandemic shows no signs of abating, employers are faced with [...]

KEYS TO SUCCESS
 
Please note that the following steps are not listed by order of importance.  They’re all equally vital to the success of lateral hiring.  Therefore, these are not “a la carte” suggestions from which you can pick and choose, but prototype of which all must be implemented to achieve success without unnecessary risk [...]

April 2008
By Bruce Jackson Part One of a Two-Part Article The lateral movement of attorneys between firms requires a well-defined and well-executed management program in order to maximize the benefits of the move to both sides. This article sets forth the key elements, all of which must be addressed in order to maximize the investment a law [...]

By Paul Cherner
The EEOC has just published for public comment proposed new regulations interpreting the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Behave of 2008 (”ADAA“). The ADAA, which became effective January 1, 2009, required the EEOC to revise its ADA regulations and to redefine the term “substantially limits” in accord with the Congressional goal of defining the [...]

From the small city solo practitioner to the big national players, every law firm must get involved in marketing at some level in order to obtain and retain clients. The quality of work a firm does can maintain clients and become a source of referrals but in order to reach and garner potential clients, a [...]

September 8, 2009
With the advent of the Internet, cell phones, wireless email devices and portable music players, many of us wear as a badge of honor our ability to multitask. But not so fast - a recent study by Stanford researchers concludes the opposite of what we might think: these of us who frequently are [...]

While lateral associate hiring has generally slowed in this rough economy and in-house opportunities have become scarce, lateral senior partners are finding themselves in a favorable position to make a move.  Many firms have increased their efforts to hire partners in the practice areas that are proving to be profitable: intellectual property, bankruptcy, employee benefits, tax [...]

 
We all know today’s legal market has unique challenges.  With the uncertainly still looming over the financial markets, many legal firms have been forced to lay off lawyers due to the substantial drop in transactional work.  Simultaneously, the overwhelming losses in the stock market have nurtured an abundance of litigation cases, which will likely steer [...]