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Criminal Law And Procedure, Michael T. Judge, Stephen R. Mccullough Nov 2009

Criminal Law And Procedure, Michael T. Judge, Stephen R. Mccullough

University of Richmond Law Review

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Climate Change Disclosure: Ensuring The Viability Of The Insurance Industry While Protecting The Investor, Kevin W. Weigand Oct 2009

Climate Change Disclosure: Ensuring The Viability Of The Insurance Industry While Protecting The Investor, Kevin W. Weigand

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

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Eighth Circuit Loosens The Grip Of The Bankruptcy Gag Rule, But Holds Attorneys To Advertising Disclosure Requirement, The, Bethany R. Findley Jun 2009

Eighth Circuit Loosens The Grip Of The Bankruptcy Gag Rule, But Holds Attorneys To Advertising Disclosure Requirement, The, Bethany R. Findley

Missouri Law Review

The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, in a case of first impression, struck down a provision of the 2005 bankruptcy reform law that prohibits attorneys from advising their clients to incur more debt in contemplation of filing for bankruptcy. At the same time, the court upheld a provision of the Bankruptcy Code that compels attorneys to include a specified disclosure within their bankruptcy-related advertisements. The court's rationale for striking down the Code's restriction on attorney advice was that its broad application restricted attorneys from rendering advice that in some situations would be entirely lawful and beneficial to their …


Is Novelty Obsolete - Chronicling The Irrelevance Of The Invention Date In U.S. Patent Law, Dennis D. Crouch Jan 2009

Is Novelty Obsolete - Chronicling The Irrelevance Of The Invention Date In U.S. Patent Law, Dennis D. Crouch

Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review

This paper presents a normative study of patent prosecution by examining the role that invention-date-based novelty rights play in U.S. patent law. Three sources inform the primary results: the prosecution history files of 21,000+ patent applications filed in the past decade; a survey of 1,000+ patent practitioners regarding their use of the novelty provisions of the Patent Act; and a collection of 11,000,000+ prior art references cited in recently-issued patents. Additional compilations of prosecution file histories for patents identified as either (1) valuable or (2) worthless supplement these data sets and allow for an evaluation of the differential importance of …


Preserving Attorney-Client Privilege In The Age Of Electronic Discovery, Anthony Francis Bruno Jan 2009

Preserving Attorney-Client Privilege In The Age Of Electronic Discovery, Anthony Francis Bruno

NYLS Law Review

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"Whistle . . . And You've Got An Audience", Amanda C. Leiter Jan 2009

"Whistle . . . And You've Got An Audience", Amanda C. Leiter

Fordham Urban Law Journal

One of the questions for discussion today is whether public rights litigation is an effective means of social change. This Article does not attempt an answer but begins to explore a set of issues central to any answer: the extent, types, uses, and potential shortcomings of government whistleblowing. There is considerable sociological and legal literature on government whistleblowing, but little of it addresses the issue from the angle relevant to maximizing the efficacy of public rights litigation. This Article begins to fill that gap. Part I discusses the importance of whistleblowers in the vindication and enforcement of public rights. Part …