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Be prepared for a first-to-file patent system

With the passage of legislation by the U.S. Senate in March and approval by the House Judiciary Committee in April to send a similar bill to the House for a vote, changes to patent law are likely later this year.

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Tips for managing transition to new outside counsel

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s recent opinion in Global NAPs v. Awiszus (457 Mass. 489) has garnered wide attention across the bar, from employment attorneys to legal malpractice attorneys to in-house counsel.

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Taking your non-compete agreement from good to great

If your company is like many others, it has been using the same non-compete agreement for years with little or no changes. So far, there haven’t been any major problems and it seems to cover the bases: departing employees are ...

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U.K. Bribery Act and its effect on U.S. companies

After much anticipation, the United Kingdom Ministry of Justice recently issued its long-awaited Guidance for the Bribery Act of 2010. With the act set to take effect on July 1, the guidance provides some much needed instruction on the intended ...

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Ethical perspective on internal, gov’t investigations

What to do when the government comes calling is a topic of frequent discussion among both in-house and outside counsel. The need to respond appropriately to a government inquiry has taken on heightened significance given the recent prosecution of a ...

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Guidance for SSA’s revived ‘no-match’ letters

After a three-and-a-half-year hiatus, the Social Security Administration started sending “no-match” letters on April 6 to employers if an employee’s Social Security number does not correspond with the SSA’s records for the 2010 tax year. The current version of the no-match ...

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Down the rabbit hole with the U.S. Supreme Court

“I imagine that right now, you’re feeling a little bit like Alice. Hmm? Tumbling down the rabbit hole?”  — Morpheus to Neo in “The Matrix” On March 22, the U.S. Supreme Court rendered a unanimous decision in the case of ...

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