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GAO Adds Voice on Patent Litigation Problem
August 31, 2013
The Government Accountability Office issued a report on patent litigation Thursday, but lawyers said there wasn't much new in it. The...
August 31, 2013
The Government Accountability Office issued a report on patent litigation Thursday, but lawyers said there wasn't much new in it. The...
Legal Education on Trial: Is the Third Year Necessary?
August 31, 2013
A suggestion by President Barack Obama to shrink the duration of law school could buoy the case of people who long have questioned whether law students really need a third year of academic study. But the idea comes as law schools already are struggling with declining enrollment and could be reluctant to cut into their sources of revenue. Third-year law students would 'be better off clerking or practicing in a firm,' President Barack Obama says. The main path to law practice...
August 31, 2013
A suggestion by President Barack Obama to shrink the duration of law school could buoy the case of people who long have questioned whether law students really need a third year of academic study. But the idea comes as law schools already are struggling with declining enrollment and could be reluctant to cut into their sources of revenue. Third-year law students would 'be better off clerking or practicing in a firm,' President Barack Obama says. The main path to law practice...
Obama Orders Government to Open Data; Hopes Entrepreneurs Create Next GPS
May 10, 2013
President Barack Obama's jobs agenda is going nowhere in Congress, so he's taking steps on his own to boost the economy by opening more government data to entrepreneurs and starting new manufacturing innovation institutes. Today the president issued an executive order that requires that data generated by government agencies be made available to the public in open, machine-readable formats when information systems are replaced or modernized. The White House hopes that entrepreneurs will use this...
May 10, 2013
President Barack Obama's jobs agenda is going nowhere in Congress, so he's taking steps on his own to boost the economy by opening more government data to entrepreneurs and starting new manufacturing innovation institutes. Today the president issued an executive order that requires that data generated by government agencies be made available to the public in open, machine-readable formats when information systems are replaced or modernized. The White House hopes that entrepreneurs will use this...
SEC Considering Authority to Limit or Prohibit Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreements
April 10, 2013
In the summer of 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the “Dodd-Frank Act” (P.L. 111-203). Three sections of that act should be particularly important to those who provide or employ dispute resolution services. Section 921 grants the Securities and Exchange Commission the authority to limit or prohibit the use of pre-dispute arbitration agreements for securities disputes. Section 1028 requires the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to conduct a study regarding pre-dispute...
April 10, 2013
In the summer of 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the “Dodd-Frank Act” (P.L. 111-203). Three sections of that act should be particularly important to those who provide or employ dispute resolution services. Section 921 grants the Securities and Exchange Commission the authority to limit or prohibit the use of pre-dispute arbitration agreements for securities disputes. Section 1028 requires the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to conduct a study regarding pre-dispute...
