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ALM Debuts Arsenal of 14 iPhone, iPad & iPod Apps
June 28, 2013
ALM today launched 14 smartphone apps for use on Apple Inc.'s iPhones, iPods, and iPads. The apps provide content from the company's...
June 28, 2013
ALM today launched 14 smartphone apps for use on Apple Inc.'s iPhones, iPods, and iPads. The apps provide content from the company's...
Roadmap for Driverless Cars: Five Highlights
June 27, 2013
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday came out with a road map for navigating the future of self-driving cars. Here are some highlights from the 14-page policy paper. Revved up: Yellow light: Stop sign: Potholes: Down the road: Bryant Walker Smith, a lecturer at Stanford Law School who studies driverless vehicles, said there’s still no consensus on how we’ll know these cars are safe enough. Should it be as safe as the average driver or better?...
June 27, 2013
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday came out with a road map for navigating the future of self-driving cars. Here are some highlights from the 14-page policy paper. Revved up: Yellow light: Stop sign: Potholes: Down the road: Bryant Walker Smith, a lecturer at Stanford Law School who studies driverless vehicles, said there’s still no consensus on how we’ll know these cars are safe enough. Should it be as safe as the average driver or better?...
Learning to Pay Attention: A Fundamental Legal Skill
June 27, 2013
One of the biggest problems that law teachers face with the current generation of law students is getting them to pay attention. R. Lisle Baker & Daniel P. Brown have just posted an excellent article on this topic: On Engagement: Learning to Pay Attention. Abstract: In an age of electronic and mental distraction, the ability to pay attention is a fundamental legal skill increasingly important for law students and the lawyers and judges they will become, not only for professional effectiveness,...
June 27, 2013
One of the biggest problems that law teachers face with the current generation of law students is getting them to pay attention. R. Lisle Baker & Daniel P. Brown have just posted an excellent article on this topic: On Engagement: Learning to Pay Attention. Abstract: In an age of electronic and mental distraction, the ability to pay attention is a fundamental legal skill increasingly important for law students and the lawyers and judges they will become, not only for professional effectiveness,...
How To Make War on Patent Trolls
June 27, 2013
MPHJ Technology Investments allegedly made plenty of money last year using a rather interesting business model. First, according to a lawsuit filed by the State of Vermont, it bought patents of dubious validity that could theoretically cover basic technologies, such as the scanning of documents. Next, it and its subsidiaries sent threatening letters, with various misstatements of fact, to businesses and nonprofits around the country, alleging patent infringement and demanding payment. MPHJ never...
June 27, 2013
MPHJ Technology Investments allegedly made plenty of money last year using a rather interesting business model. First, according to a lawsuit filed by the State of Vermont, it bought patents of dubious validity that could theoretically cover basic technologies, such as the scanning of documents. Next, it and its subsidiaries sent threatening letters, with various misstatements of fact, to businesses and nonprofits around the country, alleging patent infringement and demanding payment. MPHJ never...
San Antonio Attorney Elected Chair of State Bar’s ADR Section for 2014-15 Year
June 27, 2013
San Antonio attorney-mediator Don Philbinwas elected chair of the State Bar of Texas' alternative dispute resolution (ADR)...
June 27, 2013
San Antonio attorney-mediator Don Philbinwas elected chair of the State Bar of Texas' alternative dispute resolution (ADR)...
Terms of Merger Agreement Not incorporated Into Master Settlement Agreement
June 27, 2013
Alford v. Kuhlman Electric Corporation No. 11-60728 http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/11/11-60728-CV0.wpd.pdf Before STEWART, Chief Judge, GARZA, and ELROD, Circuit Judges. AFFIRMED. (May 24, 2013). Posted in Contract - Interpretation, Indemnity, Settlement Affirming the District Court, the Fifth Circuit holds that the terms of a Merger Agreement and Cooperation Agreement were not incorporated into a Master Settlement Agreement. Here, the MSA's statement that "[obligor]...
June 27, 2013
Alford v. Kuhlman Electric Corporation No. 11-60728 http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/11/11-60728-CV0.wpd.pdf Before STEWART, Chief Judge, GARZA, and ELROD, Circuit Judges. AFFIRMED. (May 24, 2013). Posted in Contract - Interpretation, Indemnity, Settlement Affirming the District Court, the Fifth Circuit holds that the terms of a Merger Agreement and Cooperation Agreement were not incorporated into a Master Settlement Agreement. Here, the MSA's statement that "[obligor]...
New Administered Rules for CPR Arbitration
June 27, 2013
New Administered Rules for CPR Arbitration I remain a proud panelist of CPR ("International Insitute for Conflict Prevention...
June 27, 2013
New Administered Rules for CPR Arbitration I remain a proud panelist of CPR ("International Insitute for Conflict Prevention...
San Antonio Attorney-Mediator Don Philbin Elected 2014 Chair of the State Bar of Texas ADR Section
June 26, 2013
Creator of Picture It Settled also relisted in the International Who's Who of Commercial Mediation, Texas Super Lawyers, the Best Lawyers in America, and San Antonio's "Best Lawyers" SAN ANTONIO, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorney-Mediator Don Philbin was elected Chair of the State Bar of Texas ADR Section for the 2014--15 year at its Annual Meeting last week in Dallas. The State Bar of Texas is the fifth largest organization of lawyers in the United States. Its ADR Section is one of the oldest...
June 26, 2013
Creator of Picture It Settled also relisted in the International Who's Who of Commercial Mediation, Texas Super Lawyers, the Best Lawyers in America, and San Antonio's "Best Lawyers" SAN ANTONIO, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorney-Mediator Don Philbin was elected Chair of the State Bar of Texas ADR Section for the 2014--15 year at its Annual Meeting last week in Dallas. The State Bar of Texas is the fifth largest organization of lawyers in the United States. Its ADR Section is one of the oldest...
Lisa Bu: How Books Can Open Your Mind
June 26, 2013
What happens when a dream you've held since childhood … doesn't come true? As Lisa Bu adjusted to a new life in the United...
June 26, 2013
What happens when a dream you've held since childhood … doesn't come true? As Lisa Bu adjusted to a new life in the United...
Breaking Down the Business-Judgment Rule
June 26, 2013
In the wake of corporate bankruptcies, government bailouts, and shareholder losses resulting from the economic downturn of 2008, shareholders are increasingly turning to derivative suits in an effort to hold someone responsible for their financial losses. Corporate directors stand in a fiduciary relationship of trust and confidence with the corporation and its shareholders. As fiduciaries, corporate directors owe the corporation and its shareholders fiduciary duties of diligence and fidelity in performing...
June 26, 2013
In the wake of corporate bankruptcies, government bailouts, and shareholder losses resulting from the economic downturn of 2008, shareholders are increasingly turning to derivative suits in an effort to hold someone responsible for their financial losses. Corporate directors stand in a fiduciary relationship of trust and confidence with the corporation and its shareholders. As fiduciaries, corporate directors owe the corporation and its shareholders fiduciary duties of diligence and fidelity in performing...
