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Akin Gump Loses Bid To Dismiss Legal Tech Company’s Counterclaims In Suit Over Ownership Of Bill-Drafting Software

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As I reported here in November , Akin Gump sued Xcential in the District of Columbia Superior Court for misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, and other causes of action, alleging in its complaint that Xcential’s Bill Synthesis software, for which Xcential filed a patent application, was actually invented by an Akin Gump attorney, (..)

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Supreme Court temporarily reinstates ban on “ghost guns”

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The ability to issue a universal injunction also effectively gives a single district judge “veto power” over any other pending challenges – of which, in the case of the ghost-guns rule, there are several.

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Small Tech Company Takes On Major Law Firm Over Ownership of Bill-Drafting Software

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Attorneys at Akin Gump declined to discuss the lawsuit. But Akin Gump, in its complaint for damages and injunctive relief filed in the District of Columbia Superior Court and in a petition to the U.S. 2022 CA 004744 B, filed in the Civil Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Gierhart and R.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the District of Columbia cited failures to address climate change as one of the bases for finding that a biological opinion for continued authorization of the Southeast U.S. District of Columbia v. shrimp fisheries in federal waters was arbitrary and capricious. Exxon Mobil Corp. ,

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the District of Columbia ruled that the U.S. EPA Asked District Court to Dismiss Lawsuit Seeking Regulation of Methane from Existing Oil and Gas Sources. The other was filed by 14 states, New York City, and the District of Columbia. FEATURED CASE. Bernhardt , No. New York v.

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Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies at 93

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She spent four years as an assistant state attorney general until she was appointed to the Arizona State Senate after the incumbent stepped down. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to succeed O’Connor. O’Connor ran for the seat in her own right in 1970; she won and was re-elected again in 1972.

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Former Rep. Hill Files Lawsuit Against Former Husband And Media Over Public Disclosures

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” The complaint notes that 46 states and the District of Columbia have criminalized the dissemination nude or sexually graphic images. However, this is about the media and a public officials. If that were true, pictures in scandals like the Julian Epstein case could be withheld by the accused individuals.

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