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Australia introduces law to prevent construction of Russian embassy near parliament building

JURIST

“To our regret, Australia diligently continues to move in the main stream of the authors of the Russophobic hysteria that is now taking place in the Western countries,” Peskov said. The post Australia introduces law to prevent construction of Russian embassy near parliament building appeared first on JURIST - News.

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14,000 Words to Win It: Why Medtronic’s Appeal Strategy Backfired

Patently O

But, in patent law we also observe the legal fiction that filing a patent application describing the invention in sufficient detail to enable a person skilled in the art to make and use it will also qualify (constructive reduction to practice).

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Skilled Searcher Test Allows Estoppel for Unknown References

Patently O

Rather, in cases where the IPR challenger lacks knowledge of the prior art the appropriate test for estoppel is what “a skilled searcher conducting a diligent search reasonably could have been expected to discover.” However, both the district court and the Federal Circuit held that lack of knowledge is not a complete excuse.

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Landlords Beware: When Tenants Are Sanctioned

Gravel2Gavel

by Pillsbury's Construction & Real Estate Law Team. The listing of Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs) has the potential to impact any American doing business with a named party, including landlords who lease real estate to sanctioned persons. Rozen and Samantha Franks explain how sanctions designations may require U.S.

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In the South Carolina countryside, a dispute over “citizen suits” under the Clean Water Act

SCOTUSBlog

Believing that the construction fell under an agricultural exemption to the CWA, the Smiths proceeded without a water-pollution permit. The CWA bars citizen suits when a state “has commenced and is diligently prosecuting an action under” state law comparable to the federal regulatory scheme. They named their venue Arabella Farm.

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Put an End to “Progressive” Discipline 

The Estrin Report

Although Sarah had responded that she was unaware of the problems and was disappointed no one had spoken to her directly, she committed to address them in a constructive way. Based on her response, I said, “That’s great, Sarah, I appreciate it. I mentioned I’ll check in with others after about 30 days and circle back to you.

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Don’t Fall for the Trust Account Scam

ALPS

The scam employed didn’t even alter the client’s identity or the collateral of a construction crane. Easy money is hard to come by and if something seems too good to be true, chances are you should double down on your due diligence. . I’ve done them after the fact and up popped a laundry list of variations of the scam.