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Is it Worth it to Become a Litigation Paralegal?

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This is because some paralegals might prefer a corporate setting as an in-house paralegal, while others might thrive in a law firm setting working in civil litigation or other commercial litigation. There is a very large gap in salaries when you look at BigLaw in big cities compared to small law firms in smaller regional markets.

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Cancelling a Patent Claim

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I’ll note here that courts appear to generally be waiting for the appeal decision before announcing preclusion, although it is unclear whether that approach is somehow required or simply prudential (since district courts generally see the Federal Circuit as unpredictable). See, for instance, Moffitt v. Garr , 66 U.S.

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Dann v. Johnston, 425 U.S. 219 (1976): Invention as the Absolute Prerequisite to Patentability

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To be clear, Judge Rich was not a fan of Benson , but he took the Court’s decision as law, albeit warty. Judge Markey also wrote a dissent that foreshadowed the eventual Supreme Court decision. Rather, the court found the claims obvious.

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Where’s Waldo: Global Discovery and Finding a Corporation

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We do this through various required disclosures as well as requests for documents & admissions, depositions & interrogatories. Although most international civil courts offer some access to discovery, no other country has as extensive or powerful of a process. But, the U.S. is an outlier. 3d 520 (2d Cir.

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How to Do Legal Research: The Ultimate Overview

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Whether you’re brand new to practicing law or a seasoned pro, effective legal research is one of the cornerstones of being a successful lawyer. However, it’s not just the law itself that’s changing but many of the methods for conducting legal research have transformed in the digital age. Why is Effective Legal Research Important?

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Copyright Office Issues its Report on Music Licensing – Issues Include Broadcast Performance Royalties, Publisher Withdrawals from ASCAP and BMI, and Pre-1972 Sound Recordings

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For any of the substantive proposals that it suggests in the Report to become law, Congress must act – which is never easy. Often, a simple change in the rules can take money from someone’s pocket and deposit into someone else’s. Instead, it merely makes recommendations. As we have written before (e.g.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. A number of different parties had lined up on either side of the issue of whether EPA’s stay was lawful. and non-U.S. United States , No.

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