The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed disinclined to shift the burden of proof onto patent licensees to prove non-infringement in declaratory judgment actions.
Read More »Privacy a concern despite Listserv confidentiality agreements
What happens on the Listserv should stay on the Listserv. But in reality, candid conversations among lawyers on Listservs get leaked just as easily as scandals travel across the Sin City limits.
Read More »Justices hearing poison case suggest curbs on U.S. Congress
The central question is whether Congress can use its constitutional power to implement treaties to regulate local conduct that otherwise would be beyond the federal government’s reach.
Read More »Housing-bias case at high court would end under proposed accord
A New Jersey town plans to consider a proposal to settle a U.S. Supreme Court case that has threatened to undercut the Obama administration’s crackdown on lending discrimination.
Read More »Software upgrade blamed for outage in eFiling and Case.net systems
An automatic software upgrade shut down the Missouri eFiling and Case.net systems in a number of circuits Monday.
Read More »Nixon names Jeffrey Keal as associate circuit judge
Gov. Jay Nixon has named Jeffrey C. Keal as associate circuit judge for the 16th Judicial Circuit in Jackson County.
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Read More »Banks ease standards on business loans, survey shows
Domestic banks are making loans more readily available, easing lending policies to businesses as competition stiffens and relaxing standards on mortgages as demand for home loans cools.
Read More »High court questions limits of personal jurisdiction
The court heard arguments in Walden v. Fiore, No. 12-574, the second personal jurisdiction case it has taken up in the early weeks of the term.
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Read More »Commentary: What they really should teach in law school
In an effort to better my future legal brethren, I’ve drafted a list of lessons law schools should implement to better educate the lawyers of tomorrow.
Read More »Wages for donning safety gear debated at U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court debated a case that might open companies to millions of dollars in new wage claims by unionized factory workers seeking compensation for time spent putting on and taking off safety equipment.
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Read More »Former Kansas City lawyer gets three-year federal sentence
H. Kent Desselle, of Raytown, pleaded guilty in April to bank fraud.
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