Patent Office Litigation Update: Conducting CRU Oral Hearings in Ex Parte Reexamination
Corporate Law Report: Global HR, Textual Harassment, Working Interviews, and Other Workplace Issues
For most people, the job interview process is always a little intimidating and awkward. However, it can quickly become much worse when a potential employer begins asking you inappropriate and improper questions. Most HR...more
Effective January 1, 2014, a recent amendment to Rhode Island law will restrict the timing of pre-employment inquiries by Rhode Island employers about a job applicant's criminal past. Employers who are covered by the law may...more
The German Federal Labor Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht) recently passed a decision (BAG, November 11, 2012 – 6 AZR 339/11) that dealt with an “evergreen” of German labor law: What questions employers may ask in interviews with...more
Under the new contested proceeding rules, a patent owner or a third-party requester can file an ex parte reexamination request. In such cases, an interview at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Central Reexamination Unit...more
Sam J. Salario Jr. is a shareholder in Carlton Fields’ Tampa office specializing in securities litigation and class actions. Q: What is the most challenging case you have worked on and what made it...more
Have you ever looked at the law firms at the top of the Google results and wonder what they have that you don’t? In this week’s episode of the JDBlogger Podcast I interview Spencer Haws the owner of the popular blog and...more
Forgive me, as a former federal prosecutor for 17 years, it is hard to watch the Jodi Arias trial, not because she is guilty and deserves the death penalty but because of the incredibly poor performance by Judge Sherry...more
Twitter. I would guess that this is probably the least understood and most underutilized social media platform by lawyers. And when you think about it Twitter only gives you 140 characters (characters, not words!) to get...more
Deanne E. Maynard is a partner in Morrison & Foerster LLP's Washington, D.C., office. She chairs the firm's appellate and U.S. Supreme Court practice group and is a former assistant to the solicitor general at the United...more
Today’s special guest on the JDBlogger Podcast is the Podcast Answerman himself, Cliff Ravenscraft. Cliff is a prolific podcaster having released more than 3,000 podcast episodes and is widely considered the authority on...more
Gary S. Lee is a partner in Morrison & Foerster LLP's New York office. He is co-chairman of the firm's finance department and chairman of the firmwide business restructuring and insolvency group. Lee advises clients on...more
Steven Brodie, a shareholder with Carlton Fields, is a commercial litigator in state and federal courts. Q: What is the most challenging case you have worked on and what made it challenging? Originally...more
Q: What is the most challenging case you have worked on and what made it challenging? A: Frankly, many of my cases are extremely challenging because I am generally defending a large corporation against a horribly injured...more
Scott L. Baena is a senior partner with Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP in Miami and chairman of the firm's restructuring and bankruptcy group. His practice focuses on creditor's rights, workouts, bankruptcy and...more
Here is something they never taught you in law school: No one changes lawyers unless they first question the value they get from their current lawyer. Shaking a client loose from the comfort of an existing relationship...more
Chris Carr is co-chairman of the Morrison & Foerster LLP's cleantech group and chairman of the firm's environment and energy group. Carr has focused his practice on permitting and litigation under the federal Endangered...more
Bennett Jones consistently tries to find new ways to inform, engage and provide clients with interesting content that may be of interest to their area of business. With an ever-increasing use of mobile technology, finding...more
As a young lawyer, I was retained by the state of Florida to represent a former legislative aide that had been accused by a member of the House of Representatives of falsely accusing him of sexual harassment to oust him out...more
“In the future, everybody will be world-famous for 15 minutes,” Andy Warhol said. Let’s say your time has arrived—your social media messaging has caught the attention of an old-media platform and you have the chance to be...more
Challenge: In America, internal investigations into suspicions and allegations of employee misconduct follow an increasingly well-defined approach. But exporting US investigatory best practices raises unexpected...more
Litigation Value: Nothing for Pam, but I’m sure the Philly real estate employees have plenty of gripes....more
Our latest video report looks at the employment needs of global companies, textual harassment, working interviews, and other labor & employment law issues. This week we're focused entirely on workplace legal issues -...more
People like to talk to people (as opposed to animals or inanimate objects). People also like to tell people secrets. Some like to confess and others do not. Sociopaths and psychopaths do not often confess....more
One of my dental practice clients called this week to inquire about an idea they heard of recently called a “working interview.” The idea is to have an hygienist come in for a couple of days to find out whether they are good...more
It is in every employer’s best interest to know when and how to conduct an effective and efficient workplace investigation. In the first part of this three part series — Be A Super Sleuth: Laying the Framework for Effective...more
