http://blog.megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2011, Megite 30 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:30:00 -0600 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/1#item_1 5b6e3129438e8749d6a325c0f0d3f728 Romano v. SLS Residential, Inc . , No. 07 Civ. 0234 (KTD), 2011 WL 2671526 (S.D.N.Y. June 22, 2011). In absence of the definition of “primary defendant” in CAFA, a District Court in New York held that when the defendants are each equally culpable and liable for the injuries purportedly suffered by the putative class members, there is ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:45:38 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/1#item_2 28e9447d05b6bfcc2ebb520af14c89d8 The skirmishing has not yet subsided in the high-profile suit brought by Jamie Leigh Jones, the Houston woman who claimed that she was raped while working in Iraq for defense contractor KBR. Now, KBR wants Jones to pay for its legal fees and court costs. (Read on Source) ]]> 2011-08-23T05:28:53-04:00 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/1#item_3 c93884110de9e99a512810c2042dcfe9 Jim Chen (Dean, Louisville), Just a Perfect Reflection: As economic fortunes fall anew and fear runs rampant, legal education is experiencing another season of regret. Recent graduates and even some students have come to regret their decision to attend law school. They're hardly alone [except below]. Regret is nothing more... (Read on Source) ]]> 2011-08-23T05:38:56-04:00 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/1#item_4 90395ca93c9fd85020426fb3bf0f23c3 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/1#item_5 138ca52bb4aad9d52f6b2f8a34bbf805 Enter any valid publication number such as US6359159 to retrieve the INPADOC patent family with legal status. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/1#item_6 6a819e171bbf0622efc7f0419568e79a These headlines do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the patent law firm Freischem. Please also review the disclaimer (Read on Source) ]]> 2011-08-23T04:00:00-04:00 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/1#item_7 7fc914a168e38a3bacd356ea647c83a8 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/1#item_8 1f3b60167fe622d6f834864985259e6d Read on Source) ]]> 2011-08-22T22:50:13-04:00 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/1#item_9 a55cdd967276407834c41f6788d24004 Read on Source) ]]> 2011-08-22T22:50:13-04:00 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/1#item_10 e095cc32888585e81ba510a1f17e2ab2 Jack Kimball (File Photo) (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:15:03 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/1#item_11 4e2f932ee2da26e3608f2a94b6164b8a Jack Layton has lost his battle with cancer, dying Monday morning at his home, surrounded by those closest to him. The charismatic, 61-year-old politician had recently stepped down as federal NDP leader, but had expressed hope that he would return when Parliament resumed next month. (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:13:36 -0500 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/1#item_12 5f971428065af7bb8ab34fbb2c989915 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:33:42 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/1#item_13 f3b5e6ea5e55e535efb399abcbb0b8b7 JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia [official website] on Monday sentenced a Somali man to life in prison for his role in the hijacking of a US vessel that resulted in the deaths of four US citizens. They were the first US citizens to die in the recent wave of international maritime piracy attacks. Ali ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2011-08-22T16:56:00-04:00 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/1#item_14 7e14293e95fe28f6cada8ae2bbd91842 Read on Source) ]]> 2011-08-22T16:56:00-04:00 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/1#item_15 c53d7eb670344cfe74dc579b975cbe70 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:33:42 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/1#item_16 f482721268d5d7b22dc87a04415f901e Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:27:32 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/1#item_17 de26e0fb5550798073c2776b99f03c9f Read on Source) ]]> 2011-08-22T14:39:40-04:00 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/1#item_18 19e985313e640131cdab85a79052af65 Read on Source) ]]> 2011-08-22T13:55:34-04:00 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/1#item_19 403b26b8c7b67bad76c5495f4ddd0dd6 JURIST] Malaysian opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim [official profile; JURIST news archive] testified for the first time Monday in his trial on charges of sodomy, denying the charges against him. Anwar testified that the charges against him were fabricated [AFP report] by Prime Minister Najib Razak [official profile (Read on Source) ]]> 2011-08-22T13:55:34-04:00 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/1#item_20 5fb7ee6b36e9b26eb211985b459817c0  (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:05:58 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/21#item_1 eda0519de38737dec2ca2b45c337b223 Read on Source) ]]> 2011-08-22T12:47:07-04:00 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/21#item_2 680e7df75ff0e4fb5512c9877899d845 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:31:56 +0000 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/21#item_3 b054f0868cc7bc0eea45d334311b3ee0 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:26:53 -0500 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/21#item_4 c6906a0d3719dd3b936f2f264f1ddfed Nate Anderson's piece for Ars on Brownmark Films v Comedy Partners et al is too funny for me to do justice to. You should go read the original. The gist, for you folk who want to know what you're getting into first, is that a decision last month in Wisconsin in the suit over South Park 's parody of the viral YouTube video for "What What (In the ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2011-08-22T09:26:40-05:00 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/21#item_5 3450b16172f2c42f4cb0b65f66f661bc Read on Source) ]]> 2011-08-22T10:54:00-04:00 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/21#item_6 426c729acd2e9667f160b74e801f64f4 Read on Source) ]]> 2011-08-22T09:51:00-04:00 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/21#item_7 aadd80fd9dbc5a86c3bf80dc57848d22 Read on Source) ]]> 2011-08-22T09:51:00-04:00 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/21#item_8 8a4b6170091b32cc9dba083ada89565b The legal profession is undergoing a massive structural shift—one that will leave it dramatically transformed in the coming years. There’s no doubt that the financial crisis beginning late in 2007 was for most lawyers a game-changer, prompting drastic measures as firms laid off thousands of associates, de-equitized partners, and ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:10:00 -0400 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/21#item_9 7e842a9ab7453fb111b485ef497344a0 In a flurry of filing activity in the Oracle v. Google case this past week, a couple of rulings by the court stand out. First, Google has won the right 325 [PDF] to file a motion for summary judgment on the Oracle affirmative defense of "assignor estoppel." Second, Google has won the right 328 [PDF] to file a motion for summary judgment on the ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2011-08-22T07:50:34-05:00 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/21#item_10 be2442c61ee4a6421d2edc3b48b3d609 Read on Source) ]]> 2011-08-22T07:14:49-05:00 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/21#item_11 652556bdefb69952456dccca9d6835e4 America’s trial lawyers are getting ready to make the case against one of their biggest targets in years: Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Among litigators, there is no presidential candidate who inspires the same level of hatred – and fear – as Perry, an avowed opponent of the plaintiffs’ bar who has presided over several rounds of ... (Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:08:55 +0100 http://blog.megite.com/law/1314105831/21#item_12 951b6b8d84a54e9140bdd42923bf17ae David Fraser reports on a recent Federal Court of Canada ruling that awarded $4,500 in damages over the Royal Bank of Canada's disclosure of banking information during a bitter divorce dispute. (Read on Source) ]]>