Lauren Cohen New Study Exposes the Growing Problem of Patent Aggregators and Aggregators’ Negative Impact on Innovation in the United States So-called patent trolls sue firms regardless of actual patent infringement Research to be published in Science on April 29, 2016 shows how cash-hungry patent trolls are squelching innovation when the American economy depends on […]

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Today the International Bar Association (IBA) named Carol Xueref, Secretary-General at Essilor International SA, as winner of the 2016 IBA Outstanding International Woman Lawyer Award. Given biennially, the award recognises professional excellence, women who have influenced other women to pursue careers in law, and women who have advanced opportunities for other women within the legal […]

The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) welcomes the release of prominent human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev from prison. The Azerbaijan’s Supreme Court also decided on 28 March 2016, to convert the sentence from seven-and-a-half years’ imprisonment to a five-year suspended sentence. However, the criminal convictions remain, under conditional release. The IBAHRI calls on […]

There’s a benefit to longevity under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976. As Paul McCartney is now taking steps to accomplish, the author of a song can recapture publishing rights after 56 years, if it was written before 1978, Billboard reports. Publishing rights can be recaptured after 35 years for a song written in 1978 […]

The Environmental Law Program at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law will conduct the legal and policy analysis for a new, $10 million dollar U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) effort focused on an increasingly important Issue: how to develop and promote the use of sustainable water in U.S. agriculture. The Maryland […]

The UN Human Rights Council’s vetting committee has shortlisted a UK professor for a 6-year term as the world body’s investigator of « Israel’s violations, » even though she campaigns for the boycott of what she calls « apartheid Israel » and a « criminal government, » revealed UN Watch in a new report published today, which was submitted to the […]

The Library of Congress has acquired 95 original courtroom drawings by Aggie Kenny, Bill Robles and Elizabeth Williams that show high-profile trials from the past four decades. The drawings represent the genre of reportage-style courtroom illustrations popularized in California by Howard Brodie, who supported and encouraged the first generation of artists who created artwork for […]

We commonly see two mistakes in lawyer bios on firm websites, one related to ease of contact and the other regarding creating immediate credibility for a lawyer. These are important to address because the most often visited pages on your site in sum, even more than total opens of your Home page, are lawyer bio […]