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Online harms: the good, the bad and the unclear – David Barker

21 Feb 2020, 4:53 pm by INFORRM

The response paper states that the duty of care will “only apply to companies that facilitate the sharing of user generated content, for example through comments, forums or video sharing”. [read post]

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This case is an example of a “picture claim” that works to avoid the prior art.

21 Feb 2020, 1:39 pm by Dennis Crouch

ChoiRock Contents Factory v. [read post]

Patently-O - http://patentlyo.com/patent

Making Attorney Misconduct Pay, Texas Supreme Court Shows the Way: A Critical Comment on Bethel v. Quilling (Tex. 2020) (rejecting criminal-conduct exception to "attorney immunity" in Texas)

21 Feb 2020, 10:37 am by MOTP

Bethel v. [read post]

Texas Causes of Action Blawg - http://causeofactionelements.blogspot.com/

Other Barks & Bites, Friday, February 21: Federal Circuit Upholds Damages Limit for Failure to Mark, India Signs IP Accord with U.S. and Copyright Office Announces Fee Increases

21 Feb 2020, 10:15 am by IPWatchdog

This week in Other Barks & Bites: The CAFC issued a precedential decision in Arctic Cat Inc. v. [read post]

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Appellate Division Holds That “Sleeping It Off” In A Car Is Operation Under The Driving While Intoxicated Statute

21 Feb 2020, 6:30 am by Brian Kenney

Super at 279; State v. [read post]

Criminal Law Blog - https://www.einhornharris.com/category/blog/criminal-law/

Pension boosting offered to encourage retirement or to encourage an individual not to retire may not be “pensionable compensation” for the purposes of the Retirement and Social Security Law

21 Feb 2020, 4:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

" RSSL §431, however, provides that "[i]n any retirement or pension plan to which the state or municipality thereof contributes, the salary base for the computation of retirement benefits shall in no event include … any additional compensation paid in anticipation of retirement" (Retirement and Social Security Law §431 [3]. [read post]

New York Public Personnel Law - https://publicpersonnellaw.blogspot.com/

Pension boosting offered to encourage retirement or to encourage an individual not to retire may not be “pensionable compensation” for the purposes of the Retirement and Social Security Law

21 Feb 2020, 4:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

" RSSL §431, however, provides that "[i]n any retirement or pension plan to which the state or municipality thereof contributes, the salary base for the computation of retirement benefits shall in no event include … any additional compensation paid in anticipation of retirement" (Retirement and Social Security Law §431 [3]. [read post]

New York Public Personnel Law - https://publicpersonnellaw.blogspot.com/

Pension boosting offered to encourage retirement or to encourage an individual not to retire may not be “pensionable compensation” for the purposes of the Retirement and Social Security Law

21 Feb 2020, 4:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

" RSSL §431, however, provides that "[i]n any retirement or pension plan to which the state or municipality thereof contributes, the salary base for the computation of retirement benefits shall in no event include … any additional compensation paid in anticipation of retirement" (Retirement and Social Security Law §431 [3]. [read post]

New York Public Personnel Law - https://publicpersonnellaw.blogspot.com/

[Josh Blackman] Cass Sunstein's plan to limit the President's control over the Justice Department

20 Feb 2020, 3:03 pm by Josh Blackman

United States. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Welcome to 2020: A Federal and Ontario Employment and Labour Law Summary

20 Feb 2020, 9:17 am by Yosie Saint-Cyr

Its stated purpose is to benefit all persons, especially persons with disabilities, with a “Canada without barriers” in specified areas, including employment and the built environment. [read post]

Slaw - http://www.slaw.ca

Case Summaries—Court of Appeals (2/18/2020)

20 Feb 2020, 7:33 am by John Rubin

Relying on State v. [read post]

North Carolina Criminal Law Blog - http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/

Can states pirate works without paying? The potential grounds for abrogation of state sovereign immunity in copyright

19 Feb 2020, 8:23 pm

In Pennsylvania v. [read post]

IPKat - http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/

Committing or threatening violence is a “crime of violence.”

19 Feb 2020, 2:05 pm by Sarah Baumgartel

In United States v. [read post]

Federal Defenders of New York Blog - http://blog.federaldefendersny.org/

The Overlooked

19 Feb 2020, 1:51 pm by Giles Peaker

It is well known that overlooking is frequently a ground of objection to planning applications: any recognition that the cause of action in nuisance includes overlooking raises the prospect of claims in nuisance when such a planning objection has been rejected. [read post]

nearlylegal - http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog

The Overlooked

19 Feb 2020, 1:51 pm by Giles Peaker

It is well known that overlooking is frequently a ground of objection to planning applications: any recognition that the cause of action in nuisance includes overlooking raises the prospect of claims in nuisance when such a planning objection has been rejected. [read post]

nearlylegal - http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog

Defending Medical Marijuana Claims

19 Feb 2020, 6:30 am by Michael B. Stack

Bourgoin v. [read post]

Work Comp Roundup - http://reduceyourworkerscomp.com/

Bill Barr’s Secret: He’s Pro-Defendant

18 Feb 2020, 1:32 pm by Charlotte Butash, Benjamin Wittes

See Government’s Supplemental and Amended Sentencing Memorandum, United States v. [read post]

Lawfare - http://www.lawfareblog.com/

Don’t let this happen to You!

18 Feb 2020, 9:20 am by Chris Wesner

Karlin v. [read post]