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Rally 'round the difference between valid and merely descriptive: 8th Circuit gives claimants much to ponder

8 Nov 2018, 10:56 am by Rebecca Tushnet

Acuff-Rose.) [read post]

43(B)log - http://tushnet.blogspot.com/

Reschedule Watch

7 Nov 2018, 8:46 am by John Elwood

Florida; must include consideration of the whole record, Rose v. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

$2.5 million pain and suffering award in discrimination case is reduced to $125,000

5 Nov 2018, 10:45 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog

He rose through the ranks and has remained at DFS since then. [read post]

Wait A Second! - http://secondcircuitcivilrights.blogspot.com/

Confounding in the Courts

2 Nov 2018, 7:32 pm by Schachtman

Despite the inappropriateness of considering the Bazemore precedent after the Court decided Daubert, many lower court decisions have treated Bazemore as dispositive of reliability challenges to regression analyses, without any meaningful discussion.11 In the last several years, however, the appellate courts have awakened on occasion to their responsibilities to ensure that opinions of statistical expert witnesses, based upon regression analyses, are evaluated through the lens of Rule 702.12 1 Brock… [read post]

Tortini - http://schachtmanlaw.com/blog/

EEOC Data Confirms #MeToo’s Impact: Six Keys for Employers in the Wake of This Powerful Cultural Moment

31 Oct 2018, 9:46 am by Jonathan Clark

Successful EEOC conciliation (or mediation) proceedings rose by 43%. [read post]

Labor & Employment Law Blog - http://www.laboremploymentlawblog.com/

Argument analysis: Justices signal opposition to vague exceptions that would limit enforceability of arbitration agreements

30 Oct 2018, 12:05 pm by Ronald Mann

Archer & White Sales Inc. and Lamps Plus Inc. v. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

Reviewing the Use of “Soft Law” in Investment Arbitration

30 Oct 2018, 6:00 am by Beth Graham

Argentina and Philip Morris v. [read post]

Disputing Blog - http://www.disputingblog.com/

Artificial Intelligence for Suicide Prediction

30 Oct 2018, 6:00 am by Guest Blogger

In the United States, suicide rates rose by 25% in the past two decades reaching 45,000 deaths per year. [read post]

Balkinization - http://balkin.blogspot.com/

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Wrongful Death Claim for the Expiration of the Statute of Limitations on Negligence

29 Oct 2018, 8:00 am by Robert Kreisman

Osten v. [read post]

Chicago Medical Malpractice Attorney Blog - http://www.robertkreisman.com/medical-malpractice-lawyer/

Lord Kitchin applies the "markedly different" infringement approach in Actavis v Eli Lilly in Icescape v Ice-World

24 Oct 2018, 3:49 am

Since the landmark UK Supreme Court decision in Actavis v Eli Lilly ([2017] UKSC 48), judges of the lower courts have voiced the need for clarification from the Supreme Court. [read post]

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