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Law Blogs Updated on March 7th, 2008

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A Must Read
From Civil Procedure Prof Blog on March 06 at 15:14
If you haven't read this order yet from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, do it now.--Counseller

The Putative ?Differences? Between Patents & Trade Secrets Supposedly Determining the Choice Between Them Are Not There: Patent/Trade Secret Complementariness No. 16
From Jorda on Trade Secrets on March 06 at 13:41
In the past — and even today — if trade secrecy was contemplated at all, for example for manufacturing process technology, which can be secreted unlike gadgets or machinery, which can be reverse-engineered, the question always was phrased in the al...

The Globe Offers A Digital Copyright Scorecard
From Michael Geist on March 06 at 04:40
With Canadian Music Week underway, the Globe covers the copyright issue. ...

Nuclear Power Makes Individualists See Green
From The Situationist on March 06 at 23:01
[This post was first published in October. It is being re-published this week because of its relevance to this Saturday?s conference at Harvard Law School, hosted by the Project on Law & Mind Sciences (for details, go to the conference webpage here).] A ...

NLRB Proposes Regulations Essentially Allowing Regional Directors To Act As Quasi-Arbitrators If The Parties Agree
From Adjunct Law Prof Blog on March 07 at 00:18
On Feb. 26, 2008, a new proposed NLRB regulation was published in the Federal Register, available here. Under this regulation the parties can jointly petition the NLRB for an election and the Regional Director will decide the case. However, there...

The AutoAdmit Saga: Ciolli Strikes Back
From Concurring Opinions on March 06 at 12:28
There's been a new development in the AutoAdmit saga, which has been discussed a lot on this blog. Anthony Ciolli is now firing back, suing the two Yale Law School students who originally sued him, their attorneys (including Professor Mark Lemley), and Reputa...

Employee Blogging and Legal Reform
From Adjunct Law Prof Blog on March 07 at 00:18
I just read a wonderful law review article by Professors Rafael Gely and Leonard Bierman entitled "Social Isolation and American Workers: Employee Blogging and Legal Reform", 20 Harv. J. of L. & Tech. (Spr. 2007). In this article, Professor Gely...

The latest on the Sudanese "Teddy Bear" Incident
From Higher Ed Law Prof Blog on March 06 at 11:59
From the LA Times

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