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U.S. overhauls patent system

Federal lawmakers gave the U.S. patent system its first major overhaul since 1952 last week, when the U.S. Senate passed the America Invents Act 89 to 9. But will the law, which has already passed the U.S. House of Representatives and will now go to President Barack Obama ...

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RIT business dean to retire

Rochester Institute of Technology’s Saunders College of Business will be seeing a new face in the dean’s office next year; current Saunders head Ashok Rao will be stepping down at the end of the 2011-2012 school year.

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ABA working to reform data on law school scholarships

If a proposal now under consideration by the American Bar Association’s Section on Legal Education is enacted, law schools would have to publish the percentage of their students that have had merit scholarships revoked.

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Case raises defamation issue for online post

Can anonymous commenters and the websites they post to be sued for defamation? In the case of one local dispute, the answer is no. Monroe County Supreme Court Justice David Barry ruled last month that Democrat & Chronicle parent company ...

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Future of immigration law uncertain

Could laws like Alabama’s new legislation restricting illegal immigration complicate how immigration law is practiced in the United States? Yes, say some local experts – but the law’s future remains uncertain.

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Lawmakers seek to ban mandatory arbitration clauses

Taking aim at a U.S. Supreme Court ruling they say strips workers and consumers of their right to redress against powerful corporations, lawmakers in both houses have reintroduced the Arbitration Fairness Act, which would bar pre-dispute mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer and employment contracts and in civil rights disputes.

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Court reporting: Accuracy is essential

In a time of tightened budgets on the municipal, county and state levels, does it make sense to switch from live court reporters to digital or tape recorders in order to save money?

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