In a post yesterday (Is Obama “Everything”?) I referred to the sense in which Democrats do seem to regard Obama as The Messiah, as in “the Alpha and the Omega” from Revelation 22:13. (Otherwise how could they argue that Republican opposition to their 2700 page health care bill means they oppose “eve ...

By Sherri Oslick -- A note to our readers: In an effort to catch up with recently filed biotech and pharma cases following a brief hiatus, Patent Docs presents this additional installment of Court Report. Teva Women's Health, Inc. v. Lupin, Ltd. et al. 2:10-cv-00603; filed February 3, 2010 in the Di ...

ResQNet.com, Inc. v. Lansa, Inc., No. 08-1365 (Fed. Cir., February 5, 2010)Lansa appealed an award of damages for patent infringement from the Southern District of New York, arguing that the evidence and expert testimony relating to damages was erroneous, leading to an inflated 12.5% royalty rate on ...

  FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 8, 2010 – A bust of Justice William E. McAnulty Jr. will be unveiled Thursday, Feb. 11, as part of a tribute to the late justice during the Black History Month program at the Capitol in Frankfort. The event will take place at noon in the Capitol Rotunda and is open to the pu ...

Not all life is pain and injury. Sometimes you get to take advantage of your hard work and dedication. Or as the Bible states in Psalm 128:2, " You will eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours."  As a member of the American Association of Justice (AAJ) I wa ...

Congrats to my Alma Mater!   PRESS RELEASE February 9, 2010 For Immediate Release Contact David N. Hefner Office of Communications and Marketing Walter F. George School of Law Mercer University 478.301.5000 hefner_dn@law.mercer.edu www.law.mercer.edu   ...

BTD is traveling. I'm still working. What's on TV tonight? The Hollywood rounds begin on American Idol and Ellen DeGeneres debuts as a show co-host. It's Jay Leno's last prime time show, will anyone notice? There's also Lost (which I don't watch) and The Good Wife. In oth ...

A Virginia resident who files Bankruptcy is entitled to keep certain property as exempt from the trustee and creditors.  The major Virginia exemptions include: • Up to $5000 in household goods and furnishings. • Up to $1000 in wearing apparel. • Up to $2000 in equity in a motor vehicle. • Wedding an ...

American missionaries travel to Haiti to rescue thirty-three earthquake orphans by taking them, temporarily, to an orphanage in the Dominican Republic, and then back to families in the US prepared to take the children in. According to their lawyer, the missionaries are said to be in possession of ...

Virtually every jurisdiction is in accord with the notion that non-compete agreements in the sale-of-business context are more readily enforced than those incidental to an employment relationship. Courts legitimately recognize that covenants are part of a bargained-for exchange and that compliance w ...