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Playing cards with a government that stacks the deck - D.C. District Court radically expands the "Christian doctrine" to subcontracts

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 29 2013

On March 30, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a decision imposing certain socio-economic contract requirements on

High Court sets out key principles to ensure a fair consultation process

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 10 2013

In the recent decision of R (on the application of Save our Surgery Ltd) v Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts 2013 EWHC 439, the court quashed

Ownership of university inventions

  • Walder Wyss Ltd
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  • Switzerland
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  • March 20 2013

In a recent decision on the ownership of inventions created with the involvement of universities, the new Federal Patent Court held that the

Universities’ freedom to impose academic discipline upheld

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada
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  • March 16 2013

The resolution of a lengthy challenge by a former University of Ottawa medical resident shows Canadian courts continue to uphold the freedom of

Municipal drug paraphernalia bylaw - ultra vires

  • Davis LLP
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  • Canada
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  • March 5 2013

We have recently covered municipal ultra vires cases related to shark fin soup and puppies. In this case, an Alberta ban on some sales of drug

Suit dismissed where 11th Amendment immunity precludes joinder of patentee university

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • March 4 2013

Cyantotech Corporation filed an action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii seeking a declaratory judgment of non-infringement or

Supreme Court reins in State action immunity

  • Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
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  • USA
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  • February 26 2013

Last week a unanimous Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated opinion in FTC v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc., addressing the "State action"

Jury awards $29 million against nursing home for False Claims Act violations

  • Jackson Lewis LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 15 2013

An Illinois jury hit a skilled nursing facility (SNF) with a $29 million verdict after agreeing with allegations by former employees that the SNF

Smoking ban in Auckland prison implemented unlawfully

  • Russell McVeagh
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  • New Zealand
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  • February 8 2013

Late last year the High Court ruled that the implementation of the smoking ban in Auckland Prison was implemented unlawfully. The

Restrictions on private life

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 4 2013

Just before Christmas, judgment was given in the case of J Council v GU and others. GU suffered from a number of separable mental disorders including