InsideCounsel Magazine October 2007

Features

The IP Survey

When the framers of the Constitution charged Congress with "securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries," they couldn't have dreamed how complex intellectual property protection would become.

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Profile

In-House at Penthouse

By staff writer

Joshua Bressler offers a revealing peak at life as Penthouse's GC.

Litigation

Under Review

By staff writer

Hall Street Associates may restrict judicial reviews of arbitration awards.

IP

Bilski's Battle

By Steven Seidenberg

One man's struggle to protect his invention may decide the future of business-method patents.
Perfect Solution

By Steven Seidenberg

Adult media mogul challenges online copyright infringers.

Labor

Identity Issues

By Mary Swanton

Rapidly changing legal landscape supports transgendered employees' rights.

Technology

Discovering RAM

By Keith Ecker

Companies may be obligated to preserve and produce transient data.

Regulatory

The Big Fix

By Julius Melnitzer

Government closes loophole that allowed big companies to obtain small business contracts.

Global

Empowering the People

By Keith Ecker

New labor law in China gives employees right to private action.

From The Editor

Bruised Brands

By staff writer

Given the choice between two equally good products I always will buy the product with the flashier packaging.

Inside Perspective

Brave New World

By staff writer

Growing compliance needs force companies to consider the changing role of legal departments.

Circuits

Appeals Court Rejects Web-Posted Contract Changes

By Michael T. Burr

When Talk America changed the terms of its long-distance telephone service agreement, it posted the new contract on its Web site. Among the changes was ...
Court Tosses Punitives Based on "Good Faith Efforts"

By Melissa Maleske

William Dominic, an accounting manager in DeVilbiss Air Power Co.'s Decatur, Ark., plant, submitted to his plant manager in 2004 a laundry list of sexual ...
Asbestos Ruling Shuts the Door on Secondary Exposure Cases

By Julius Melnitzer

Carolyn Miller had no direct relationship or contact with Ford Motor Co. other than through her stepfather, whose employer was contracted to do some work ...
New Jersey Case Increases Likelihood of ERISA Suits

By Julius Melnitzer

Corporate America is definitely not losing a lot of sleep over the 3rd Circuit's July 2007 decision in Graden v. Conexant Systems Inc. But those ...