Tag Archives: Exception

New PatentlyO Law Journal Essay: Is There Any Need to Resort to a § 101 Exception for Prior Art Ideas?

New PatentlyO Law Journal Essay by Jeremy C. Doerre.  Mr. Doerre is a patent attorney with the law firm of Tillman Wright, PLLC. In the wake of Alice, many observers have suggested that the implicit judicial exception to 35 U.S.C. … Continue reading

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The continuing violation exception when filing of a complaint alleging a violation of New York State's Human Rights Law is not triggered by a single event

Petitioner appealed Supreme Court's granting the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities' [OPDM] pre-answer motion to dismiss the Petitioner's complaint alleging unlawful discrimination in violation of New York State's Human Rights Law based on OPDM's rejection of … Continue reading

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Just Published: Joel Slawotsky, "The National Security Exception in US-China FDI and Trade: Lessons from Delaware Corporate Law" The Chinese Journal of Comparative Law 6(2):228–264

It is my great pleasure to pass along the announcement of the publication of Joel Slawotsky's excellent article: "The National Security Exception in US-China FDI and Trade: Lessons from Delaware Corporate Law" which appears in the The Chinese Journal of … Continue reading

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The Crime-Fraud Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege: A Quick Note

In an earlier post on the scope of Attorney-Client privilege, I briefly mentioned the existence of an exception to the powerful Attorney-Client privileged.  That exception is the Crime-Fraud exception which, if properly invoked, has the ability to totally destroy the … Continue reading

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Probate Exception

On June 28, 2007, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued it decision in Lefkowitz v. Bank of New York. This opinion addresses the status of the probate exception to federal court diversity jurisdiction, following the… … Continue reading

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