"Solutions to the Software Patent Problem", November 16, 2012, 8:45 to 5:30, Locatelli Center, Santa Clara University Normally, an academic-oriented conference would debate the merits of software patents. This conference is different. Rather than having another debate, this conference will…
Ken Anderson, a former Williamson County, Texas District Attorney and current judge faces disciplinary action by the State Bar of Texas after charges were filed on October 24. Anderson is charged with withholding evidence in the trial of Michael Morton…
SCOTUSBLOG has announced that all same-sex marriage cases currently before the Supreme Court will be considered at the Court’s conference scheduled for November 20. This includes the Arizona benefits case. Here’s the original text from Scotusblog: UPDATED: The Court…
You have three opportunities left to knock one out of the park. At 4:00 p.m., learn some shortcuts for Treaty Research. At 4:20, explore the United Nations website, databases, and finding aids. At 4:40, find out what foreign legal materials…
General Benjamin O. Davis Uluru – (Ayers Rock) October 23, 1850: The first National Women’s Rights Convention is held in Worcester, Massachusetts. The first National Convention marked the beginning of the organized movement for women’s rights and called for the…
The Biotech Law Group presents: " A Day in the Life" Career Panel Tuesday, 10/30 from 12pm-1pm in B139. Attorneys in different areas of Biotech/Life Sciences practice will impart what it is like to be a Silicon Valley lawyer. Panelists…
For over 40 years, the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association (SVIPLA) has been an active professional association serving members who focus their practice on intellectual property matters including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing, litigation and other related fields.…
While you are taking advantage of noontime sessions from Career Services this week to improve your job-hunting skills, keep in mind that legal research is what most employers will expect you to do as a new associate. Legal research sessions…
SCU’s International Human Rights Clinic joins more than 100 human rights advocates and organizations in a letter to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations to express our alarm about the escalating threats and intimidation against Attorney Mario Joseph of…
As you probably all know by now, the Second Circuit has joined the First Circuit in ruling that DOMA (the Defense of Marriage Act) is unconstitutional. The Second Circuit case is Windsor v. United States and it challenges DOMA as…