Google announced its new Nexus 7 tablet complete with an updated version of its popular Android OS called Jelly Bean.
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The latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows Arizona enjoyed the 3rd highest spike in construction job growth in May, trailing only Texas and California. ABA Journal: “Databases of historical legal information are being built that could help lawyers calculate the odds of winning a case and how to craft the arguments. Algorithms could be used to make predictions based on the historical data, Law Technology News reports. “Called quantitative legal prediction, it’s basically what happens [...] U-T San Diego: “A judge ruled Wednesday that SeaWorld will have to find a way to protect its trainers during performances involving killer whales, a decision that stemmed from a trainer’s 2010 death at the Orlando park. The ruling, which followed a nine-day hearing last year before an administrative law judge, [...] Memorial Day originated in the nineteenth century as a day to remember the soldiers who gave their lives in the American Civil War by decorating their graves with flowers. It is the day Americans remember its military personnel who died while serving our country. It is a day when people decorate the graves [...] The Capitol Mall Association is raffling off two renovated homes in Phoenix. The tickets are only $20 each (or six for $100). ASU Economist Estimates Jobs Recovery in Arizona Will Take 5 Years as we still have less than 235,000 jobs than we did before the recession. [...] Bank of America is reaching out to thousands of homeowners in an attempt to reduce principal on home loans as a result of a $25 billion settlement with 49 state attorneys general and federal authorities. An Arkansas judge has ruled that a woman who found a $1 million lottery ticket in a convenience store garbage can must return the winnings to the person who discarded the ticket. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating allegations that Wal Mart has been guilty of systematic bribery in an effort to expand its business in Mexico. 
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A small cardiac practice with offices in Phoenix and Prescott has settled with the Department of Health and Human Services for alleged HIPAA violations. Apparently, the practice was publishing appointment data on the internet that could be accessed by the public. You can read more here. [...] The surprise in this TTAB decision is that the applicant filed the appeal at all. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) upheld trademark attorney’s decision that the trademark PITTSBURGH GLASS WORKS was primarily geographically descriptive of a glass manufacturer with some business activities in Pittsburgh. For more details, see TTAB Affirms Section 2(e)(2) Geographical Descriptiveness [...] Budget cutting in Congress could lead to the elimination of the low income housing tax credit. It was big news last week when prosecutors charged George Zimmerman with second-degree murder in the shooting of Trayvon Martin. But Zimmerman could walk free if a judge decides his actions fall under Florida’s “stand your ground” law, which gives broad leeway to people to shoot in self-defense. There is no way to undo [...] The U. S. Patent and Trademark Office, together with the Economics and Statistics Administration, has just released a report on Intellectual Property’s effect on the U. S. economy. You can find the report here. The take-away message is that in 2010, Intellectual-Property-intensive industries, directly or indirectly, generated 40 million jobs in the U. S. In [...] For the second time in the same number of weeks, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the circuit that hears all patent infringement appeals, has found software claims indefinite because the claims used means-plus-function language, but the specification did not, in the court’s opinion, sufficiently describe an algorithm that operates to make the [...] The 4th Circuit has reinstated Rosetta Stone’s case against Google based on Google using (selling) Rosetta Stone’s trademarks to other advertisers. For more information see this article by Geri Haight. A New York State Court has refused to enforce a forum selection clause because the clause was buried in the website and not easy to find. “Under an evolving and still-developing body of federal and state law, an e-commerce merchant can condition its sales upon a mandatory forum selection provision through various means, including an exchange [...] As the law evolves, your computer usage policies adopted in your company should evolve, as well. This article details some of the changes you may want to consider. What? You don’t have a computer usage policy for your company? You should, especially if you have employees. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed rules would require mortgage servicers to give all borrowers standardized monthly statements, warn borrowers about interest rate or insurance changes, improve record-keeping, and give borrowers options to avoid losing their homes The agency said it will formally propose the rules this summer and finalize them by January 2013. Read [...] George Zimmerman’s attorneys said Tuesday they have lost contact with him and can no longer represent him, further commenting that Zimmerman has gone rogue, reaching out on his own to the special prosecutor investigating Trayvon Martin’s death against their advice and calling Fox News’ Sean Hannity. Read more…
The Yuma Sun reported that, although Arizona has seen only modest population growth in recent years, things could change in the not too distant future. Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) revolutionized the treatment of depression beginning about 25 years ago. But in recent years, these drugs have been linked to cardiac defects in babies born to mothers who took SSRIs during their first trimester of pregnancy. The drugs have also been linked to Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (PPHN). [...] Many trademark applicants are getting official looking notices from scam artists. These notices make it appear that the notice is from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Unless carefully examined these notices can fool just about anyone. In fact, one of our trademark clients received such a notice and assumed it was real. Luckily, [...] New Environmental Protection Agency proposes rule to limit carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. You can find the proposed rule here, if you want to read all 250+ pages. Or you can find a fact sheet here. If this rule is adopted, power plants that use any type of fossil fuel, right now biomass fuels [...] Seven members of Arizona’s congressional delegation have demanded answers from the Department of Defense about its decision to select UnitedHealth Group over a Phoenix-based company for a lucrative $20.5 billion health-care contract to serve 2.9 million military personnel and their family members. Phoenix-based TriWest Healthcare Alliance has held the contract for 16 years. Last week, TriWest challenged [...] By purchasing and holding tens of thousands of existing homes, investors have created a demand where little had existed and drastically reduced the inventory of homes for sale, which has helped boost prices over the past six months. The investors’ goal is to buy and rent out a large portfolio of homes and collect monthly [...] Today’s Middle Class is feeling squeezed from multiple directions: underwater with their homes and mortgage loans, feeling the impact of a faltering economy, and overwhelmed by debt. Student loan debt is a non-yielding threat to the majority of struggling middle-class professionals and, surging above $1 trillion, U.S. student loan debt has surpassed credit card and auto-loan [...] |
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