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PACs - A Constructive Way To Involve Employees In The Political Process
Editor: Joel, fill us in on your background? Jankowsky: Prior to joining Akin Gump, from 1972 to 1977, I was legislative assistant to the Honorable Carl Albert, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. I also served as a captain in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps from 1968 to...
Read MoreHigh On The Scale Of Corporate Assets: The Intellectual Property Portfolio
Editor: Please describe your background and your reasons for choosing intellectual property law as your area of concentration. Hewitt: I have a degree in mechanical engineering and a law degree. I took some graduate courses in intellectual property at George Washington University while I was a...
Read MoreThe Supreme Court Reaffirms Customs Border Searches In The Homeland Security Era
In-house counsel and import and export compliance managers may not spend much time reflecting on the importance of a recent Supreme Court decision addressing a drug seizure in Southern California. Yet when the decision reaffirms for the first time since 9/11 the basic principle that the Department...
Read MorePutting The "Stop" Back In Estoppels
Some herpetologists have observed that the most dangerous snakes are often the smallest. So too it may be said about some legal documents. Casually presented for execution by a landlord to the non-lawyer property manager or office administrator, a seemingly innocent lease estoppel certificate has...
Read MoreAkin Gump's George Salem: An Inside Look At The Middle East
Editor: Would you provide our readers with something of your background and experience?Salem: I've been practicing law since 1977, mostly in the field of labor and employment law. In addition to chairing Akin Gump's U.S. Department of Labor practice, I also chair the firm's Middle East practice,...
Read More"A Beach Boy, A Playmate And Five Guys From Boston Walk Into A Courtroom..." - Nominative Fair Use Of Trademarks
What do a former Beach Boy, a former Playboy Playmate and the members of New Kids on the Block all have in common? Each has been a party to a suit for trademark infringement where the defense of fair use was asserted. This article will explore the concept of nominative fair use of trademarks,...
Read More"What Do You Mean I Don't Own It? I Paid For It!"Ownership Of Works Protected By U.S. Copyright Law
Does this story sound familiar? Faced with a tight timeline, a marketing manager forgoes contacting the legal department and hires a graphic designer to create a new logo for the company's flagship brand. The graphic designer is told the new logo is intended to be used as part of a major tradeshow...
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