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How did Thanksgiving Day end up being the fourth Thursday of November?  Like most everything in America, it was a big debate. The first national day of Thanksgiving, deemed a “Day of Publick Thanksgivin,’” was proclaimed by George Washington in 1789 at the request of the Federal Congress. The next seventy-four Thanksgivings fell on whatever [...]

On November 18th the International Trade Commission’s (ITC) recent publication, Notice of Final Rulemaking will come into effect.  The publication includes amendments to the original document created specifically to gain more information from filed public issue complaints with the ITC.

According the document’s initial summary report, these amendments were created to help the ITC identify investigations [...]

Who: LLM Director of Software Development Lindsay Stevens

When: Wednesday, September 21st at 10:15 a.m.

Where: Virtual Corporate Counsel Forum — Online

Topic: Reducing E-Discovery Costs and Increasing Productivity: A Tale of Harmonizing Goals

With the growing amount of data in litigation, costs are on the rise and the fine balance between review quality and productivity is difficult to [...]

NERA Economic Consulting published a report in June on trends in SEC settlements. They found some interesting shifts in the predominant settlement types that you may find surprising. Here are the highlights of the report:

The SEC settled with 681 defendants in 2010 and is estimated to settle with 688 this year, showing a steady trend, [...]

The USA Patriot Act, enacted in October 2001 by President George Bush, allows law enforcement to access all forms of communication for terrorist activity. In daily life, this means that any personal phone calls, emails, business transactions and virtually any communication could potentially be monitored by the government without the parties’ knowledge. However, what does [...]