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View All » United States v. Arizona On July 20, 2010, WLF filed a brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, urging it to reject the Obama Administration’s challenge to the new Arizona law that cracks down on illegal aliens. WLF argued that the Arizona statute... More Case Detail Smoking Everywhere, Inc. v. FDA On July 8, 2010, WLF filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, urging it to prevent FDA from broadening its own jurisdiction by expansively interpreting what is meant by a “medical device.” WLF argued that... More Case Detail Friendly House v. Whiting On July 14, 2010, WLF urged the U.S. District Court for Arizona to reject an effort by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), and others to prevent a recently passed Arizona... More Case Detail Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp On July 7, 2010, the Washington Legal Foundation filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit urging it to reject an appeal filed by the Alaskan village of Kivalina, which seeks to revive a lawsuit contending that global warming... More Case Detail View All » CONVERSATIONS WITH: Threats to Philanthropic Freedom Features The Honorable Dick Thornburgh, Of Counsel to the law firm K&L Gates LLP, leading a discussion with Dr. Larry P. Arnn, President of Hillsdale College; Heather R. Higgins, President and Director of the Randolph Foundation; and Adam Meyerson, President of the Philanthropy Roundtable. More Publication Detail... Determining “Obviousness”: A New, Less Certain Methodology Prescribed By KSR Decision By Robert D. Yeager, Of Counsel to the law firm K & L Gates LLP in its Pittsburgh office. More Publication Detail... Due Process Limits on Statutory Civil Damages?: Unprecedented Ruling In Copyright Case A Double-Edged Sword For Businesses By Ben Sheffner, Senior Counsel to the NBC Universal Television Group and the author of the Copyrights and Campaigns blog. More Publication Detail... False “Patent Marking” Suits: How Judges And IP Rights Holders Can Respond To New Litigation Trend By James Blackburn and Monty Agarwal, partners with the law firm Arnold & Porter LLP in its San Francisco office, and Matthew Bathon, an associate in the firm’s Washington office. More Publication Detail... View All » June 30, 2010 Analysis of Viacom v. YouTube Court Ruling YouTube court ruling plagued by legal errors   View All » May 18, 2010 Deterring Collusion in Procurement: Proactive Steps Can Protect Companies from Costs and Liabilities of Cartel Activity Thomas O. Barnett, Covington & Burling LLP John Thorne, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Verizon Communications Inc.   View All » June 22, 2010 Assessing the October 2009 U.S. Supreme Court Term Thomas C. Goldstein, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Lisa S. Blatt, Arnold & Porter LLP Viet D. Dinh, Georgetown University Law Center Paul M. Smith, Jenner & Block LLP   View All » June 21, 2010 The Summer of Our Discontent

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