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CLE Opportunity: Patent Law Institute 2020: Critical Issues & Best Practices

May 22, 2020EthicspaidDavid

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David Hricik
Professor, Mercer University School of Law
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How Would You Teach Professional Responsibility?

May 19, 2020EthicspaidDavid

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Failure to Identify Related Cases on Civil Coversheet: A Throwback

May 11, 2020EthicspaidDavid

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If the PTAB Denies Institution Based on a Reference under Phillips, Does that Mean it was not Material Under BRI?

May 4, 2020EthicspaidDavid

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Will the Court Correct the Mess that is GS CleanTech Corp. v. Adkins Energy LLC?

April 23, 2020EthicspaidDavid

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The Many Mistakes in the Panel Decision in GS CleanTech Corp v. Adkins

March 3, 2020Ethics, PatentpaidDavid

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Another Example of a Repeating Fact Pattern Implicating Privilege Waiver

February 28, 2020EthicspaidDavid

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Jury Awards $32m Against Dentons for Damages Caused by its Disqualification

February 21, 2020EthicspaidDavid

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Disqualification of a Party’s Expert Who Migrates to the Firm of a Court-Appointed Expert

February 15, 2020Ethics, PatentpaidDavid

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Access to Prior Art Initiative of the USPTO to Ease Importation of Prior Art References from Parent Cases

February 3, 2020EthicspaidDavid

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Another Disqualification Based Upon Implied Attorney-Client Relationships with Corporations Affiliated with the Client

January 31, 2020EthicspaidDavid

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Texas Bar Opinion on Encouraging Positive On-Line Reviews by Current or Former Clients

January 31, 2020Ethics, Web/Tech, WeblogspaidDavid

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ABA Opinion Limits Ability of Firms to Restrict Departing Lawyers

January 27, 2020EthicspaidDavid

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Loss of Patent Rights in EPO on CRISPR

January 22, 2020EthicspaidDavid

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What to do if Someone Offers you an Opponent’s Information.

August 25, 2019Ethics, PatentpaidDavid

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New York City Bar Opinion on Receipt of Inadvertently Sent Documents

August 17, 2019EthicspaidDavid

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TM Attorney Sued for Allegedly Attacking TM he had Obtained for Client

August 9, 2019EthicspaidDavid

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CLE, Fees, and the USPTO

August 8, 2019EthicspaidDavid

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How Things Snowball: The Consequences of Violating a Rule

July 11, 2019EthicspaidDavid

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ABA Issues Opinion on Dividing Contingent Fees with Prior Counsel

June 18, 2019EthicspaidDavid

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Professor, Mercer University School of Law
Of Counsel, Taylor English Duma LLP
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