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| 1 | Virtual Strip Club Can Stay Open for Business Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP; December 24, 2008, previously published on November 19, 2008 Gamers can thank the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for keeping open the virtual doors of a strip club depicted in the popular video game Grand Theft Auto. |
| 2 | Recent U.S. Court of Appeals Decisions Protect Tribal Sovereign Immunity Nancy J. Appleby; Bracewell & Giuliani LLP; December 24, 2008, previously published on December 1, 2008 The past decade has witnessed a number cases in which federal courts have limited tribal sovereign immunity and jurisdiction. |
| 3 | Holiday Parties: Don't Let Yours Become a Source of Liability Irving M. Geslewitz; Much Shelist Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein, P.C.; December 24, 2008, previously published on November 2008 Each December, companies look to the traditional holiday party as a way to improve morale and make their employees feel appreciated, while sharing with them the joys of the season. |
| 4 | Spotlight on Alabama: State and Local Tax Developments in 2008 Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC; December 23, 2008, previously published on November 21, 2008 There have been several important Alabama legislative, administrative and legal developments that individuals and businesses should note. |
| 5 | Appeals Court Upholds State Ban on the Commercial Use of Prescriber-Identifiable Data Albert F. Cacozza, Colleen Conry, Howard L. Dorfman, Michael F. Sexton, Amy Craig, Ann Lewis; Ropes & Gray LLP; December 23, 2008, previously published on November 25, 2008 On November 18, 2008, the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of a New Hampshire law barring the practice of using prescription information that identifies doctors for commercial purposes. |
| 6 | New Guidelines on the Patentability of Business Methods Franco A. Serafini; Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP; December 22, 2008, previously published on November 24, 2008 On October 30, 2008, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued an en banc opinion on the patentability of business methods. |
| 7 | Ninth Circuit Holds that California Labor Laws Apply to Work Performed Within California by Nonresident Employees Payne & Fears LLP; December 22, 2008, previously published on November 13, 2008 Three employees of the Oracle Corporation, instructors who trained customers to use Oracle software, sued the company for failure to pay overtime wages. |
| 8 | D.C. Circuit Temporarily Delays Direct Observation Requirement for DOT Return-to-Duty and Follow- Up Drug and Alcohol Testing Catherine Derdeyn Little, Robert E. Hogfoss, Brigham A. McCown; Hunton & Williams LLP; December 22, 2008, previously published on November 2008 On November 12, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit temporarily delayed the requirement for Department of Transportation (DOT) mandatory direct observation (DO) return-to-duty and follow-up drug testing, that ordinarily would apply to all DOT-regulated employers. |
| 9 | 4th Circuit - Conduct Not Directed at Plaintiff May Support Claim of Hostile Environment Maria Greco Danaher; Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.; December 22, 2008, previously published on November 24, 2008 In order to successfully support a claim of hostile work environment under Title VII, an employee must show that the offending conduct was "sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the conditions of her employment and create an abusive work environment." |
| 10 | One-Way Test for Obviousness-Type Double Patenting Does Not Require Full Graham Analysis Mary R. Bram, E. Joseph Gess, Melissa M. Hayworth; Crowell & Moring LLP; December 22, 2008, previously published on November 24, 2008 In re Basell Poliolefine Italia S.P.A. (No. 07-1450; November 13, 2008) involves a Director-ordered reexamination of claims directed to processes for polymerizing and copolymerizing olefins with a catalyst obtained by reacting an aluminum alkyl compound with a titanium halide compound. |
