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Lee Gesmer’s Mass Law Blog began in 2005, and contains almost 600 posts. The site initially focused on Massachusetts law, but today it follows business and intellectual property law nation-wide. The site is hosted by Gesmer Updegrove LLP, a law firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm represents startup and established companies in the areas of litigation, transactions (including financings, mergers and acquisitions), IP rights, taxation, employment law, standards consortia, business counseling and open source development projects and foundations. You can find a summary of the firm’s services here. To learn how Gesmer Updegrove can help you, contact: Lee Gesmer
Judge Van Gestel to Retire at Year End
At a Boston Bar Association lunch program today, Judge Allan Van Gestel informed the audience that he would not put himself on the "recall" list at the end of this year. In other words, at the age of 71 Judge Van Gestel will be retiring from the bench at the close of 2007, after running the session (with the help of some other Superior Court Judges) since its formation in 2000. For some background on the recall issue, click here. It looks like Judge Gants (who has been the second judge in the...
Courts Struggle With Search Engines’ Use of Trademarked Keywords
Lawyers love to have cases on the "cutting edge" - they thirst for it in law school, and brag about it when they get into practice. No law, no precedents, difficult issues? Bring it on! they say. Clients, of course, feel exactly the opposite - no law, no precedents, no predictability? How is that possible?, they complain. For the last few years Internet search engines have repeatedly found themselves astride this proverbial cutting edge. One of the "issues de jour" faced by the search industry...
Electronic Discovery and the New Federal Rules: What Every Lawyer Should Know
At long last, the highly anticipated amendments to the new federal rules of civil procedure are here. The federal court system has amended its rules of procedure to address electronic discovery, aka "e-discovery". The amendments became effective on December 1, 2006. Unfortunately, this news has been greeted with yawns from many attorneys who believe this is just another run-of-the-mill procedural change. Far from it; the e-discovery revolution represented by this rules change - and it is a...
Supreme Court Geeks, Rejoice
You no longer have to wait to read the oral argument in a Supreme Court case that has been argued. The Supremes now make the full transcript of oral argument available on a same day basis. This is very cool for the .0001 percent of the population that loves this stuff. Yes, I know this is not a current picture, but the more current ones just don't do the trick.
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