Little time to blog today – plus I still have to get up the latest chapter of our on-going serialization of Robert Plotkin’s book, The Genie in the Machine – but I did want to pass along, with a couple of brief comments, this excellent article on the question of whether there is coverage for
Do I Need a Coverage Lawyer?
I have written, in various blog posts, highly detailed, rational and analytical explanations of why parties to an insurance coverage dispute should retain experienced coverage counsel to represent them; I have given long, detailed, argumentative explanations of the same point in a number of seminars. Often the analysis revolves around the fact that, if the
If the Plan Fits, You Must Acquit (Or at Least Preempt)
Here’s an interesting case for you. Here in the First Circuit, we have plenty of case law making clear that theories of liability that serve as alternative enforcement mechanisms to those set forth in ERISA itself are preempted. What about the circumstance where the cause of action is not necessarily an alternative enforcement method but
American Conference Institute’s ERISA Litigation Conference
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On Preemption of Pay or Play Acts and the Supreme Court
File this, I suppose, in the department of inevitable events – lawyers representing the restaurant industry have filed to have the Supreme Court review the Ninth Circuit ruling finding that the San Francisco pay or play ordinance is not preempted by ERISA. This is one of those instances where you can bet how the case
The Impact of Automated Inventing on Patent Law – Round 2
Last week, we commenced our (quasi-) serialization of Robert Plotkin’s book, The Genie in the Machine: How Computer-Automated Inventing is Revolutionizing Law and Business. Here, as promised, is part 2 in the series.
Automated Inventing: The Challenge for Patent Law
As I explained in my previous entry, increasingly powerful computer software is being used
Commenting on Commenting
. . . is what my colleague Eric Brodie calls this article, in which I am interviewed about the pros and cons of legal blogging.
How Computer-Automated Inventing is Revolutionizing Law and Business
I have always maintained a digressions section of the blog, down in the corner of the left hand side of the blog, for the purpose of allowing me to talk about areas of my practice – like intellectual property litigation – other than those listed in the title of the blog; its also there to
The Massachusetts Health Care Reform Act as a National Model . . .
Maybe of what not to do.
I couldn’t let this go by without noting it – he has a Nobel after all and I, well, I have a sixth man award from a high school basketball team. Paul Krugman on health care reform:
Without an effective public option, the Obama health care reform will
Maniloff, Sotomayor and Insurance Coverage Law
Just too funny not to post this today, even though this was supposed to be a post-free Friday while I finish up a brief. Randy Maniloff of White and Williams has done a (mock) thorough piece of opposition research into the new Supreme Court nominee and discovered, somewhat apparently to his shock, that her rulings