G.S.B. v. Switzerland (European Court of Human Rights): Data Transfer in Tax Evasion Matters Did Not Violate Human Rights

Mar 9, 2017 | Online Edition

PDF I.  INTRODUCTION On December 22, 2015, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or Court) ruled in G.S.B. v. Switzerland[1] that the disclosure of banking information from Switzerland to the United States, based on a bilateral agreement, did not amount to a...

Charter Prisons: Private Prisons 2.0 or a Race to the Top?

Feb 26, 2017 | Online Edition

PDF The reputation of private prisons has taken a beating during the last few years.  Undercover reporting in private prisons has revealed horrifying conditions and violence.[1]  Scholars have largely turned against private prisons, supporting their opposition on both...

Criticizing Presidential Candidates: An Absolute Privilege

Nov 2, 2016 | Online Edition

[I]t is of the utmost consequence that the people should discuss the character and qualifications of candidates for their suffrages.  The importance to the state and to society of such discussions is so vast and the advantages derived are so great that they more than...

Bluer Skies in Massachusetts: First Circuit Clarifies Section 410(a)(2) of the Massachusetts Blue Sky Laws

May 16, 2016 | Current, Online Edition

Background Randall Fincke (Fincke) was an entrepreneur on a mission to expand automated electronic defibrillation (AED) technology.[1]  In 2000, Fincke and a business partner formed Access Cardiosystems, Inc. (Access) to market, manufacture, and sell Fincke’s new AED...

U.S. District Court in Boston Taxi Owners Says Uber can Continue to be Treated Independently from Taxicabs . . . At Least for Now

Mar 17, 2016 | Current, Online Edition

Introduction Uber is an internet-based service provider, found as an application on a mobile phone.  The service it provides: connecting ordinary people who need a car ride to a nearby location with ordinary people who are offering to provide a car ride in their own...

Structure or Function? AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. v. Janssen Biotech, Inc. and the Federal Circuit’s Structure-Function Analysis of Functionally Defined Genus Claims Under Section 112’s Written Description Requirement

Feb 21, 2015 | Current, Online Edition

I. Introduction On July 1, 2014, in AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. v. Janssen Biotech, Inc.,[ref]759 F.3d 1285 (Fed. Cir. 2014).[/ref] the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision invalidating the claims of two antibody patents...