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		<title>Patents and legal leverage</title>
		<link>http://legalliteracy.com/blog/2009/07/01/patents-and-legal-leverage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hanna</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[legal leverage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Wall Street Journal has an interesting article about how Toyota is leveraging it&#8217;s investment in product development with patents.  More specifically, Toyota has been diligently patenting the inventions resulting from the engineering developments associated with its best-selling hybrid Prius brand automobile. 
According to the Journal, Toyota has applied for more than 2,000 patents and is building [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jersey Boys stole my heart</title>
		<link>http://legalliteracy.com/blog/2009/06/29/jersey-boys-stole-my-heart/</link>
		<comments>http://legalliteracy.com/blog/2009/06/29/jersey-boys-stole-my-heart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hanna</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Bob Gaudio]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Frankie Valli]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://legalliteracy.com/blog/?p=935</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The past few years I&#8217;ve been to NYC I&#8217;ve been unable to get tickets to the Broadway show Jersey Boys, the story about the rise to success of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.  When the Broadway South series recently brought the show to Raleigh, NC my husband surprised me with tickets for my birthday.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart cost saving move</title>
		<link>http://legalliteracy.com/blog/2009/06/23/smart-cost-saving-move/</link>
		<comments>http://legalliteracy.com/blog/2009/06/23/smart-cost-saving-move/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hanna</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Costs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Human Capital]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lawyers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[apprenticeship]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[new associates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://legalliteracy.com/blog/?p=931</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A tip of the hat goes to the law firm of Howrey LLP who announced a new apprenticeship type program for new associates.  More specifically, program aims to train the novice lawyers on the firms&#8217; dime, not the clients&#8217;.  That&#8217;s great news for client budgets . . . and for the associates who will be more likely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outrageous arbitration award &#8212; $4.1 billion</title>
		<link>http://legalliteracy.com/blog/2009/06/18/outrageous-arbitration-award-41-billion/</link>
		<comments>http://legalliteracy.com/blog/2009/06/18/outrageous-arbitration-award-41-billion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hanna</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[iFreedom Communications]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[legal literacy lesson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Michael D. Young]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[negative inferences]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[self incrimination]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://legalliteracy.com/blog/?p=925</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a classic example of what not to do, fellow blogger Michael D. Young tells how iFreedom Communications International Holdings Ltd wound up with a whopping $4.1 billion arbitration award against it in a case involving the termination of a senior level employee without cause.  That&#8217;s not a typo.  Seriously, its billions with a big bucks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Strippers Independent Contractors?</title>
		<link>http://legalliteracy.com/blog/2009/06/16/are-strippers-independent-contractors/</link>
		<comments>http://legalliteracy.com/blog/2009/06/16/are-strippers-independent-contractors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hanna</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Compliance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Governance]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Elise Bloom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wage and hour claims have been on the rise and among the latest claims to be filed is a class action against a strip club outside of Minneapolis alleging the entertainers have been misclassified as independent contractors.
It remains to be seen whether Minnesota will follow the court and labor commission rulings of Alaska, California, Oregon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employment law is hotter than ever</title>
		<link>http://legalliteracy.com/blog/2009/06/14/employment-law-is-hotter-than-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://legalliteracy.com/blog/2009/06/14/employment-law-is-hotter-than-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hanna</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Wage and hour litigation is at all time highs.  The Department of Labor estimates that more than 70% of all employers out of compliance with wage and hour laws. 
A shaky economy has employers reducing their workforce and looking for alternate means of reducing labor costs.  Misstep can create more costs than they reduce, exposing companies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your partner: Uncle Sam?</title>
		<link>http://legalliteracy.com/blog/2009/06/14/your-partner-uncle-sam/</link>
		<comments>http://legalliteracy.com/blog/2009/06/14/your-partner-uncle-sam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hanna</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://legalliteracy.com/blog/?p=912</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our government impacts business through legislation and regulation.  It creates the legal playing field that all legitimate businesses operate on.  When companies cross the foul lines and Uncle Sam prosecutes, the government may elect to become your business partner and help you nurse your business back to compliance through the use of deferred prosecution agreements, as AIG discovered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the day: business strategy</title>
		<link>http://legalliteracy.com/blog/2009/06/10/quote-of-the-day-business-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://legalliteracy.com/blog/2009/06/10/quote-of-the-day-business-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hanna</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://legalliteracy.com/blog/?p=908</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Litigation  . . . is a matter of business strategy.
Kazumi Kuriyama, general manager of Pioneer&#8217;s intellectual property unit as quoted in &#8220;Asian Electronics Makers Waging All-Out Patent War,&#8221; June 10, 2009.
A flat-screen TV typically contains memory, image-processing chips and technologies from multiple companies.  Those technologies are made available to a given manufacturer through a series of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Privacy Piracy with Mari Frank on KUCI 88.9 FM</title>
		<link>http://legalliteracy.com/blog/2009/06/09/privacy-piracy-with-mari-frank-on-kuci-889-fm/</link>
		<comments>http://legalliteracy.com/blog/2009/06/09/privacy-piracy-with-mari-frank-on-kuci-889-fm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hanna</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Please join me tomorrow evening, JUNE 10TH, 5-6 PM Pacific Time (8-9PM Eastern), on KUCI 88.9 FM in Irvine, CA and audio streaming on WWW.KUCI.ORG ( http://www.kuci.org/ ) when I&#8217;m interviewed by PRIVACY PIRACY host, MARI FRANK.
Among the questions I&#8217;ll answer are: 
1.     What&#8217;s the biggest mistake managers make? 
2.     How can businesses avoid lawsuits? 
3.     What are the 2 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ask the No Nonsense Lawyer Interviews New York Super Lawyer Elise Bloom on June 16th</title>
		<link>http://legalliteracy.com/blog/2009/06/04/ask-the-no-nonsense-lawyer-interviews-new-york-super-lawyer-elise-bloom-on-june-16th/</link>
		<comments>http://legalliteracy.com/blog/2009/06/04/ask-the-no-nonsense-lawyer-interviews-new-york-super-lawyer-elise-bloom-on-june-16th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hanna</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://legalliteracy.com/blog/?p=899</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am delighted to announce that on the next edition of Ask the No Nonsense Lawyer, I will be interviewing New York Super Lawyer Elise Bloom, a partner at the NY firm of Proskauer Rose, LLP where she specializes in a wide range of labor and employment issues. 
Elise is a practical and highly experienced lawyer [...]]]></description>
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