Legal Privilege in Internal Investigations Analyzed
Client Alert | 1 min read | 09.02.15
The latest ABA Criminal Justice magazine features an article by C&M attorneys, "The Evolving Landscape of Legal Privilege in Internal Investigations." In the article, we analyze a series of high profile cases involving disputes over the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine, and we provide insights on avoiding potential pitfalls (the D.C. Circuit's August 2015 opinion upholding privilege in the KBR dispute is explored in Crowell and Moring's August 12, 2015 Client Alert).
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Client Alert | 3 min read | 11.20.25
Design patents offer protection for the ornamental appearance of a product, focusing on aspects like its shape and surface decoration, as opposed to the functional aspects protected by utility patents. The scope of a design patent is defined by the drawings and any descriptive language within the patent itself. Recent decisions by the Federal Circuit emphasize the need for clarity in the prosecution history of a design patent in order to preserve desired scope to preserve intentional narrowing (and to avoid unintentional sacrifice of desired claim scope).
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DOJ Announces Major Enforcement Actions Targeting North Korean Remote IT Worker Schemes
