1/22/2021· Patents
Right-Pricing Cellular Patent Licensing in 4G and 5G Connected Vehicles
By: Keith Mallinson
While litigation is bogging down the licensing of cellular standard essential patents (SEPs) in vehicles with disputes about where in the production supply chain licensing may or must occur, this is also delaying payment of Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) royalty charges in these cases and causing confusion about licensing value.
4/29/2020· Emergency Medicine
That's ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) on Electrocardiogram (ECG)...Or Is It?
By: Dr. Sajid Khan
A 70 year-old woman presents to the ER with mid-sternal chest pain, shortness of breath, and diaphoresis. She's clutching her chest with her fist. There is isolated ST elevation in aVR and inferolateral ST depression. That's a STEMI! Or is it?
8/2/2019· Sexual Abuse - Molestation - Harassment
A Case Study: On Sports Liability Waivers And Sexual Abuse In Youth-Serving Organizations
By: Katherine Starr
Is Sexual Abuse in Youth-Serving Organizations Covered under a Liability Waiver? This argument was presented by the defense in a recent case. Let's review and see if this is a plausible argument in youth-serving activities.
12/29/2022· Environment
Residential Soil Vapor Intrusion: An Independent Evaluation
The contaminated groundwater is attributable to past disposal practices of the nearby former Bay Shore/Brightwaters manufactured gas plant (MGP) currently being remediated by National Grid (formerly KeySpan). Injection of oxygen (O2) into the contaminated groundwater
10/21/2020· Construction
COVID-19 Claim Management on Construction Projects
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the internal and external project execution environments. The pandemic has caused impacts of varying degrees to nearly every aspect of projects involving the activity of people. Ordinary practices in the creation of project documentation are robust and are utilized to support the analysis of construction claims. Although project productivity losses may be demonstrable, providing compelling evidence and proof that the losses were caused by the pandemic may not be as easy to demonstrate.
11/15/2013· Police Practices & Procedures
Fear & Deadly Force: Officer Involved Shootings
By: Michael Levine
The rules governing the use of deadly force by law enforcement are as easy to understand as the rules for three-card monte but about as difficult to apply as brain surgery.
11/17/2020· Intellectual Property
Valuing SEP portfolios And Determining FRAND rates: How, And Who Should "get it done"?
By: Keith Mallinson
While there is much uncertainty about the outlook for standard-essential patent royalty rates in court determinations, there are plenty of solid benchmarks in well-established comparable licenses (“comps”). The former rates are thin on the ground and have been made up based on some dubious and fiercely...
4/17/2013· Damages
Computing Lost Profits in Business Interruption Litigation: A General Model
This paper focuses on business interruption litigation and how to compute lost profits as a remedy. The main contribution of the paper is development of a general model of economic damages which assesses lost profits by measuring the incremental changes in revenue, variable costs, and fixed costs.
9/10/2019· Foreign Affairs - Geopolitics
A Bird's Eye View of Asia: A Continental Landscape of Minorities in Peril
A bird’s eye view of Asia produces a picture of a continental landscape strewn with minorities on the defensive whose positioning as full-fledged members of society with equal rights and opportunities is either being eroded or severely curtailed.
10/29/2013· Police Practices & Procedures
By: Michael Levine
Law enforcement agencies call them CIs (Cooperating Individuals, Confidential Informants, and/or Criminal Informants). Cops who use them call them stoolpigeons, stools, rats, chotas, etc. Intelligence agencies (Central Intelligence Agency [CIA], Defense Intelligence Agency [DIA], etc.) call them "assets" or the more confusing "agents."
