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The large size of the US economy, the strong pro-patentee legal regime and over 200 years of case law make US patents more valuable and more litigated than patents of any other country. The long history of patents and strong protection of patent holders contributes to abuse of the system by patent trolls , which are largely absent in other ...
On December 20, 2017, Judge Navarro declared a mistrial, stating that federal prosecutors had willfully violated evidence rules and failed to turn over pertinent documents to the defense. Both sides were instructed to submit legal briefs by December 29 on whether the government should be allowed to pursue a new trial with a hearing to be held ...
In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general (pl.: attorneys general) [1] or attorney-general (AG or Atty.-Gen [2]) is the main legal advisor to the government.In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have executive responsibility for law enforcement, prosecutions or even responsibility for legal affairs generally.
Although the referrals increase each year, about 1% of the child population is affected by any form of substantiated maltreatment. [ 43 ] In the US, there are approximately 3.6 million calls each year: 9,000/day, 63,000/week, [ 8 ] affecting on average 1 out of 10 U.S. families with children under the age of 18 each year (there are 32.2 million ...
Allen Bernard West (born February 7, 1961) [1] is an American politician and retired military officer. A member of the Republican Party, West represented Florida's 22nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013 and served as the chairman of the Republican Party of Texas from 2020 to 2021.
Lawrence Samuel Krasner [1] (born March 30, 1961) is an American lawyer who is the 26th District Attorney of Philadelphia. [2] Elected to the position in 2017, Krasner was one of the first U.S. district attorney candidates to run as a self-described "progressive prosecutor". [3]
Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen, whose confirmation Cruz tried to prevent, said in her confirmation hearing that she opposed any audit of the Federal Reserve and that "for 50 years Congress has recognized that there should be an exception to GAO ability to audit the Fed to avoid any political interference in monetary policy." [341] [342]
Ephesus (/ ˈ ɛ f ɪ s ə s /; [1] [2] Ancient Greek: Ἔφεσος, romanized: Éphesos; Turkish: Efes; may ultimately derive from Hittite: 𒀀𒉺𒊭, romanized: Apaša) was a city in Ancient Greece [3] [4] on the coast of Ionia, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey.