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  • Patent Local Rules

    Patent Local Rules Northern Distrcit of California local patent rules: first to adopt Patent Local Rules date back to December 1, 2000, when the Northern District of California promulgated the first set of rules governing the content and timing of disclosures in patent cases. These rules established a default regime for operationalizing the claim construction…

  • Patent Local Rules

    Patent Local Rules Northern Distrcit of California local patent rules: first to adopt Patent Local Rules date back to December 1, 2000, when the Northern District of California promulgated the first set of rules governing the content and timing of disclosures in patent cases. These rules established a default regime for operationalizing the claim construction…

  • Food

    Food in the United States Legal Materials The National Agriculture Library has a "Food and Nutrition Information Center" and food-related information in its online catalog, both accessible from the NAL Web site . Food definitions and explanations, there are many good food […]

  • Food

    Food in the United States Legal Materials The National Agriculture Library has a "Food and Nutrition Information Center" and food-related information in its online catalog, both accessible from the NAL Web site . Food definitions and explanations, there are many good food […]

  • Compensation

    Compensation in United States Compensation Definition (Lat. compendere, to balance). Indemnification ; recompense. Something to be done for or paid to another of equal value with something of which he has been deprived by the act or negligence of the party so doing or pajring. That which […]

  • Compensation

    Compensation in United States Compensation Definition (Lat. compendere, to balance). Indemnification ; recompense. Something to be done for or paid to another of equal value with something of which he has been deprived by the act or negligence of the party so doing or pajring. That which […]

  • Government Accountability Office

    Government Accountability Office (GAO) in the United States Introduction to Government Accountability Office The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency of the U.S. government formerly known as the General Accounting Office. The name of the office was changed to […]

  • Government Accountability Office

    Government Accountability Office (GAO) in the United States Introduction to Government Accountability Office The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency of the U.S. government formerly known as the General Accounting Office. The name of the office was changed to […]

  • Fines

    Fines in the United States Description Fines are financial punishments attached to a conviction for a given offense, and are either specified as a fixed dollar amount or variable range. For example, in Washington State, a first-time drug conviction can result in a $1,000 fine, with each […]

  • Advertising

    Advertising in the United States Introduction to Advertising Legal Materials The American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA) is the main trade association for the advertising industry. To find advertising agencies, search the Standard Directory of {Domestic/International} […]

  • False Claim Legislation

    False Claim Legislation The False Claims Act The False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 – 3733 was enacted in 1863 by a Congress concerned that suppliers of goods to the Union Army during the Civil War were defrauding the Army. The False Claims Act provided that any person who knowingly submitted false claims…

  • False Claim Legislation

    False Claim Legislation The False Claims Act The False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 – 3733 was enacted in 1863 by a Congress concerned that suppliers of goods to the Union Army during the Civil War were defrauding the Army. The False Claims Act provided that any person who knowingly submitted false claims…

  • Real Property

    Real Property in the United States The term real property derives from the Anglo-French phrase propreté proprieté, which in turn came from the Latin proprietat proprietas, essentially meaning private property. Real Property Definition Something which may be held by tenure, or […]

  • Appropriations

    Appropriations in the United States Introduction to Appropriations The purpose of Appropriations is to provide a broad appreciation of the Appropriations legal topic. Select from the list of U.S. legal topics for information (other than Appropriations). Finding the law: Appropriations in the […]

  • Duty of Care

    Duty of Care in United States The duty of the defendant to act as a reasonably prudent person. This duty may be elevated to one of utmost care in certain situations such as bailors. The breach of the duty of due care Any act that fails to meet a standard of the person’s duty of…