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Jones Walker is pleased to publicize that Michael W. Magner has moved into the firm’s New Orleans agency of criminal law attorneys as special counsel. Mr. Magner practices in the firm’s Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group. His training centers on precautionary and Litigation services for businesses and individuals in corporate and white collar criminal law matters. He also represents people and businesses related to grand jury and several other investigations.

Mr. Magner’s particular expertise is in anti-corruption deference and Litigation matters on both a domestic and international level. He served as a federal prosecutor in New Orleans for 20 years where he was a key member of the team that successfully prosecuted former Louisiana Governor, Edwin Edwards, following a 5 month trial. He was also the lead prosecutor in the Department of Justice‘s long term investigation and prosecution of judicial and related public corruption in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana known as “Operation Wrinkled Robe.” In recognition of his work, Mike was awarded the Department of Justice‘s highest award for Litigation, the John Marshall Award, as well as the Director’s Award for Superior Performance by a Litigative Team.

Mr. Magner stated, “Joining Jones Walker and being able to work with the Jones Walker white collar team is an exciting opportunity. Their law firm has a number of former U.S. Attorneys and Assistant U.S. Attorneys, all of whom have a stellar reputation in representing clients in the defense of government investigations and prosecutions.”

Mr. Magner has additionally functioned as a director of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Anti-Terrorism/Crisis Response Unit, Organized Crime Strike Force, and Violent Crime Unit, and has tried over 40 jury trials to verdict, in virtually all sections of the United States District Court for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana. He specialized in long term, complex white collar investigations and trials, including export control, mail and wire fraud, government contract fraud, bribery, money laundering, police misconduct, civil rights violations, and RICO. In 2011, he served as the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Advisor to the Kenyan Anti-Corruption Commission (“KACC”) in Nairobi, Kenya, where he was embedded in the KACC’s principal headquarters for nearly two months, and provided training to KACC’s investigators, auditors, and attorneys on corruption compliance, investigative, and prosecution matters. He has also trained foreign judges and prosecutors in Central Asia and Africa and has regularly trained federal prosecutors through the Attorney General’s Advocacy Institute.

Prior to working with the KACC, Mr. Magner was with the Department of Justice‘s first Counsel for Emergency Management and Crisis Response in the Office of Director, Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys in Washington, D.C. for 18 months, where he represented the DOJ at various White House level emergency exercises and planning meetings relating to the federal government’s response to major criminal events, natural disasters, and pandemics. While with DOJ, Mike was also selected as a trained evaluator of other U.S. Attorneys’ Offices throughout the country on various substantive legal areas as well as ethics and professionalism.

Mr. Magner acquired his juris doctor certification from Tulane University School of Law, cum laude; and was Managing Editor of The Maritime Lawyer. His Bachelor of Arts in Political Science/International Relations was earned from The George Washington University.

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GS Battery Inc. only just stated it has started to provide its ECO R model SLC 70-4 and SLX246-12 batteries for use in Suniva’s Balance of System Solutions. Co-Branded with the Suniva and GS Battery logo, these superior capacity electric batteries supply endurance and remarkable cycling capacity supported by many years of expertise within Japan.

This collaboration allows Suniva and GS Battery to optimize their alternative energy products to improve the performance and reliability of the entire PV system, thus improving the Levelized Cost of Electricity. Custom engineering support to help meet individual project needs is also available. The ECO R batteries are a significant component to Suniva’s Balance of System Solutions.

“Market interest continues to be very positive for the ECO R batteries and has been aided by Suniva’s introduction of the Balance of System Solutions (BOSS) at Solar Power International,” said Jay Northey, Executive Vice-president and General Manager, GS Battery (USA) Inc. “We are excited to continue our collaboration with Suniva as our co-branded offerings expand globally.”

GS Battery Inc. is an American subsidiary of GS Yuasa Group of Japan, a world leader in automotive, motorcycle and standby storage batteries, which serves the power sports, telecommunications, UPS, and the emergency lighting markets. GS Battery Inc. recently announced that they will enter the renewable energy photovoltaic and storage market in North America.

Suniva® is an American manufacturer of high-efficiency crystalline silicon PV cells and high-power solar modules used in solar panels. The company uses patented, low-cost manufacturing techniques and industry-leading technology to produce its high-quality products and maintain competitive costs. Headquartered in metro-Atlanta, GA, Suniva sells its advanced PV cells and modules globally.

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The law firm of Lee Tran & Liang has picked up yet a new Ninth Circuit appeal; actually its fourth straight victory in the Ninth Circuit since 2009. On Jan twenty six, 2012, the 9th Circuit established a grant regarding summary judgment of which LTL achieved for its client, the opponent in a copyright laws and trade dress lawsuit. Firm teammate Enoch H. Liang – coupled with lawyer Daniel Taylor – defended Bedrosian’s (in Orange County) and Hirsch Glass Company (in New Jersey) both before the District Court and the Ninth Circuit. The plaintiff has been represented by renowned intellectual property specialist Christie Parker & Hale.

As reported in LTL’s June 2010 press release, the District Court granted LTL’s motion for summary judgment on Plaintiff’s trade dress claims in mid-2009. Then, in September 2009, less than 4 days before a jury trial was scheduled to begin, the District Court also dismissed Plaintiff’s 17 copyright claims. In July 2010, Plaintiff appealed to the Ninth Circuit, arguing that the District Court erred in both holding that the scope of Plaintiff’s copyrights were “thin,” and finding that “there is no substantial similarity (much less virtual identity) insofar as the protectable items are concerned as between Plaintiff’s copyrighted products and Defendants’ glass tiles.”

After extensive briefing, on January 13, 2012, LTL Partner Enoch Liang argued the case, defending the District Court’s ruling. Fewer than a couple of weeks following the oral assertion, the Ninth Circuit Judges W. Fletcher, Fisher, and Zouhary—issued their unpublished opinion. The Ninth Circuit held that “protection over designs is thin.” The Court further held that the defendants’ designs “are not ‘virtually identical’ to because the streaking effect, color blends, and appearance of randomness in designs are different…”

This conclusion reaffirms the need for a two-pronged plan of action in copyright infringement actions. Often, the issue of infringement is determined by the “scope” of the copyright that the court determines as a matter of law. Hence, in litigating copyright matters, plaintiffs should pay particular attention to avoid falling into various limiting doctrines that may limit the scope of their copyrights. Defendants should do the opposite.

Lee Tran & Liang, APLC is a California based law firm focusing exclusively on business litigation. The firm’s partners have practiced at prominent law firms, and are graduates of top law schools including Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, and Michigan. Primary practice areas, as outlined by the firm itself and every attorney directory, include business disputes (breach of contract, aggrieved investors and professionals, and commercial disputes) intellectual property litigation (patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets), and employment litigation (defense). What sets the organization apart is its end goal of aligning itself with its customers’ needs, by offering a variety of imaginative fee plans in appropriate concerns.

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The U.S. Small Business Administration is telling local companies that Feb. twenty four will be the filing due date pertaining to federal government economic damage disaster loans offered in Lee and Scott counties in Virginia. The SBA declared a catastrophe because of severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line gusts of wind along with water damage which began on April twenty three, last year.

In addition, the Small Business Administration declared in the week that federal economic injury disaster loans are available to smaller businesses, small farming cooperatives, small firms engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit establishments of all sizes situated in the counties of Dillon along with Horry in South Carolina because of Hurricane Irene that took place in August.

“When the Secretary of Agriculture issues a disaster declaration to help farmers recover from damages and losses to crops, the Small Business Administration issues a declaration to assist eligible entities affected by the same disaster,” announced Frank Skaggs, director of SBA’s Field Operations Center East in Atlanta.

Under this declaration, the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program is accessible to qualified farm-related along with nonfarm-related businesses that encountered financial losses as a direct result of this catastrophe. Except for aquacultural enterprises, agricultural companies, farmers and also ranchers are definitely not eligible to apply to SBA.

Financing for small business can be up to $2 million, with interest rates of 3 percent for non-profit organizations and 4 percent for small businesses. Terms can be up to 30 years. The SBA determines eligibility dependant upon the size of the prospect, form of endeavor and its financial assets. The agency controls financial loan amounts and terms dependent on each applicant’s financial affliction. These SBA small business loans may be used to pay fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable, and other bills that could have been paid had the disaster not occurred. These particular small business loans are not meant to replace lost gross sales or net income.

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Throughout the wake of the darkest court budget cuts in California‘s history, plaintiffs’ trial lawyer Michael Alder of AlderLaw, P.C. in Beverly Hills assumed the office of president of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), the nation’s largest local association of plaintiffs’ attorneys, that’s made up of nearly 3,000 lawyers.

“Consumer lawyers are vital, now more than ever, to protecting the civil rights of people who’ve been left without access to judicial relief, which is just about everyone except the super-rich,” said Alder. “Legal bills add up to astronomical sums very quickly, because litigation is such an intensive process. Without lawyers who work on a contingency fee basis, which means they risk their own money instead of the clients’ and agree not to be paid unless they win the case, even people with big incomes quickly find their resources drained when faced with the large legal bills that result from a contested matter. Consumer lawyers must be prepared to provide leadership, vision and most of all integrity.”

Alder can be described as a steadfast proponent of plaintiffs’ couselors, also called consumer lawyers, working to raise public awareness of their importance at a time of corporate fraud and abuse. He’s been a member of CAALA for 14 years and spearheaded a city-wide billboard campaign to fund billboards that highlight the good that consumer lawyers do for society. He also is one of five founding members of the Trial Lawyers Charities, a non-profit institution which donates capital as well as legal expertise to men and women in need in Los Angeles.

Alder is at the present time engaging in some of the very most cutting-edge litigation work in the country. He has tried upwards of seventy cases in his career and properly secured in excess of $140 million in verdicts and pay outs for his clients in 2011 alone. Lately, in Dec 2011 he acquired a nearly $33 million verdict for Concept Chaser, Co., Inc. in the advertising fraud case Concept Chaser Co., Inc. v. Pentel of America Ltd.

CAALA officially installed Alder as its 2012 president on Jan. 21 at its 63rd Annual CAALA Installation & Awards Banquet at the Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills. The group also announced its new officers and Board of Governors. For more information, visit www.caala.org.

AlderLaw, P.C. is a Los Angeles criminal attorney and plaintiffs’ law firm that represents plaintiffs in personal injury, business tort and employment litigation nationwide. The firm was founded in 2000 by attorney Michael Alder, current president of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) and past CAALA Trial Lawyer of the Year. Alder has tried more than 70 cases in his career, and works with a team of seven associate attorneys. AlderLaw, P.C. obtained more than $140 million in verdicts and lawsuit settlements for its clients last year. For information, visit www.alderlaw.com.

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Juhl Wind Inc, leading the way in Community Wind Energy, has released the official industrial start-up and operation of the two wind turbine project for Gundersen Health System in Winona County, MN. The 4.95 megawatt endeavor could be the first-of-its-kind in North America to be constructed expressly to handle the alternative energy concerns of a large regional health organization, in this instance, Gundersen Health System.

“This unique wind project represents the continued activity by Juhl over the past two years and highlights our strength and diversity in the community wind energy market,” proclaimed Corey Juhl, Vice President of Development for Juhl Wind Inc. “We are seeing an increased demand for large commercial and industrial organization projects such as Gundersen’s as they fit extremely well within Juhl Wind’s area of expertise. This community-based project will provide significant economic benefits to the region. As one piece of their Envision program, the wind farm project will help Gundersen Health System achieve their goal of becoming 100% energy independent by 2014.”

“This is an exciting time for Gundersen and our Envision program. This community wind project we have done with Juhl Wind was about two years in the making, and we’re happy to report that the turbines are now creating energy,” stated Jeff Rich, executive director, GL Envision, LLC.

Juhl Wind is an established leader in Community Based Wind Power advancement and management, dedicated to windmill projects throughout the United States and Canada. Juhl Wind pioneered Community-Based wind farms, developing the currently accepted financial, operational and legal structure providing local ownership of medium-to-large scale wind farms. To date, the Company has completed 21 wind farm projects and provides operations management and oversight across the portfolio of renewable resources. Juhl Wind services every aspect of wind farm development from full development and ownership, general consultation, construction management and system operations and maintenance. With its consolidation of the Valley View, Winona County and Woodstock Hills wind farms, the Company has now invested in and operates 21.7 MWs of wind power through its independent power producer subsidiary, Juhl Renewable Asset, Inc. Through its Next Generation Power Systems subsidiary, Juhl Wind also provides full product sales as well as service to smaller-sized, on-site wind and solar panel projects together with the company’s larger Community Wind turbine Farms.

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Men and women who have gynecologic cancer have great new hope in a original technology now made available at the Seidman Cancer Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center. A team of cancer specialists, led by Robert DeBernardo, MD, is among the first in the nation to launch a dedicated program using Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) to treat ovarian, endometrial and select other cancers.

Completed immediately following surgical procedure, HIPEC delivers heated chemotherapy through a ‘hot bath’ into the abdominal cavity, where it can penetrate diseased tissue directly. Shortly after the surgeon removes all of the visible cancer as viable, a heated, a sterilized chemotherapy solution is distributed all through the abdominal area by using a technically advanced perfusion technique to eradicate the leftover cancer cells.

“This is a new and potentially revolutionary way of treating women with gynecologic cancers, which tend to be quite responsive to chemotherapy,” says Dr. DeBernardo, gynecologic oncologist at UH Case Medical Center and Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. “Our preliminary data and experience has been overwhelmingly positive and the therapy has been well-tolerated and effective. HIPEC promises to extend lives in a meaningful way.”

HIPEC has been used for years for public health care in patients with colon, pseudomyxomas, malignant mesothelioma and appendiceal cancer, types of cancer of which in general are usually not receptive to chemotherapy, however it is currently considered as a promising fresh treatment for gynecologic malignancy.

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The U.S. Small Business Administration stated this week that federal government economic injury disaster financial loans are available to small companies, small agricultural cooperatives, small companies engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit associations of all sizes found in the counties of Dillon and Horry in South Carolina due to Hurricane Irene that occurred in August.

“These counties are eligible because they are contiguous to one or more primary counties in North Carolina. The Small Business Administration recognizes that disasters do not usually stop at county or state lines. For that reason, counties adjacent to primary counties named in the declaration are included,” noted Frank Skaggs, director of SBA’s Field Operations Center East in Atlanta.

“When the Secretary of Agriculture issues a disaster declaration to help farmers recover from damages and losses to crops, the Small Business Administration issues a declaration to assist eligible entities affected by the same disaster,” stated Skaggs.

Under this declaration, the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program is accessible to eligible farm-related along with nonfarm-related businesses that suffered financial losses as a direct consequence of this catastrophe. Apart from aquacultural organizations, agricultural companies, farmers along with ranchers are not eligible to apply to SBA.

Loan options for small business can be up to $2 million, with interest rates of 3 percent for non-profit organizations and 4 percent for small businesses. Terms can be up to 30 years. The SBA ascertains eligibility in line with the size of the candidate, type of activity along with its financial means. The agency sets loan amounts and terms based upon each candidate’s economic affliction. These SBA small business loans may be used to pay fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable, and other bills that could have been paid had the disaster not occurred. The small business financing loan is not intended to replace lost sales or profits.

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Hazelden, among the list of the planet’s most well known and most recognized non-public, charitable alcohol consumption and drug addiction treatment centers, released at this time that it’s going to buildup its out-patient dependency treatment and mental health care services to Chaska, Minnesota, in a that will aid adults plus young people as early as twelve.

“Addiction affects people of all ages, and Hazelden understands the growing need for outpatient treatment for busy families,” says Mark G. Mishek, president and CEO of Hazelden. “In addition to expanding services for adults, Hazelden is reaching out like never before to young people. We don’t want them missing out on the good stuff of growing up: being with friends they can count on, figuring out what they’re good at and achieving their academic goals.”

Hazelden in Chaska will open up its business to older people about March one, and to teenagers about April 1. The clinic can be found within the 3rd floor within the Hazeltine Gates building, 1107 Hazeltine Blvd., having uncomplicated access from Highways 212 and 41. The 5,400-square-foot alcohol treatment center features independent places for youths and adults, which include a gathering location for young adults that promotes peer interconnection and kinetic understanding. The north-facing windows expose to a view of the Chaska Municipal Golf Course.

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{Yung Joc could be thinking about a court struggle after Master Mind Music Corporation., an Atlanta-based pop music enterprise, filed legal action against the rapper and his old label Block Enterprises. Within the The government should certainly implement anti-piracy guidelines inside the Digital Economy Act “as quickly as possible”, a completely independent group designated to review the longer term of the Great britain movie industry reports. The Film Policy Review Panel had been chosen by the govt and it has reported that copyright infringement is resulting in declining sector earnings and which a “key element” towards taking care of the matter was in putting into action the measures within the DEA.

Andrew Hurwitz, a designate partner for the New York City law office Schreck Rose Dapello Adams & Hurwitz, has moved into the rival entertainment law firm Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz as a partner in its entertainment organization. The free-lance film dealmaker is a ’88 graduate of Georgetown’s law university had been with Schreck Rose since 2007. Hurwitz’s Schreck Rose colleague Alan Sacks likewise joined Frankfurt Kumit.

A legal firm proclaimed that it’s establishing a class action lawsuit that would involve stakeholders of Chemed Corporation. The objection stems from news that originated Nov. 16 of a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that Chemed cheated Medicare. Chemed’s stock fell $6.87 per share, or 11 percent, to close at $50.65 per share that day. San Diego law firm, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, said it submitted the litigation on behalf of an institutional speculator in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati.

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