| Law firms: Even generalists get very specific
Few local firms specialized in patent law when C. Earl Hovey and Roy Hamilton opened their practice downtown in 1929, only four weeks before the stock market crash.</p><p>More than 75 years later, <strong>Hovey Williams </strong>is still handling patents, copyrights and other cases in the expanding field of intellectual property law.</p><p>Many of the area's largest firms engage in general law practice, with staff attorneys who develop expertise in corporate finance, health care, employment and other specialties.</p><p>Kansas City-based <strong>Stinson Morrison Hecker </strong>recently created a climate change practice group to address increasing interest at the state and federal levels on climate change legislation.</p><p>Other practices focus on specific industries, such as banking or construction, and provide services for both corporations and individuals.</p><p>But only a handful of greater Kansas City's larger firms concentrate in only one area of legal practice.</p><p><strong>Gilmore & Bell </strong>in Kansas City focuses exclusively on public finance, serving as counsel for municipal transactions and economic development projects.</p><p><strong>Franke Schultz & Mullen </strong>in Kansas City limits its practice to civil litigation, primarily defending cases for large insurers, including <strong>AIG</strong>, <strong>Mutual Doctors Mutual </strong>and <strong>Lloyd's of London</strong>.</p><p>The field is virtually recession-proof, because when people are injured they're going to file claims and lawsuits for money regardless of the economy, said John Schultz, a founder and partner.</p><p>An increasing number of law firms are adding intellectual property as a specialty.</p><p>The field continues to grow because companies are seeking more patents for new inventions, especially in the high-tech areas of electronics, chemistry and biology.</p><p>Hovey attorneys have to understand a variety of technical subspecialties to converse effectively with their inventor clients, which include <strong>Garmin</strong><strong>International </strong>and <strong>Bushnell Outdoor Products</strong>, said Tom Luebbering, a partner at Hovey.</p><p>“We're able to focus on this work only and offer some expertise that a client may not find elsewhere,” he said.
Israel arrests Palestine ministers
Yesterday, aircraft pounded suspected weapons factories and empty areas, the military said, while Gazans reported that military bulldozers razed their homes and land. Air strikes also targeted militant training camps. Residents said an Israeli Apache helicopter fired a missile at an electrical appliances store near Khan Younis before daybreak. Inside, computers, refrigerators and other appliances were charred, and owner Majid Abu Daqua, 40, said he lost more than $60,000 worth of equipment. Israel said the shop was used to store and manufacture rockets and other weapons. Israeli military bulldozers razed several houses and about 10 hectares of land overnight near the Sufa crossing between Israel and Gaza near the southern tip of the coastal strip, residents said.
Herpes Medication Does Not Reduce Risk Of HIV Infection In Individuals ...
ScienceDaily (Feb. 9, 2008) An international clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a common medication for treating herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), the most common cause of genital herpes, does not reduce the risk of HIV infection when taken by people infected with HSV-2. Multiple studies have shown that people with HSV-2 have a higher risk of acquiring HIV. Researchers had hoped that acyclovir's ability to suppress the herpes virus, and its associated genital sores and breaks in the skin, could cut down on the likelihood of HIV being transmitted to a person with HSV-2 during sexual intercourse. .
IDG’S COMPUTERWORLD NAMES VERIZON WIRELESS AS ONE OF THE TOP GREEN ...
Being green is not just saying youre conscious about the environment and its challenges. In todays business world, its about efficiency, power consumption and applying those green principles to smart business decision making, said Don Tennant, editorial director, Computerworld. The companies recognized in our first Top Green-IT Computing issue have taken a serious look at how they impact the environment and how they can address those challenges with good business sense. The Top Green-IT Companies have been selected by Computerworld for implementing smart, efficient strategies to achieve green IT. Companies were measured against a set of a set of criteria developed by Computerworld and green IT experts that identified how organizations are working to reduce energy consumption in IT equipment and are using technology to conserve energy and lower carbon emissions.
Murray, Baghdatis land in Marseille semis
Fourth-seeded Scotsman Andy Murray and sixth-seeded Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis were among Friday's quarterfinal winners at the $1.125 million Open 13 indoor tennis event. The world No. 11 Murray grounded France's Nicolas Mahut 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) on the hardcourts at Palais des Sports. Murray's semifinal opponent on Saturday will be another Frenchman, Paul-Henri Mathieu. An eighth-seeded Mathieu ended the Marseille reign of his countryman Gilles Simon, who lost 6-3, 6-4 on Day 5 here. Simon had won his last seven matches at this event, including a title bout victory over Baghdatis a year ago. .
No science in the PM’s ear: Canada dismisses National Science ...
You cannot shoot down good science unless you have good alternative scientific evidence to back it up. Politics, on the other hand, is affected profoundly by opinion. Politicians need to please everyone to gain votes. So, when a scientific study points out a serious problem such as climate change and a solution that requires a hard decision about reducing carbon emissions, the politician must consider the effect of that decision on jobs (votes), industry (financial support), and public opinion (votes). At the same time, those who feel threatened by a scientific finding, such as polluting industries, will lobby the government with their own experts who try to dismiss or cast doubt on the original finding. Notice I said dismiss or cast doubt. Industry-hired guns seldom arrive on the scene with their own evidence from experiments they performed and published that counter the mainstream idea.
Klein Can't Comprehend Why 'Fairly Moderate' Hillary Riles Republicans
How deep into the Dem mindset is Joe Klein? The Time columnist can't figure out why Hillary Clinton drives Republicans round the bend. Klein candidly admitted so today, chatting with Brian Williams on MSNBC. BRIAN WILLIAMS: On the Republican side, does John McCain blunt back the attack, the insurgents on the right? JOE KLEIN: I think to a certain extent he will. He'll have a lot more -- you know Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee would give him a great assist. Because the Republicans are completely berserk for reasons that kind of escape me about Hillary Clinton. She's not a wild lefty, she's a fairly moderate person. But she's the enemy, and if she materializes on the Democratic side, you're going to have a united and fierce Republican party. View video here.
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