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Weekend and holiday arraignment on warrants for Wayne County and Detroit


Cases originating in Wayne County (including the City of Detroit) will be held at:
34th District Court
11131 Wayne Rd.
Romulus, MI  48174
Court begins at 12 noon.


Katz elected to JARC board of directors

Kathryn A. Katz, an attorney in Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn’s Trusts and Estates Practice Group, has been elected to the board of directors for JARC, a nonprofit organizations serving people with disabilities.
At Honigman, Katz counsels individuals on various aspects of estate and wealth transfer planning, including the preparation of wills and trusts, and the formation and operation of private foundations and public charities.
Katz earned a J.D., with honors, from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and a B.A. in history and political science from the University of Wisconsin.
Based in Farmington Hills, Michigan JARC is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization serving people with disabilities. Adults with developmental disabilities are served in 58 residential settings in the community. JARC also provides services for children and adults living at home with their families, including in-home respite care, inclusive education and recreation services, advocacy, life planning, and social opportunities. Visit www.jarc.org for more information.


New Handbook on the America Invents Act Released by ALM   

ALM’s Law Journal Press, a leading publisher of print and digital publication recently announced the release of a new book, “The America Invents Act (AIA) Handbook: A Guide to the Patent Law Reform of 2011” by Mary Anthony Merchant.
“The America Invents Act (AIA) Handbook: A Guide to the Patent Law Reform” is a complete guide to the most comprehensive overhaul of U.S. patent law in over a century.
Written for practitioners, “The America Invents Act (AIA) Handbook: A Guide to the Patent Law Reform” offers expert, timely coverage of the new “first-inventor-to file” patent regime, which replaces the old “first-to-invent” approach. It examines the new law’s myriad effective dates, changes to patent marking statutes, new procedural rules for litigation, expansion of the prior user rights defense, new proceedings before the USPTO, and new regulations finalized in 2012 and 2013.
Mary Anthony Merchant, J.D., Ph.D., is a partner in Ballard Spahr LLP and the leader of the firm’s biotechnology practice team. Drawing on both her legal training and her graduate and post-graduate work in molecular biology and biochemistry, she provides intellectual property counsel to clients ranging from biotech start-ups to multinational corporations.
A detailed table of contents, as well as ordering information for this and other Law Journal Press publications, is available at www.lawcatalog.com.

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