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Panelists Donald M. Fehr, executive director of the Major League Baseball (MLB) Players Association, sportswriter Jerry Crasnick, and Executive Vice President of Major League Baseball Rob Manfred joined Boras in addressing about 100 students yesterday...
...actual businesses are using the legal system to extract payments from firms with established operations and products--lurking like fairy-tale trolls under bridges, popping out to collect a toll. "The trolls are turning patents into lottery tickets instead of rewards for late nights in the lab," says Rob Merges, a Berkeley law professor backing eBay. Merges says semiconductors and software may be covered by hundreds of patents, each with distinct claims, yet it may take only one case of infringement for a judge to issue an injunction, compelling many companies to pay the trolls to go away. U.S. House...
...naturally, is central to understanding the Arctic. In the physics of climate change, the ice cover on the water is far more important than the air temperature above it. "Phase change--when there's ice--is really the key," says Rob Macdonald, a Department of Fisheries and Oceans research scientist who studies carbon and contaminant cycling...
...lost. As is standard for destination clubs, Distinctive Retreats, based in Westport, Conn., refunded most of Hariri's money (80% is typical) when he resigned. Since then, "we have worked out the kinks," says Rob McGrath, CEO of Tanner & Haley Resorts, owner of the club, which has begun leasing properties to meet demand in popular destinations like Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, and Kiawah Island...
...been closely associated with upstanding types like cops and doctors (Homicide, Gideon's Crossing). But, Braugher insists, "Nick is an honorable character"--in his own way. Unlike Tony Soprano, he is unselfish and has tightly circumscribed rules--don't let emotion get in the way of business, don't rob anyone who won't be made whole by insurance--and he's an attentive family man. In the middle of the first robbery, he takes a cell-phone call from his stepdaughter's school. But when his men break one rule--don't deviate from the plan--his carefully constructed...