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Zack Embree, Mountain of Resistance, 2015. Courtesy the artist. Text by Lorna Brown Located just east of Vancouver, Burnaby Mountain is home to the campus of Simon Fraser University (SFU) and a forested conservation area that slopes down to the northerly...

After months of negotiation, a bipartisan group of Senate Democrats just released a new patent reform bill called the Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship (PATENT) Act. And unlike a lot of bills, this one has a good shot at actually getting...

Not all personal injury lawsuits succeed. In Briante v. Vancouver Island Health Authority, 2014 BCSC 1511, the Plaintiff, represented by experienced counsel from another firm, failed to prove that the actions of the Defendants contributed to his injuries...

The U.S. is in an era of unprecedented fiscal and economic competition among the fifty states. Even relatively well-governed states can’t sit back and be complacent while other states are passing reforms to become more attractive to employers and...

This is the year for patent reform. Let’s put an end to forum shopping. There’s a bill on the U.S. Senate floor that would make it more difficult for patent trolls to pressure innovators with unfair infringement lawsuits. But there’s a key provision...