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[03/10] Greek strike to shut down services Thursday

Intellectual Property

[03/10] Google to digitize old books from Rome, Florence

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[03/10] Swiss Re puts Chile quake insurance cost at $4-7BN

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[03/10] China tells US to do more on climate change

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Case Summaries

Intellectual Property

[03/09] Richardson v. Stanley Works, Inc.
In an action for patent infringement relating to a design patent for a multi-function carpentry tool that combines a hammer with a stud climbing tool and a crowbar, a district court's finding of noninfringement is affirmed as the district court correctly construed the claim at issue and correctly determined that the patent was not infringed.

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Insurance Law

[03/10] Milwaukee Metro. Sewerage Dist. v. American Int'l Specilaty Lines Ins. Co.
In a sewerage district's suit for damages against an environmental liability insurer for denying coverage for costs incurred by the district in removing significant pollution on land it recently purchased, district court's judgment is reversed and remanded as the district court's finding that there was clear and convincing proof that a prior agreement existed between the insurance company and the sewerage district that the parcel would be covered property was clearly erroneous. Therefore, defendant is entitled to judgment on the sewerage district's reformation claim and, as a consequence, judgment in favor of defendant on its indemnity claim is vacated.

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Environmental Law

[03/09] Native Ecosystems Council v. Tidwell
In an action challenging the Forest Service's approval of a project to update grazing allotments in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where: 1) because the Forest Service's environmental assessment was based on a nonexistent management indicator species, its habitat proxy analysis was not reliable; and 2) the Forest Service failed to take the requisite "hard look" at the project as required by the National Environmental Policy Act.

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Commercial Law

[03/10] Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. v. VCG Special Opportunities Master Fund Ltd.
In an appeal from a district court's order granting plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction and enjoining defendant from proceeding with an arbitration initiated against plaintiff before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the order is affirmed where the "serious questions" standard for assessing a movant's likelihood of success on the merits remains valid in the wake of recent Supreme Court cases, and neither the district court's assessment of the facts nor its application of the law supported a finding of abuse of discretion.

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Elaine J. Wizzard
4710 U.S. Steel Tower
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219-2702

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Position	Areas of Practice	Education
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Ms. Wizzard focuses her practice in the areas of Intellectual Property, Environmental Law and Insurance Coverage. She is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. She also has experience in bankruptcy litigation, creditor/debtor rights and general litigation. She graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in 2001 and received her J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, School of Law in 2004. While in law school, she concentrated her coursework in the Advanced Intellectual Property & Technology Certificate Program and worked for two semesters at the Environmental Law Clinic.

Current Employment Position(s):: Associate

Areas of Practice:: Environmental Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Patent Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Pennsylvania, 2004; U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 2006; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2004

Education:: University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2004
J.D.; Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania, 2001
B.A.
Honors: Dean's List
Major: Biology

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Allegheny Bar Association, 2005 - Present; Member; Defense Research Institute, 2008 - Present; Member; Pennsylvania Bar Association, 2005 - Present; Member; Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association, 2008 - Present; Member

Past Employment Positions:: Campbell & Levine, L.L.C., Associate, 2006 - 2008; Summers, McDonnell, Hudock, Guthrie & Skeel, Associate, 2005 - 2006

Fraternities/Sororities:: Delta Gamma

Birth Information:: 1978, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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