In this week’s IP Podcast, Professor Megan Carpenter of Texas Wesleyan University School of Law discusses teaching IP in the midst of a trademark dispute.

Charles Kindregan, professor of law at Suffolk University Law School, discusses the emerging legal issues regarding cryopreserved embryos in divorce cases.

In this episode of the IP Issues podcast series, Thomas McNulty and Julia Mathis of Lando & Anastasi, LLP discuss copyright protection of symbols, geometric shapes, and letters.

On Ringler Radio, host Larry Cohen welcomes  Ross Duncan, the newly appointed Chairman of the Board of Ringler Associates.  Ross and Larry discuss the current status of the settlement industry and the direction Ringler Associates is headed in 2012.  In addition, Ross explains how to adapt to changes in the industry, how his colleagues can benefit from Ringler’s new website and his personal goals for the year.

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Suffolk Law Professor Chris Dearborn discusses the Amy Bishop case in Massachusetts and Alabama and both parties’ reasons for keeping the inquest sealed or unsealed.

How do you keep up with all that is going on in the world of e-discovery? On Digital Detectives, co-hosts Sharon D. Nelson, Esq., President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc. and John W. Simek, Vice President of Sensei Enterprises, welcome guest, Neil Squillante, publisher of LitigationWorld, who discusses his selection of resources for staying current in e-discovery. Neil tells us how to keep up with e-discovery developments, lists his favorite blogs and podcasts, and explains how you can benefit from the Sedona Conference and webinars.

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Just this month, after a long three year legal battle, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that California’s Proposition 8, which is the ballot measure that banned gay marriage, is unconstitutional. The question remains-will this case now head to the U.S. Supreme Court?  Lawyer2Lawyer co-hosts and attorneys, Bob Ambrogi and J. Craig Williams, join Jennifer C. Pizer, Legal Director at the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law and Vikram David Amar, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis School of Law,  to take a look at this ruling and what this means for the future of gay marriage in America.

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How does your firm track time?  On The Un-Billable Hour, host Attorney Rodney Dowell, Executive Director at Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers and Director of LCL’s Massachusetts Law Office Management Assistance Program joins Danny Wen, Co-founder of Harvest and Sri Vemuri, Marketing Manager at Harvest, to discuss how law firms can track time and invoice clients in a way that captures more time and allows attorneys to receive payment more quickly.

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What are people saying about you online?  What if the comments are negative?  How can you protect your good name?  In an environment where online reviews are common, Legal Toolkit host Jared Correia, Law Practice Advisor with Mass. LOMAP,, and Conrad Saam, Vice President of Marketing at Urbanspoon, discuss online reputation management for lawyers.  Conrad and Jared cover the importance of tracking online mentions, and the methods for doing so.  They also address the rising vitality of local search and the usefulness in dominating vanity search.

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In this podcast, Professor David Yamada, founding director of the New Workplace Institute at Suffolk University Law School, discusses therapeutic jurisprudence, a movement that is bringing psychological insights to bear on the law and legal practice.