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The Daily Memo -7/13/06

check.jpgGoogle has applied for a dozen new patents. (Download Squad)

check.jpgA New York court shows how the cy press doctrine is applied to charitable trusts. (Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog)

check.jpgJurors in the seventh Vioxx trial have begun their deliberations to decide whether Merck warned patients that Vioxx had potential heart risks. (FindLaw)

check.jpgThe BlogNYC defamation lawsuit comedy continues. (BlogNYC)

check.jpgA mother has pled guilty to charges stemming from hosting an underage kegger for her 18-year-old son, bringing attention to a new Connecticut law that bans parents from even allowing their own children to drink. (Courant.com)

check.jpgM2 Software is trying to vacate two trademark rulings it lost on the basis that one of the Ninth Circuit judges overseeing the matter had a stock-related conflict. (Law.com)

check.jpgAn Ohio murderer sentenced to death was thrown out of the courtroom by the judge, who told him he was “a pure psychopath in the full sense of the word,” because he wouldn’t stop smirking and laughing. (CNN)

check.jpgThe Senate has approved a proposal which would allow prescription drugs to be imported from Canada, despite a current FDA ban. (USA Today)