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And we thought we were immune from the risks of IP law that our clients face each day.  If the debacle over patented estate planning techniques were not enough, we now have to be concerned about copying the pleadings of others, lest we face a copyright infringement claim!  The Wall Street Journal Law Blog has an interesting post on this topic.  Most interesting from my perspective for the lack of knowledge of copyright law demonstrated by the comments, presumably from lawyers. 

For example, one comment reads: "Any pleading filed with a court is


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