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by Dennis Crouch
As a member and supporter of the National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP), I am looking forward to the NAPP Annual Meeting and Conference scheduled for July 19-21 in Alexandria, Virginia at the USPTO Headquarters.I invite all those invested in protecting intellectual property rights to attend, especially folks who are deep in the day-to-day business of protecting patent rights.

Two Toronto lawyers have launched a campaign to help make sure South Asia newcomers and immigrants know their employment rights.The Tareekh Pe Tareekh: Know Your Employment Rights campaign breaks down the ins and outs of workers' rights through informational videos in South Asian languages.The campaign offiically launched last fall but has been gathering steam in recent months, with some videos racking up several thousands of views.

Renting The Boston apartment market is more competitive than ever.Here's how to sign your next lease with confidence.The biggest moving day of the year - "by far," according to Boston Pads CEO Demetrios Salpoglou - is Sept. 1.
"It's not only the college students moving in and out, but grad students, law students, and specialty schools," Salpoglou said.

A 35-year-old man was released from prison on Thursday after spending 18 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit.Sheldon Thomas has spent half his life locked up for the 2004 murder of a 14-year-old boy in East Flatbush, but the District Attorney Eric Gonzalez moved to vacate his conviction on March 9, and ultimately allowed Thomas to leave on his own will - regaining the freedom he lost nearly two decades ago.

If Mayor Eric Adams needed a sign that his commencement speech to law students on Friday was not going to go well, that moment came even before he spoke.As the City University of New York School of Law dean, Sudha Setty, introduced the mayor on Friday, she noted his time spent on the police force.The crowd booed.

One might think that in college programs which promote DEI, - diversity, equity and inclusion -"diversity" should include diversification of social and political viewpoints.Unfortunately, as you already may know if you've been following campus news, some students and their faculty allies seem to think diversity is fine as long as it is limited to those who agree with them.

This story originally appeared in the Thursday, March 23, print edition of the Daily Post.If you want to read the local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations.BY BRADEN CARTRWRIGHTDaily Post Staff WriterAn associate dean at Stanford who supported law students heckling a conservative judge has been placed on administrative leave, while the students won't be punished, Stanford Law School Dean Jenny Martinez said yesterday (March 22).

Recent studies show how compassion meditation can improve young people's mental health, people with autism can benefit from a tailored mindfulness program, and more.Mindfulness interventions using kindness- and compassion-based meditation may be linked to improved well-being and behavior.Researchers at King's College London reviewed 10 studies with 807 youth where encouraging kindness or compassion for others improved stress, anxiety, depression, negative mood, behavior and attention problems, and mindfulness.