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The Shareability Factor: Are Patent Pools Useful for Blockchain Innovation?

The launch of the first blockchain patent pool raises questions about the effectiveness such pools will have in the face of legal liabilities and the nascent nature of blockchain development.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Anatomy of a Closing: How O'Melveny's Petrocelli Framed Winning Argument in Risperdal Bellwether

In the first bellwether trial in California over the anti-psychotic Risperdal, it took a Los Angeles Superior Court jury less than two hours to find for the drugmakers. What did lead lawyer Daniel Petrocelli say to them at closing?
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

When Can State Courts Decide Religious Disputes?

Barry Black and Jonathan Robert Nelson examine a significant 2007 religion law decision by the New York Court of Appeals and discuss how it has been applied over the past decade.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Wal-Mart FCPA Settlement Offers Big Lessons for GCs About Bribery

The bribery case that has plagued the world's largest retailer has provided some teachable moments for GCs.
19 minute read

International Edition

Freshfields' lockstep gambit: has the firm gone far enough to keep hold of its rising stars?

Does Freshfields' long-term reward approach to its new lockstep leave the firm vulnerable to star partner exits lower down the ranks?
4 minute read

International Edition

Freshfields' lockstep gambit: has the firm gone far enough to keep hold of its rising stars?

Does Freshfields' long-term reward approach to its new lockstep leave the firm vulnerable to star partner exits lower down the ranks?
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Joint Employer Liability in the United States and Australia

Franchising columnist Rupert M. Barkoff writes: Why is the New York Law Journal publishing an article on the joint employer liability issue in the United States and Australia? Because this issue, which has been THE hot issue in U.S. franchise law for several years, has also shown its face in Australia during this period, and is now the headline legal issue in Australian franchising as well.
10 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Wells Fargo: Legal Market Stalled in Third Quarter

Through the first six months of this year, 2017 was shaping up to be a strong one for law firms. The same cannot be said following poor third-quarter results touted this week by two leading law firm lenders.
9 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Standing Your Ground in the EDTX

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. might have looked a bit foolhardy in defending a patent case over technology that other mega-companies had decided to license. But against the odds, HPE's three-firm trial team secured a knockout win.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Privacy Versus Openness: Sealing Guardianship Proceedings

In this Elder Law column, Renee R. Roth and Daniel G. Fish write: Guardianship cases require a careful balancing of the public's right to access to the proceeding and the AIP's right to privacy. It should be observed that these cases are markedly different from ordinary judicial proceedings where the parties voluntarily participate and understand that personal details of their lives may become public.
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