Karen Sloan

July 15, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Could any lawyer score a plaintiff this many greenbacks? E-commerce company XPRT Ventures slams eBay with a $3.8 billion patent infringement suit that alleges the auction site stole the plaintiff's idea for electronic payment systems.

By Karen Sloan

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March 13, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Karen Sloan

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July 22, 2009 | Law.com

Co-founder Lee C. Bromberg and partner Erik P. Belt resigned from IP boutique Bromberg & Sunstein on Monday after clashing with the rest of the partnership over whether to accept a merger overture from a larger firm. Bromberg and Belt favored the merger, while the remaining 16 partners voted against it, said Bruce D. Sunstein, who co-founded the firm in 1979. In their resignation letter, Bromberg and Belt wrote that larger firms are better able to handle complex intellectual property matters.

By Karen Sloan

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September 10, 2009 | Law.com

A prominent St. Louis businessman has filed a legal malpractice suit against Bryan Cave, alleging that the firm botched his prenuptial agreement, causing him $10 million in losses tied in part to the appreciation of his high-profile modern art collection, which includes works by Jackson Pollock and Jasper Johns. Donald Bryant claimed that Bryan Cave partner Lawrence Brody failed to factor in the capital gains tax on the marital estate that Bryant shared with his former wife.

By Karen Sloan

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May 09, 2011 | National Law Journal

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September 07, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Yogi Patel had a few years of experience under his belt at a law firm and in the legal department of a small construction company, but the idea of starting a solo practice was still daunting.

By Karen Sloan

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June 22, 2010 | National Law Journal

The Florida Supreme Court?s Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee said in an opinion issued on Friday that candidates for the bench may attend functions hosted by groups affiliated with the Tea Party movement, as long as they abide by the same rules that govern candidate attendance at other political party functions.

By Karen Sloan

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February 02, 2010 | Law.com

A handful of U.S. law schools are getting into the entrepreneurial spirit. Duke Law School has announced that it will launch a new Law and Entrepreneurship LLM program next academic year, while the University of Colorado School of Law is awaiting approval of a Entrepreneurial Law LLM it hopes to debut in the fall. James Cox, a law professor and the faculty director of Duke's new LLM program, said the timing is right for these programs because students and lawyers are taking a broader view of their career prospects.

By Karen Sloan

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December 02, 2009 | National Law Journal

Like it or not, the U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of law schools profoundly influences the way those schools are managed, spend resources and are perceived internally and by the outside world, confirms a new report released by the Law School Admission Council.

By Karen Sloan

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October 07, 2009 | Law.com

Denver-based Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck announced this week that it will open a new office in Reno, Nev. In some respects, the news is atypical. The number of law firm office openings has slowed significantly along with the economy, particularly for new domestic locations. In other ways, Brownstein is representative of the relatively small number of firms still expanding in the United States right now: midsize and based outside of major financial centers such as New York and Chicago.

By Karen Sloan

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