Staff Reporter

May 17, 2007 | National Law Journal

New York University School of Law will begin a Supreme Court Litigation Clinic in fall 2007, joining schools such as Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, University of Virginia School of Law, Northwestern University School of Law and University of Texas School of Law, which all developed similar clinics in recent years.

By Sandhya Bathija/Staff reporter

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January 07, 2009 | National Law Journal

A group of five lawyers from Portland, Ore.-based Newcomb, Sabin, Schwartz & Landsverk has joined Miller Nash, as of Jan. 1. Several staff members also have joined Miller Nash from Newcomb Sabin, which effectively dissolved following the moves.

By Amanda Bronstad / Staff reporter

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January 08, 2009 | National Law Journal

The immigration law specialty firm Paparelli & Partners is merging with Chicago-based Seyfarth Shaw, which will expand its labor and employment business immigration practice group with the new team of eight attorneys and nine staffers.

By Lynne Marek / Staff reporter

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June 05, 2008 | National Law Journal

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis has expanded its new Paris office with the addition of labor and employment partner Caroline Canavese. Canavese comes from the Paris office of Latham & Watkins.

By Vesna Jaksic / Staff reporter

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November 05, 2008 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced the first stage of a work-sharing plan with four other countries' patent offices as its latest effort to cut its patent prosecution backlog. The PTO's work-sharing program will include the European Patent Office, the Japan Patent Office, the Korean Intellectual Property Office and the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China.

By Sheri Qualters / Staff reporter

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July 02, 2007 | National Law Journal

Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner has asked a judge to throw out an arbitration award granted to a former partner who the firm claims failed to drum up enough business for its intellectual property practice.

By Leigh Jones / Staff Reporter

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April 22, 2009 | National Law Journal

Kirkland & Ellis, a law with about 1,500 lawyers and its largest office in Chicago, on Friday cut administrative employees across the firm in a work force reduction that touched nearly every office, a senior partner at the firm said.

By Lynne Marek / Staff reporter

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April 04, 2008 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's announced pilot program with the Intellectual Property Office of Australia continues the USPTO's rollout of cooperative programs with foreign patent offices designed to speed applications filed in both countries. The USPTO and IP Australia plan to begin their one-year Patent Prosecution Highway pilot this month.

By Sheri Qualters / Staff reporter

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September 17, 2008 | National Law Journal

Six current and former journalists at the Los Angeles Times have filed a class action complaint against the newspaper's parent company, the Tribune Co., and its current chairman and chief executive, Samuel Zell, claiming that he and others have breached their fiduciary duties and devalued the stock ownership plan.

By Amanda Bronstad / Staff reporter

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September 26, 2008 | National Law Journal

Darry Sragow, a partner in the public law & policy strategies group at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, has become managing partner of the firm's Los Angeles office. Sragow joined the public law & policy strategies group in 2005.

By Amanda Bronstad / Staff reporter

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