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National Law Journal

Merck Can't Get Back $2.5 Billion HCV Patent Award

The Federal Circuit ruled that Merck subsidiary Idenix claimed billions of potential compounds, leaving researchers with only a needle in a haystack. The decision wipes out what defendant Gilead Sciences had called the largest jury award in patent history.
4 minute read

Law.com

Piles of 'Porn' Prompt Some Law Schools to Get Eco-Friendly

Some law professors are fed up with mailboxes stuffed to the brim with marketing materials designed to help boost U.S. News & World Report rankings. Nine law schools have thus far pledged to reduce such mailers.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Not All Law Schools Created Equal: Appellate Court Finds ABA-Accreditation 'Meaningful' Measure of Quality

California's Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed a trial court ruling that found a Huntington Beach mandate requiring city attorneys to graduate from ABA-accredited schools was constitutional.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

DLA Piper Says Partner 'Orchestrated' Relationship With Her Alleged Assaulter

Vanina Guerrero "was a willing participant in a lengthy emotional flirtation" with Louis Lehot "to advance her career," DLA Piper alleged in a Tuesday filing with the EEOC, citing an internal email that Guerrero wrote to herself.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Sacramento Firm Drafts Ballot Initiative Challenging Landmark Labor Law

Uber, Lyft and DoorDash pledged a combined $90 million in September to finance an initiative campaign to limit the reach of AB 5.
4 minute read

Law.com

Some MDL Judges, Like the Defense Bar, Want an 'Initial Census' of Cases

Judges in MDLs over Juul e-cigarettes and 3M earplugs have ordered lawyers to come up with an early vetting process, which the defense bar has advocated for to weed out meritless lawsuits.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Elon Musk Loses Out on Bid to Depose Buzzfeed Reporter in Defamation Suit

A federal judge in San Francisco found that the proposed deposition wouldn't be relevant to Musk's defense that it wasn't reasonably foreseeable Buzzfeed would publish emails he designated as "off-the-record."
4 minute read

The Recorder

LA's Turbulent Law School Market Could Take Another Hit

Officials at the University of La Verne, outside of Los Angeles, are contemplating the future of the law school and whether it is financially sustainable.
4 minute read

Law.com

Bar Pass Rates Are Up. Is the Worst Over?

New York, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Virginia are among the many jurisdictions celebrating higher pass rates on the July 2019 bar exam. But it's not certain if the results signal a larger turnaround in bar passage.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

No Jerks Here: This Group of Lawyers Is Setting a High Bar for Civility in Profession

"Being a jerk in family law can lose you business," said solo practitioner Fred Hertz.
5 minute read

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