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$75 Million Suit Says Seyfarth Bungled IP Case
Two inventors of snowboard bindings accuse their lawyers at Seyfarth Shaw and Burnett, Burnett & Allen of doing a legal face plant that caused them to lose a patent infringement case. They accuse the lawyers of negligence and fraud and claim to have suffered damages of more than $75 million. They further allege that former Seyfarth partner Jack Slobodin provided the court with a "fatally defective" claim chart prepared by his firm, then blamed the mistake on an attorney "that was handling it before" him.Calif. State Bar to Allow Lawyers to Break Confidentiality
California soon will join every other state in the nation by freeing lawyers to violate a client's confidentiality if they reasonably believe doing so could prevent injury or death to another person. Some are praising the move as long overdue, but others fear it could expose lawyers to new liability and be the first step toward undermining laws holding that the confidentiality of attorney-client relationships is inviolate.California's Biggest Law Firms Receive Poor Marks for Minority Hiring
The grades are in on workforce diversity, and if this were school, California's largest law firms would barely be passing. Berkeley's Greenlining Institute released a report card Thursday summarizing how the legal profession has fared in hiring and promoting attorneys of various ethnic backgrounds. The report comes in two parts, one highlighting the percentage of minority associates recently employed at each firm, the other showing the percentage of minority partners. And the numbers are not encouraging.Trending Stories
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